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Brian Cox Says Separate Homes Keep His Marriage Strong

His comments spotlight a wider shift toward separate spaces as a relationship choice.

Overview

  • Cox, who spoke to The Times on Friday, said keeping separate spaces has sustained his 24-year marriage to Nicole Ansari-Cox.
  • He described a setup with two homes in the same North London neighborhood and separate bedrooms in Brooklyn and upstate New York.
  • “By keeping things separate, we are responsible for our own mess,” he said, adding that personal space helps them feel free rather than locked together.
  • He also cited couples therapy as a support for the relationship and said his wife made sacrifices he wants to honor.
  • Coverage placed his approach alongside a growing celebrity pattern, noting examples like Carson Daly’s “sleep divorce” and similar choices by Barbara Corcoran and Sarah Michelle Gellar.