Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Split Up

 

The actors, who met as members of the original Broadway cast of Rent in 1995, have split up after nearly 14 years of marriage, E! News has confirmed.
"Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have jointly decided to separate at this time," reps for the couple said in a statement. "Their primary focus and concern is for their son. We ask that you respect their privacy during this time.

"It's hard trying to make the decision to keep [Walker] in L.A. so he can go to school with his friends," the Tony winner for Wicked told People. "He would be with a babysitter or have to travel to me to New York where I am rehearsing all day—but at least he's with Mommy. It's those kind of decisions that torture me all the time."
As for having a sometimes-long-distance marriage...
"We work at it," Menzel admitted. "I'm not going to glamorize it or glorify it—we go through tough times like everybody else, but we love each other very much. We try not to be away from each other for more than two weeks at a time and we try to find new ways to communicate."