Patrick Dempsey and his spouse, Jillian Dempsey, are nonetheless going sturdy — however they’ve skilled some ups and downs within the public eye.
Patrick met Jillian when he was a shopper at her hair salon and knew he was in love from “the second I noticed her,” he admitted to People in November 2023.
“I went in the place she was working, and I regarded throughout the room at her and was blown away,” the actor shared. Things between the duo turned romantic in 1997. They wed two years later and have since welcomed three youngsters collectively.
While the longtime couple have saved their relationship primarily beneath the radar, Patrick and Jillian made headlines in 2015 when she filed for divorce. The actor left his function as Dr. Derek Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy in April of that 12 months and later revealed that his departure got here partly in order that he may spend extra time together with his household.
The Dempseys ultimately referred to as off their break up, and Patrick later defined how he and Jillian had reconciled.
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“Our marriage was not one thing I used to be ready to let go of,” he advised People in September 2016. “I didn’t really feel like we had executed all of the work. And we each wished to do this work. That’s the place it began.”
The duo attended “crucial” {couples} counseling so they might “work on our points and enhance,” he recalled. “We wished to be function fashions for our children like, ‘OK, in case you have variations, you may work them out.’”
Keep scrolling for a timeline of Patrick and Jillian’s longtime romance:
July 1999
Patrick and Jillian formally tied the knot.
Patrick Dempsey and Jillian Fink. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
February 2002
The couple welcomed their first youngster collectively, Talula Fyfe.
February 2007
Patrick and Jillian welcomed twin boys: Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick.
January 2015
Jillian filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable variations as the rationale for the break up. She sought spousal help and joint custody of their three youngsters.
Talula Dempsey, Darby Dempsey, Sullivan Dempsey, Patrick Dempsey and Jillian Fink. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for AlphaTauri
November 2015
May 2016
Patrick confirmed that he and Jillian had reconciled. “Yeah, I feel so,” he advised ES Magazine. “You need to work at all the pieces. And you can’t do all the pieces. Something needs to be sacrificed.”
November 2016
Us confirmed that the duo had referred to as off their divorce.
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July 2018
The couple celebrated their nineteenth anniversary at their marriage ceremony location. “This spot 19 years in the past, as we speak !” Patrick captioned an Instagram submit.
Jillian Fink and Patrick Dempsey. Courtesy of Patrick Dempsey/Instagram
November 2022
Patrick candidly revealed that particular person and {couples} remedy helped him and Jillian save their marriage.
“Why not make the most of these instruments? Have somebody provide you with some perspective. What I’ve discovered is that I’ll hear issues in a different way in a therapist’s workplace simply because we’ve got somewhat little bit of an emotional detachment,” he advised Fatherly. “There’s room and area to come back in and go, ‘Oh, OK. Now I perceive the place you’re coming from. OK, that’s what you’re feeling. I don’t need you to really feel like that,’ and then you definitely attempt to work on it.”
November 2023
Patrick stated he tries to be a “higher individual” and “current” in his marriage. “And to hearken to what the wants are of the household and present from that perspective,” he advised People.
