Jessica Alba just confirmed a major rumour about her marriage.

Actor Jessica Alba is speaking out about her split from film producer husband Cash Warren, saying the pair are "moving forward with love and kindness" after 16 years of marriage.

The couple met on the Vancouver-based set of Fantastic Four in 2004, and the chemistry was instant. Warren, a director's assistant, was taking photos of Alba in various contact lenses, and he felt it.

"I fell in love with you from the first moment I saw you," he later said on Alba's YouTube channel.

While they had their early challenges — Warren has admitted to suffering from jealousy — they eventually married in May 2008 and welcomed their first daughter, Haven, the following month.

They now have three children together; Honor, 16, Haven, 13 and Hayes, seven.

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Last week, TMZ reported Alba and Warren recently separated and are moving forward with divorce.

Alba had also been posting cryptic inspirational quotes on her Instagram story including phrases like "living life for me," and "choosing happiness".

The couple were seen together recently on Alba's Instagram taking their kids to Universal Studios for their son's birthday.

Now, Alba has addressed the reports and confirmed the couple's split.

"I've been on a journey of self-realisation and transformation for years, both as an individual and in partnership with Cash," she wrote on Instagram on Friday.

"I'm proud of how we've grown as a couple and in our marriage over the last 20 years, and it's now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals."

She said they were "moving forward with love and kindness and respect" for each other and would always remain family.

"Our children remain our highest priority and we request privacy at this time," she added.

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Sources told TMZ it's unclear what is behind the decision, but publicly both have been seen without their wedding rings.

However, a 2021 interview has resurfaced, which could paint a larger picture of the relationship in its later years.

Speaking to Katherine Schwarzenegger on her podcast Before, During And After Baby, Alba opened up about how the couple had slid into the 'roommate phase'.

"It's all rosy for two and a half years, but then after that you become roommates," she said.

"You're just going through the motions. It's the responsibilities. It's a lot of like checking the boxes, right?"

It's something a lot of parents can relate to: ending up prioritising family time and the demands of running a household than each other.

She said at first the couple tried to actively plan dates to keep them in touch with each other.

"And so, we used to do like: 'Every Wednesday, we're gonna do date night,' or: 'Every week, we're gonna set aside a time, we're gonna at least to date night, right? We won't have our phones and we'll just like talk,'" she recalled.

However, Alba said that later "stopped, because of whatever".

"We're just not consistent, but I would say that being able to communicate when you're unhappy and nipping it right away, instead of letting it sort of fester," she said, giving advice to the listeners.

"[Otherwise] you have animosity and then it explodes, which we've done — we've gone through that one too."

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Image: Getty.

She added that she and Warren had been dating for 17 years at the time (married 14), and that he "basically stole my 20s and 30s".

She added, "So we have, obviously, the friendship, the comfort of: 'You're not going anywhere,' and so sometimes we don't treat those people the best, right?' she confessed.

"You don't consider their feelings in the way that you would consider other people's feelings.

"So that is something that I think is a constant, it's a constant one to work on, because you're at different places, right?" she added.

"One night a week, date night might be enough at some point of your life, but it might not be enough in a month. You might need something else."

She spoke to PEOPLE the same year, sharing the couple's individual needs and how they prioritised their relationship.

"I need [date night] once a week," she explained.

"And he's been like 'I need you to be present on the weekends and not work,'" she added.

However, despite this rocky patch, things had seemed on the up for the couple.

Last year, she shared a heartfelt post on Instagram dedicated to Warren to celebrate 16 years of marriage.

"20 years together and forever to go," Alba wrote, alongside a carousel of photos.

"I'm proud of us for making it this far. There is no real set of rules or guidance that can ever prepare you for what it means to commit to another person and choose to be family. Through thick and thin we have continually found our way back to each other and have chosen one another."

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Warren is yet to publicly comment on the split.

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The couple have been open about falling in love on the set of Fantastic Four in 2004, with Warren — who was a director's assistant on the movie, while she played one of the main characters, Sue Storm — tasked with taking Polaroid photos of Alba in different coloured contact lenses.

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren in 2005. Image: John Sciulli/WireImage.

"I was laser-focused, zeroed in on her," Cash said on YouTube talking about that moment. "I fell in love with her the first moment I saw her."

In an interview with InStyle Alba said, "I just knew when I met him that I was going to know him forever. It was weird; He instantly felt like family".

Alba later revealed to Us Weekly, "He was the first one to come up to her and say, 'You can do this, I believe in you,' whenever she was in doubt."

Their relationship blossomed quickly, but it wasn't all smooth sailing.

Speaking to Whine Down with Jana Kramer in 2023, Warren admitted they took a break from their relationship about four years in because "I was jealous of other guys and the attention she was getting from other guys. It wasn't making me feel good."

But, by December 2007, they were expecting their first child.

Their May 2008 wedding was an elopement at the Beverly Hills courthouse when Alba was nine months pregnant.

As she told Glamour UK, "It wasn't planned. It was literally, 'Honey, do you have anything to do this morning?'"

They celebrated with waffles afterwards.

Warren reflected on this decision years later, sharing on Instagram, "Prior to that day, neither of us thought marriage was important... it felt outdated and we weren't going to fall for an antiquated social construction. But something changed in us that morning.

Watch: Alba and Warren being quizzed by their daughter Haven. Post continues below.

"It wasn't the dream wedding you deserved, in fact, it was laughably awkward. Standing under an arch of dusty plastic flowers in the courthouse chapel, we held hands and said, 'I Do,'" he wrote.

"11 years and 3 kids later, we're still learning, growing, giggling and loving."

As their family grew, with the addition of Haven in 2011 and Hayes in 2017, Alba and Warren worked to maintain their bond.

Alba shared her philosophy on the Whine Down With Jana Kramer podcast, "When we got together, I was like, 'Pursue your passion. Pursue your careers. Don't make sacrifices because you feel bad for leaving the kids for this week.'"

Warren also said that the way they would resolve disagreements changed over time.

"When you first start dating and you're together and you get into a fight, you make up right away. And then, you get into a fight, you make up a couple days later," he explained.

"The longer you're together, those kind of disagreements or those moments where your energy is just a little bit off, those can last longer. And so it goes from being, like, a one-day thing to a one-week thing to a month."

However, the pair remained strong.

Warren often expressed his admiration for Alba publicly. On her 40th birthday, he wrote, "You embody that childlike spirit yet you are grounded enough to be a responsible adult. Your smile is infectious, my favourite moments with you are the quiet, in between ones."

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