Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt may have split, but the actor still wanted to thank his ex-girlfriend when he received a Best Actor Emmy award on Sunday.
After eight-and-a-half years of playing Don Draper in Mad Men, Jon Hamm finally took home an Emmy award - and discreetly thanked his girlfriend of 18 years.
"It's impossible to have done this show without this incredible cast, these incredible people, this incredible crew..." Hamm said, adding that it was "incredibly impossible" not to reference everyone who had made an impact on his personal life.
"I want to thank the people to whom I owe this incredible debt," he said. "Families -- who have chosen for some reason to take me in and be nice to me along this strange, strange road."
Watch the speech below:
He then thanked "Cora and Jen" - Cora is his dog, and Jen is Jennifer Westfeldt.
Earlier, we wrote...
Jon Hamm and his partner Jennifer Westfeldt announced they were splitting after 18 years together on Monday, and now various news outlets have reported on why exactly the couple are no more.
People are reporting that the couple called time on their relationship because she had been more like a" manager or a mother" than a girlfriend in recent years - and once he had completed his stint in rehab, Jon leaned on Jennifer to get well again.
"He has always had demons and needed a mother figure in his life," a source told the publication. "It was generally assumed that they would break up once he got sober, because he didn't need to lean on her to take care of him so much."
Meanwhile, Us Weekly said that the pair "definitely tried" to work out their differences, but they couldn't stay together because they didn't see eye-to-eye about starting a family.
"There's always been a rift," a source said.** ** "Because he wanted kids and she didn't."
Whatever the reason, it's clear that the split ended amicably. The couple released a statement saying:
“With great sadness, we have decided to separate, after 18 years of love and shared history. We will continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible moving forward.”
Earlier, we wrote...
It looks like conscious uncoupling is finally catching on in Hollywood, as Jon Hamm and his partner Jennifer Westfeldt have split after 18 years together.
In an official statement the couple said: “With great sadness, we have decided to separate, after 18 years of love and shared history. We will continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible moving forward.”
Jon and Jennifer first met back in 1997 and remained together during his stellar rise to fame playing the sexy-but-damaged Don Draper in Mad Men. Jon ended up in rehab with a drinking problem earlier this year. But the pair looked like they’d weathered this crisis and would stay together.
Jon said at the time: “Life throws a lot at you sometimes and you have to deal with it as much as you can.” When asked if acting such a dark role had impacted on him negatively he added: “I've said in varying ways that acting can be a difficult endeavour, certainly not as difficult as the recent example I used of being a baby heart surgeon. But it does present its own challenges and so does life.”
Still, his time spent in therapy seems to have helped Jon, especially after the death of his mother. He revealed recently: “I went to a shrink. Sat down and talked to the lady. I gotta say, it helps. Talking to anybody helps. Talking to your friends helps. But your friends are your friends. They’ll tell you what you want to hear. 'The shrink doesn’t sugarcoat it: "Hey, you’re f***ed up. Do this, this and this. Don’t do this any more." It’s a wonderful third-person perspective that you get from an analyst. It’s invaluable, I think".
We're sorry about the split guys. But well done on making adult life choices rationally and calmly, with not an expletive-filled Twitter rant in sight…
By Laura Martin.