Sarah Roberts has announced her divorce from her husband James Stewart after five years of marriage.
The actress and DJ, 39, revealed the sad news in an interview with Stellar magazine, which hits newsstands on Sunday.
“I just want to say that I’m divorced,” she told the publication.
“Sometimes people grow apart and that’s okay… I got to a point where I realized I couldn’t grow the way I wanted to within this particular relationship.”
Roberts and Stewart, 48, married in 2019 after getting engaged in November 2018. Stewart proposed at the restaurant where they had their first date a year earlier.
Sarah Roberts has announced her divorce from James Stewart after five years together
The couple married at Luttrellstown Castle, outside Dublin, in July 2019.
Roberts’ revelation comes after years of speculation about the couple’s split.
The rumors emerged after Stewart was absent from the premiere of his film Wog Boys Forever in Melbourne in October 2022.
As reported by The Daily Telegraph“He was nowhere to be seen on the red carpet” and apparently no longer followed his wife’s Instagram account.
At the time, Roberts’ agent denied they had broken up.
The actress, 39, revealed the shocking news over the weekend in an emotional interview with Stellar magazine. “I just want to say that I’m divorced,” she told the magazine.
The couple married at Luttrellstown Castle, outside Dublin, in July 2019.
Stewart proposed to her at the restaurant where they had their first date the previous year.
The couple later put the rumors to rest when Roberts proudly showed off her wedding ring at the AACTA Awards in December of that year.
Speaking to Now To Love, she also rejected persistent rumors that she and James had split.
“We’re happy,” he told the publication.
Sarah told the publication that Stewart was as romantic as ever, and even picked her up at the airport with a bouquet of flowers after their trip to Italy.
The rumors emerged after Stewart was absent from the premiere of his film Wog Boys Forever in Melbourne in October 2022.
Roberts starred in Home and Away from 2017 to 2021, before stepping away to focus on her film career.
Stewart still stars on the Australian soap opera, where he plays Justin Morgan.
The actor shares his 11-year-old daughter Scout with his ex-fiancée Jessica Marais, whom he met on the set of Packed to the Rafters in 2009.
They announced their engagement in October 2010 and welcomed Scout in May 2012.
In 2015, the couple broke up, with Stewart later saying, “Our relationship didn’t work out because I think hearts eventually go in different directions.”
Stewart (left) shares his 11-year-old daughter Scout (center) with his ex-fiancée Jessica Marais, whom he met on the set of Packed to the Rafters in 2009. Pictured with Sarah Roberts (right).