Sad news to pass along today … after 9 years together as a couple, Melissa Etheridge and her wife Tammy (Lynn Michaels) Etheridge have announced that they have separated. The official statement released by the couple does not list a reason for the split but needless to say, after everything the couple has been thru and after years of building a family together, the news is extremely sad. They’re dunzo, y’all:
Melissa and Tammy Etheridge have ended their nearly nine-year relationship. “Melissa and Tammy Etheridge are saddened to announce that they are now separated,” Melissa’s rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. The former couple add in a statement: “We ask for consideration and respect for our family as we go through this difficult period.” Melissa, 48, and Tammy (formerly Tammy Lynn Michaels) exchanged vows in Malibu in September 2003. Tammy, 35, gave birth to their children – son Miller and daughter Johnnie Rose – in 2006, after Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Etheridge is also the mother of two children, Bailey, 13, and Beckett, 11, with former partner Julie Cypher.
While this news is extremely sad, it does go to show that even couples who appear to have everything going for them and appear to be rock solid may not be as perfect as it seems. Any time a couple with children splits the news is sad but these two, ugh, they just seemed so happy together. The couple may announce some day what caused the split but I’m hoping it wasn’t a matter of infidelity … that would just be too cruel. But, alas, I suppose we should pour one out for Melissa and Tammy. Let’s hope this break-up is for the best in the long run.
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Sad! But I’ve been thinking for a couple months now that they’ve been dunzo. Tammy’s blog entries seemed to hint at that. Love them both, and wish the whole family peace & happiness.
Yes. I’ve thought that as well. I’ve been reading her blog for quite some time, and felt that not all was well. There were blogs posted then removed. Very sad and I hope the entire family nothing but peace.
I confess to undue interest. As we all know, Melissa and Julie Cypher called it a day, because essentially, Julie was straight. Sometimes I have this vision of Melissa Etheridge, KD Lang and Martina Navritalova at a bar or in a hot tub talking about their sweet tooth for straight-y cute young things. But the big deal about Tammy was that she was truly lesbian and yet also had the straight-y cute young thing going on as well.
Of course, this could have nothing to do with anyone’s gayness.
I wish I spent this much time wondering how to be good at my job.
(Very funny last line, truthisalways! tee hee!) This is sad news to hear, I wish them both the best. 9 years is a really long time for celebrities!
lol @ truth..I feel the same way (“wish I spent this much time being good at my job..”)
Celebrities break up and so do celesbians. Actually most people break up now. Sad fact of life. People are just not prepared to wallow in the misery of a finished relationship anymore. Moving on…