Amanda Seyfried and her husband, Thomas Sadoski, have officially announced their separation after nine years of marriage. The couple, who share two children, have been living apart "for a while," though the exact timeline of their separation remains unclear. In a joint statement, they described the split as a positive move for their family. They wrote, "We have been separated for a while, and it's proven to be the right move for us and our family unit. We've got each other forever—and it's GOOD." Seyfried, 40, and Sadoski, 50, are the parents of a nine-year-old daughter, Nina, and a five-year-old son, Thomas. Throughout their marriage, they have largely kept their family life private, avoiding the public eye. There appears to be no public animosity between the couple following the announcement. Hours after the news emerged, Seyfried posted a photograph of her estranged husband on Instagram, showing Sadoski with a reptile on his shoulder, captioning it, "@thomassadoski is a #reptiledad." She also shared several reflective messages with her followers, including one about keeping your heart open and forgiving both others and yourself. Another read: "There's really not a difficult thing unless you decide it's a difficult thing. Otherwise, it's just the next thing you're figuring out." The announcement comes months after Seyfried publicly praised Sadoski for supporting her during a busy period in her career. In January, she told Vogue that her husband "sacrifices a lot for me" and that he understood the opportunities currently coming her way were "insane." That same month, the pair were photographed together at a Chateau Marmont celebration following Seyfried's Golden Globe nomination for The Testament of Ann Lee, which is believed to have been their last public event together. Seyfried has since been promoting her projects independently, most recently attending the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd on September 13. The couple first met in 2015 while appearing together in the off-Broadway play The Way We Get By, though romance was not immediately on the cards. Seyfried later recalled that both were in unhappy relationships at the time and said one of the things that impressed her about Sadoski was that he never flirted with her or disrespected his then-wife. They crossed paths again while filming The Last Word later that year, where they played love interests, and began dating in real life in early 2016. An engagement followed before the couple quietly eloped in California in March 2017, just days before welcoming Nina. There was no sprawling celebrity wedding or star-studded guest list. Instead, Sadoski later revealed they had headed into the countryside with an officiant and exchanged vows with nobody else present. "It was beautiful. It was everything that it should be," he said at the time. "It was just the two of us talking to each other." Seyfried similarly recalled that after marrying in Topanga, their celebrations amounted to going out for dinner, exactly how she wanted it. The couple later welcomed Thomas Jr in September 2020 and settled into a relatively low-key family life on a farm in upstate New York, where Seyfried regularly shared glimpses of their many animals rather than their relationship. Despite now going their separate ways, their unusually upbeat statement suggests the relationship between them is far from disappearing entirely. As they put it themselves: "We've got each other forever."