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Jason Aldean and Jessica Ussery are divorcing after 12 years of marriage.
It was reported by PEOPLE that on April 26 the country star filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, citing irreconcilable differences.
My entire family is going through a very difficult period right now. The relationship I have with Jessica dates back to when we were both teenagers. Aldean tells PEOPLE exclusively, “We’ve gone through a lot of ups and downs as we grew up as a marriage.
I’ve got children. So far, all cisgender. But I plan to love and support my children, whomever they become. Hopefully not adulterers, though. https://t.co/FhxFupqxFo
— Wilma Jean Wilson (@wilmajsdaughter) August 28, 2022
Being the mother of my children will always make her significant to me, and I know that we will both always put our kids first.
It was verified by Aldean’s rep the day before the divorce papers were filed that the 36-year-old singer and his wife of five years, Jessica, were separated and going through a divorce. The couple has two kids, Keeley, 10, and Kendyl, 5.
I can confirm that Jason and his wife are having troubles, but there is nothing else to disclose to the press at this time, his representative told PEOPLE. We ask that you all accept his want to keep this problem inside his family, as it is one that he would like not to discuss.
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Aldean made a similar request for privacy in his statement released on Monday. It has become clear to me that when people hear shocking information, their first instinct is to form an opinion. That’s challenging because no one else is privy to the details of our relationship,” he went on.
I know that this is part of my profession, but for the sake of my daughters, I wish people would allow us some privacy and at the very least be courteous of them.
After Aldean was spotted kissing and cuddling with Season 11 American Idol candidate Brittany Kerr last fall, he decided to file for divorce. Aldean may have given a public apology, but the couple is still reeling from the blow.
While Aldean told PEOPLE in December that “All that other stuff is kind of in the past and we’re just hoping to have a fantastic year in 2013,” he walked the red carpet alone at the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this month.
