Sophie Turner is still “incredibly sad” about her divorce from Joe Jonas.
In a candid interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK for the magazine’s Women of the Year issue out on Wednesday, the actress opened up about her breakup and how moving back to England has been so life-changing.
As Perezcious readers know, Sophie and Joe seemed to be such a happy couple before they suddenly split last fall. We soon learned they were dealing with relationship issues privately for a while. Their breakup was made 1000x messier over custody disagreements. They couldn’t stop fighting over where their daughters Willa, 4, and Delphine, 2, should be raised. Sophie even accused Joe of refusing to hand over the little one’s passports so she could return to the UK with them as planned. They eventually came to an agreement after a tense few mediation sessions, but it was nuts for a bit there!
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One year after filing for divorce, the exes finally finalized their separation last month. Perhaps referencing this, Sophie told the outlet when asked what went wrong in the romance:
“I’m going through a legal process right now where I can’t really say much, but it was incredibly sad. We had a beautiful relationship, and it was hard.”
Aw!
“A beautiful relationship”? So inneresting to hear her say that now. Makes you wonder even more about why they really broke up, hmm. Did something happen? Did he throw it all away??
Maybe it was really all about growing apart. As in, continental drift?? Because Sophie also told the mag she’s “so happy to be back” in the UK post-split:
“It felt as if my life was on pause until I returned to England. I just never really feel like myself when I’m not in London, with my friends and family.”
Oof. Her life “on pause,” that’s not a great way to think of her marriage!
Part of the reason she missed being home is because of important milestones her friends and family weren’t able to witness. The Game of Thrones alum reflected:
“I was away for so long — six years — and it was when my friends were getting engaged, and when I got pregnant. I went for dinner with someone the other day, and she said, ‘I never got to touch your belly.’ We didn’t have those key experiences with each other.”
That’s a bummer! She and the Jonas Brothers singer lived in Los Angeles and Miami. The Joan lead always kept her home country close to her heart by seeking out things that reminded her of where she was from though — thanks to Britstores:
“Every city we ended up in, the first thing I’d do was find a British shop and stock up on a month’s worth of chocolate.”
Ultimately, though, even Dairymilk wasn’t enough to tide her over — and she knew she needed to make a major change when America’s politics started going off the rails. Sophie dished:
“The gun violence, Roe v Wade being overturned … Everything just kind of piled on. After the Uvalde [school] shooting, I knew it was time to get the f**k out of there.”
Honestly, we get that! If only we all had somewhere we could race off to!
While there’s been plenty of upsides to this split, having to share custody with the Sucker vocalist has obviously been painful. The 28-year-old expressed:
“It’s absolute agony.”
Poor thing! That’s gotta be one of the hardest parts of a divorce for so many!!
Sophie went on to say that being a mom has “changed [her] so much in every way,” explaining:
“Before I had kids, I was very depressed and anxious, and I would isolate [myself] a lot. Now, I think I live my life for them. I want them to see me having a social life and enjoying work and thriving in my career and relationships. I want them to see a hard-working mum. I’ll come back and say, ‘This is why Mummy was away — it’s because she’s doing this for you, so Father Christmas can come with a big bundle of presents.'”
Aw! Such a good momma!!
These days, when Sophie doesn’t have the kids to keep her company, she’s got her hunky new man Peregrine Pearson to lift her spirits! She started dating the British aristocrat shortly after her high-profile split and just went Instagram official with him over the weekend, something her ex was not happy about. But that’s just part of this new phase of their life!
We’re glad to hear things are going well for her. Hopefully, Joe and Sophie get all their legal issues settled so they can focus all their attention on figuring out how to move forward more amicably for the kiddos.
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