Meryl Streep and husband Don Gummer have been separated for more than 6 years

Meryl Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, "have been separated for more than six years," a rep for Streep tells TODAY.com in a statement.

"While they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart," the rep added.

The news of the couple's separation comes after Streep appeared to still be wearing her wedding band at the 2023 Princesa de Asturias Awards she attended on Oct. 20.

The last documented red carpet appearance that Streep made with Gummer was at the 2018 Oscars where the two posed for pictures in front of the press.

The two, who have been married for over four decades, celebrated their 45th anniversary on Sept. 30. They share four kids, Henry Wolfe, 43, Mamie Gummer, 40, Grace Gummer, 37, and Louisa Jacobson, 32.

Back in 2012, Streep gave her hubby a shout-out when she won the Oscar for best actress for her performance in “The Iron Lady.”

“First, I’m going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech they play him out with the music, and I want him to know that everything I value most in our lives, you’ve given me," she said on stage to a cheering crowd.

Streep also spoke openly about her relationship with Gummer, telling Vogue that her secret to a long marriage is “goodwill and willingness to bend — and to shut up every once in a while.”

Streep added, “There’s no road map on how to raise a family: It’s always an enormous negotiation. But I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can’t imagine eschewing one for the other.”

As a mom of four, Streep once told The Washington Post that she finds it more difficult to be a parent than a working actor.

“Mothering. Definitely," she said. "Acting — that’s praise, money, fulfillment. Mothering — they don’t even say, ‘Thank you.’ They don’t even clear the table unless you say, ‘Excuuuse me.'"

"Real life, there’s no comparison to acting," she continued. "I can’t really call acting work, since it’s secretly so fun. Even the difficult things; it’s satisfying to do the difficult things well."

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