Kate Bosworth announced the end of her marriage to director Michael Polish after ten years together, while simultaneously expressing the deep gratitude both of them feel for the love they’ve shared.
The actress wrote a lengthy message on Instagram on Thursday alongside a black-and-white photo of herself and Polish kissing, revealing that while their marriage has come to an end they still have the utmost respect for one another and are looking forward to this new chapter in their relationship. The post began the same way their relationship did, with two questions: “Do you want to split a burger?” and “How ’bout a shot of whiskey?” The answers to which were “yes” and “hell yes.” Bosworth continued, “The beginning is often the best part of love. Fireworks, magnets, rebellion—the attraction. The onset signals a wide open expanse of possibility. Split a burger with someone when you are falling in love, and you can die happily knowing this is your last meal. Buy a bottle of whiskey and share shots, pour me a waterfall. Play that perfect song on the jukebox and dance with someone you have known your whole life, though you met minutes ago.” Bosworth and Polish first met in 2011 when he directed her in the drama Big Sur. The pair married just two years later in August 2013 at an outdoor ceremony held at The Ranch at Rock Creek in Philipsburg, Montana.
“Inherently we fear an ending,” the Blue Crush star explained. “To lose what you have because you got what you wanted. To be attached to the expectation of the outcome. The great Unknown. What if we chose not to fear but instead, to love. If that most delicate and vulnerable last flicker to the flame became another type of furnace entirely. Perhaps this will sound strange to some, romantic to others. To us: this is truth.” She added that they both “have never been so enamored and deeply grateful for one another as we do in this decision to separate. Together, over the last ten years, Michael and I have chosen love, every time. We hold hands as tightly today as we entangled fingers on our wedding day. Our eyes look more deeply into one another, with more courage now. In the process of letting go, we have come to acknowledge that our love will never end. The connection does not simply disappear. The love deepens, the heart expands.”
As for what the future holds, Bosworth concluded, “We know the 4 am calls are coming. Songs will be exchanged to communicate only what songs can do. We laugh as we plan for our next movie together and are excited to share our latest collaboration. We believe the most epic love stories are those which transcend expectation. Our greatest honor has been to experience love like this, and to continue to marvel at the beauty of love’s evolution. What happens when we reach the end of something and realize…we are just at the beginning. This is love. And we will drink that down.”
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