Christine Taylor is opening up about one of the most difficult periods in her marriage to Ben Stiller and how they ended up reconciling.
The 54-year-old actress reflected on their separation and reconciliation during a recent appearance on the McBride Rewind podcast, revealing that the decision to spend time apart was far from easy.
Christine Taylor said separating from Ben Stiller was an emotional decision
“I can talk about it now, but in the moment, I mean, it was very difficult to come to that decision. It was not light. It was not without a heavy heart and feeling really, even, dejected at the time of like this is not how I imagined it was going to be and we should have been able to work it out,” Christine shared.
During their separation, Christine explained that she and Ben remained committed to their family and maintained their connection through co-parenting.
“Through it all, we were always in contact. We were co-parenting together. We were spending time together as a family,” she said.
Christine shared that therapy and spending time together during the pandemic helped them reconnect
Christine pointed out that an unexpected “silver lining” of the COVID-19 pandemic, where they were “bubbled up together” with their kids Ella and Quinlin and able to reconnect.
“So Ben and I spent a lot of time just working on us with a therapist and we’d log into Zoom and we’d do our therapy sessions and really found the way back,” Christine said.
“If the right answer for us was that it didn’t work, but we were able to figure that out very clearly and focused, then that’s great too,” Christine explained.
Today, she is grateful for where they ended up.
“We came out of it and have been really stronger and better than ever. And I feel really comfortable talking about it because I think it’s really important for people to feel like that’s okay.”
Christine recently shared why she and Ben opted to skip a Knicks game to attend the 2026 Met Gala.
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