Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli were married for nearly 11 years before they eventually went their separate ways.
The twosome — who met on the set of 1996’s An Unfinished Affair — tied the knot in January 2001 and announced their split in March 2012.
“We both share the same deep love and devotion to our children. We remain dedicated to raising our beautiful daughters together,” Garth and Facinelli wrote in a joint statement to Us Weekly at the time, referring to their three daughters: Luca, Lola and Fiona.
Since finalizing their divorce in June 2013, the pair have tried to put their daughters first.
“We have been really putting up a good face for the world to make it seem like it’s all [seamless, but] it’s been very difficult,” Garth exclusively told Us in July 2024. “We wanted to finally tell the truth and let people know that this evolution could happen for us and it [is a] situation many people … [are dealing with].”
Keep scrolling to relive Garth and Facinelli’s ups and downs through the years:
Exes Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli’s Family Album With 3 Daughters
1995
The duo met on set of the TV movie An Unfinished Affair.
January 2001
The What I Like About You alum wed the actor on January 20.
June 1997
The twosome welcomed their first child, daughter Luca Bella, on June 29.
December 2002
Their daughter Lola Ray joined the brood five years later.
September 2006
Youngest daughter Fiona was born on September 30.
March 2012
The Can’t Hardly Wait actor filed for divorce in Los Angeles after 11 years of marriage.
June 2013
The twosome’s divorce was finalized nearly one year later, and they agreed to share custody of their three children.
October 2016
“I’m not sure what we are… maybe a construction site?! fun halloween with my gorgeous husband at my ex-husband’s house #blendedfamily #ilovemyhusband #halloween,” Garth captioned an Instagram snap on Halloween, posing with husband Dave Abrams, whom she wed in 2015, inside Facinelli’s residence.
October 2017
“Once a breakup happens, you need to go through the healing process first. Love is blind and hindsight is 20/20,” Facinelli told LaPalme magazine about moving on in the outlet’s Fall 2017 issue. “People come into your life for a reason and relationships can change and just because we aren’t living together, doesn’t mean you can’t love each other. I think once, there was a time where we had to learn that we had to be able to move forward with love and respect.”
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April 2018
Garth has been candid about learning to navigate coparenting with her ex. She exclusively told Us, “I learned that forgiveness is possible and time heals wounds, which is hard to believe when you’re in it, but it all works out in the end.”
April 2022
Facinelli made headlines nearly 10 years after finalizing his divorce from Garth, discussing how their relationship slowly changed ahead of their separation.
“Somebody might say something that is kind of hurtful. The other person might permit it and then they get into a habit,” he revealed on the “Allison Interviews” podcast at the time. “So, bad things can become habitual, the way you start to treat each other, giving the other person permission or an allowance to talk to you in a certain way. If that person talks to you in a certain way or does something, then all of a sudden, they feel they have permission to do that because you didn’t say, ‘That hurt my feelings.’ You didn’t speak up. All of a sudden it gets habitual, and it grows, and then you get resentful.”
June 2024
Garth and Facinelli discussed their divorce for the first time publicly on her “I Choose Me” podcast.
“I felt a lot of it was I was in this marriage, and it felt to me a little bit like an arranged marriage,” he said. “Like, I loved you, and we had this beautiful family from the outside, but I just was I hadn’t developed who I was. I don’t even know how you could love me because I didn’t know me.”
January 2025
Amid the Pacific Palisades wildfires and resulting evacuations, Facinelli provided Garth and husband Dave Abrams shelter at his home with fiancée Lily Anne Harrison.
“I wanted to let you know that we are safe. Peter and his family took us in and have been so kind,” Garth said in an Instagram video. “I am deeply saddened for our city and just feel numb. Our home was spared but so much to clean up and ready to get active to help our neighbors and friends and fellow Angelinos. … I am grateful we are all OK and have a home to return to.”
February 2025
Facinelli told Us exclusively that he and Garth had finally reached a positive coparenting relationship.
“She’s the mother of my kids, and I love both Dave and Jennie. Our relationship has gotten to a really great place,” he said at the time. “I think it’s important to have that friendship.”
Facinelli added, “I wish we got to that place sooner because when you’re coparenting with someone you’re not with, it can get frustrating and it can be hard, and sometimes your ideologies might not line up. Being able to figure out how you navigate that together, it can be tricky.”
April 2026
Garth reflected on the breaking point of her and Facinelli’s marriage during an interview with People to promote her I Choose Me memoir.
“I noticed my light really dimming. I wasn’t putting off good vibes. I could see it in the mirror,” she explained. “I could look at the negative impact that that kind of grief and anger was having on me.”
The actress added, “I spent a good amount of years being hurt, sad, just tormented by it, and it eked out into all aspects of my life.”
