“Will & Grace” star Eric McCormack has split from Janet Holden, his wife of 26 years.
Holden filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences,” according to TMZ, who broke the shocking news on Wednesday.
McCormack, 60, is most famous for playing dashing gay lawyer Will Truman on the beloved NBC sitcom, which ran from 1998 to 2006.
McCormack and Holden, who both hail from Canada, wed in August 1997, after meeting three years prior on the set of the Western series “Lonesome Dove.”
According to TMZ, Holden is seeking spousal support.
The couple has one child, 21-year-old son Finnigan.
McCormack has not yet publicly addressed the divorce news.
He and Holden were last pictured together this past March at an Academy Awards viewing party.
Back in 2007, McCormack spoke about first striking up a romance with Holden on set.
“She was the assistant director,” he told the Guardian. “I was just coming out of a relationship, and not to be trusted. I’d been dating actresses but Janet was different. She wore jeans, drove a pick-up truck.”
“At first she wasn’t too keen. She knew actors are a lot of work: it would be like taking your work home with you. But I managed to convince her,” McCormack continued.
“We had a secret affair the first season. I mean, dating crew! Actually, it was much worse for her, because she wasn’t supposed to give any of the actors preferential treatment.”
McCormack won an Emmy for “Will & Grace” in 2001.
Along with other cast members, he reprised his role in a revival of the sitcom, which ran from 2017 to 2020.
In addition to that iconic series, McCormack has also appeared in the Netflix series “Travelers” and the TNT drama “Perception.”
McCormack most recently appeared in the Broadway play “The Cottage,” which ended its run last month.
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