Laura Dern and Ben Harper had a few twists and turns in their divorce process. According to TMZ, Harper "blindsided" Dern with divorce papers, citing "irreconcilable differences" in 2010. However, according to a later article by TMZ, Dern and Harper got back together in 2012 before the divorce was finalized. That being said, the reunion didn't go well and Dern ended up "filing her response to Harper's divorce petition." The couple got joint custody of their children and neither earned spousal support, per the outlet.
Fast forward to 2020 when Dern won a Golden Globe for her role in Marriage Story. The otherwise very private actress shared how her divorce influenced her role in the film. In her backstage speech after winning the award, she said (via Country Living), "As [director Noah Baumbach] first said about the story when we first talked about it, he said, 'I want to tell a love story where endings are not failures.' And that really moved me and struck me deeply."
Dern spoke about her divorce and the divorce of her parents, adding, "So to my amazing divorced parents, and my amazing step parents, and my amazing children — who came from love despite an ending in a marriage — we're so privileged to redefine what family looks like."
What an amazing message of resilience and love!
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