Shock Hollywood split

Couple announce their 11-year marriage is taking a ‘break’...

09:05 12 October 2010

Courtney Cox-Arquette, 46 and David Arquette, 39 have confirmed they have separated, it was announced today.

The Hollywood golden couple, who have been married for 11 years and have a six-year-old daughter, Coco, released a joint statement in which they announced their ‘trial separation’.

The former Friends star and her husband, who met whilst filming horror film Scream in 1996, are said to have been separated for a while.

They blamed the split on trying to “understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage”.

Cox and Arquette went on to say “We remain best friends and responsible parents to our daughter and we still love each other deeply”.

The relationship has attracted speculation for some months, despite both returning to the film that brought them together in the first place. Although they have said that filming Scream 4 had reminded them of when they first met, they have recently been seen wearing no wedding rings.

It had also been reported that Arquette had been spotted with a mystery woman, which is said to have upset Cox.

The news comes on the same day that CourtneyÂ’s former on-screen brother, David Schwimmer, announced that he had secretly married his British girlfriend Zoe Buckman back in June.