Courteney Cox and husband David Arquette separate after 11 years of marriage

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Separate lives: Courteney Cox and David Arquette who have been married for 11 years, have announced they have separated for a trial period


Courteney Cox-Arquette and David Arquette have today confirmed they have separated.
The actors who have been married for 11 years issued a joint statement announcing the 'trial separation' after US magazine In Touch Weekly reported the pair had split up.

And they confirmed that they have actually been separated for some time.

Cox, 46, and Arquette, 39, met in 1996 while filming Scream and were married three years later in San Francisco. Their daughter Coco, is six years old.

Cox and Arquette said they hope the separation will help them 'understand themselves and their relationship,' and they insisted they 'still love each other deeply.'

The statement continued: 'The reason for this separation is to better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage.

'We remain best friends and responsible parents to our daughter and we still love each other deeply.

'As we go though this process we are determined to use kindness and understanding to get through this together.'


Still best friends: Courteney and David seen out in Malibu last Easter, maintain they are best friends and responsible parents to daughter Coco


They added: 'We are comfortable with the boundaries that we have established for each other during this separation and we hope that our friends, family, fans and the media also show us respect, dignity, understanding and love at this time as well.'

The pair recently wrapped filming on the fourth instalment of the Scream series, which is due out next year.

Just an interview last summer with In Style magazine, it was reported that Cox showed up without her wedding ring and admitted to having couples therapy for problems in the marriage.

She said: 'We have the same arguments we've had for years.'
Last month, Arquette was seen out without his wedding ring giving a hint of things to come.


Newlyweds: The couple seen on their wedding day in June 1999 following their wedding at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral


And Courteney has been dining out with daughter Coco on several occasions with no sign of her father.

Some reports are blaming new pictures of Arquette with an unknown woman for the break up.

And the news comes just days after the couple’s best friends, Ben Harper and Laura Dern announced their separation.

Harper filed for divorce from Dern on Friday citing 'irreconcilable differences.'
Meanwhile, Arquette hit the town last Wednesday to party at popular Hollywood nightclub Trousdale, without his wife.

A source told Radar Online he was in 'good spirits' and even stopped for an impromptu rap with a street performer on the way out.





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