Natalie Imbruglia and Daniel Johns separate

04-01-2008
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM NATALIE IMBRUGLIA AND DANIEL JOHNS
Daniel Johns and Natalie Imbruglia announced today that they have unfortunately decided to end their marriage.

Natalie and Daniel began dating in 1999 and were married on New Year's Eve 2003. In recent years Natalie's music and film career has required her to spend most of her time working in Europe while Daniel's commitments to his bands Silverchair and The Dissociatives have involved many months of recording and touring - particularly in Australia and North America.

In a joint statement the pair explained:

"While we are very sad that our marriage has ended we want to make it clear that our parting is amicable and we remain friends. This mutual decision has not been taken lightly or quickly. However, our career demands and our lives in different parts of the world have brought us to the point where unfortunately this difficult decision was necessary for both of us. We have simply grown apart through not being able to spend enough time together."

"We have issued this statement to set the record straight and to eliminate any need for speculation. We will not be making any further public statements whatsoever in regard to this very private matter and we ask that people please respect our sincere wishes in this regard."