Avril Lavigne Confirms Separation From Husband Deryck Whibley

Posted on Sep 17, 2009 @ 07:32PM

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After months of speculation and reports of a deeply troubled marriage, rocker Avril Lavigne has finally confirmed that she is calling it quits with husband Deryck Whibley.

Hollywood has been filled with rumors that the Canadian couple's relationship has been on the rocks for quite sometime and now Lavigne, 25, has told her husband to 'hit the curb' from their fabulous $9.5 million Bel Air mansion in Los Angeles.

Click on the link below to see photographs of the mansion that Avril Lavigne has booted husband Deryck Whibley from

Avril released a statement on her blog Thursday confirming the breakup.

"Deryck and I have been together for 6 and a half years," Lavigne writes. "We have been friends since I was 17, started dating when I was 19, and married when I was 21. I am grateful for our time together, and I am grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship. I admire Deryck and have a great amount of respect for him. He is the most amazing person I know and I love him with all my heart. Deryck and I are separating and moving forward on a positive note. Thank you to all my family, friends and fans for all your support."

According to insiders Whibley, 29, is reportedly 'crushed' that the marriage is over but he must also be 'distraught' that he is no longer living at the stunning mansion which was previously owned by fellow rocker Travis Barker.

Lavigne splashed-out $9.5 million to purchase the 12,184 sq ft Tuscan style mansion in the gated Bel Air community in 2007.

The three story mansion on Stratford Circle boasts eight bedrooms, ten bathrooms, an elevator, office, high tech kitchen, 10 car garage, steam room, spa, landscaped gardens and outdoor swimming pool.

Click here to read about a solo Lavigne hanging out in Southampton

The ultimate Rock'N'Roll home was used to film the MTV series Meet The Barkers which starred Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler.

Click here to read about Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker fighting over the kids

Lavigne and Whibley exchanged vows before 110 guests during a non-denominational ceremony at a private estate in Montecito, California, back in July 2006.

She wore a traditional Vera Wang dress, carried a bouquet of white roses and was escorted down the aisle to the strains of Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' by her father John.

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Comments

Give them a break. They married too young. You go through so many, many changes in your 20's.. At least Avril didn't pull "a LeAnn Rimes" !!

by zenjen
Posted Sat, 09/19/2009 - 6:59pm

yes they should have tried to work it out. but then again look at both of them very immature people. I guess it marriages is just a joke to them. They are rich and can marry over and over again

by johndeerelovingmommy
Posted Fri, 09/18/2009 - 7:28am

I met my husband at 19 and married at 21 too. In fact, I am the same age as Avril... age is no excuse for divorce. Divorce should be the last resort. But for young Hollywood it seems like the first. Pathetic.

by jameswifey
Posted Fri, 09/18/2009 - 2:17am

typical in Hollywood that is all I gotta say. Its always sad to hear of any marriage ending. Marriage is treated like its nothing and tossed away like toilet paper

by johndeerelovingmommy
Posted Thu, 09/17/2009 - 10:05pm