{"id":23310,"date":"2026-07-31T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23310"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:37:52","slug":"danny-devito-rhea-perlman-broke-up-but-never-divorced-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23310","title":{"rendered":"Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman Broke Up but Never Divorced: Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>With all that love, some way wonder why Perlman and DeVito even broke up at all. But as she indicated, sometimes change is for the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were together for 40 years. Forty-years is a long time,&#8221; the 78-year-old noted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wniDM8mGyDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em><\/a> in 2019. &#8220;You might have to do something else. That\u2019s OK!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Perlman suggested she and DeVito were doing better than OK now that they were just friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s much better because all the tense stuff is gone,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;It\u2019s not in your face. I\u2019m not in his, he\u2019s not in mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And they will always be family. Although,\u00a0Perlman admits getting to this place didn&#8217;t happen overnight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not going to sugarcoat it: It was difficult,&#8221; she acknowledged on <a href=\"https:\/\/lemonadamedia.com\/podcast\/julia-gets-wise-with-rhea-perlman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Julia Louis-Dreyfus<\/strong>&#8216;\u00a0podcast <em>Wiser Than Me<\/em><\/a> in 2023. &#8220;It was very difficult at first, and there were a lot of reasons that we separated, which I\u2019m not going to go into. It took time for us to come to this somehow pretty decent understanding and relationship with each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, you can still often find the duo on the red carpet together. 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