Christine Taylor credited the COVID-19 pandemic for saving her marriage to Ben Stiller after the couple called it quits nearly 10 years ago.
“If there’s a silver lining for us during Covid, that was the little gift,” Taylor, 54, shared on Tuesday’s episode of the “McBride Rewind” podcast.
“We all kind of bubbled up together with our kids. Our daughter was graduating high school at the time, our son was graduating eighth grade. We all were in the house together and we had nothing but time.”
Stiller and Taylor are parents to two children: Ella, 24, and Quinlin, 20.
Taylor told the host that she and the “Night at the Museum” star “found the way back” to each other after they devoted “a lot of time” to working on their relationship with a therapist.
“I think it’s something people don’t love to talk about because it feels like a failure.”
Taylor added that she felt their breakup was because “we weren’t on the same page with a lot of things.”
The couple announced their split in 2017 after 17 years of marriage.
“With tremendous love and respect for each other, and the 18 years we spent together as a couple, we have made the decision to separate,” Stiller and Taylor said in a joint statement at the time.
“Our priority will continue to be raising our children as devoted parents and the closest of friends. We kindly ask that the media respect our privacy at this time,” they closed.
However, the break was short-lived as Stiller later confirmed that the pair had rekindled their romance in his 2022 Esquire interview.
“We were separated and got back together and we’re happy about that. It’s been really wonderful for all of us. Unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic,” the actor told the outlet.
