This month has witnessed a lot of ruckus online when it comes to celebrity couples, with Jada Pinkett Smith revealing that she and Will Smith haven’t been romantically inclined since 2016. And recently another report emerged revealing that Meryl Streep and Don Gummer have been living separate lives for the last six years like the Smith couple.
Streep’s spokesperson, who was engaged to Don Gummer for the better part of four decades, announced that the two split back in 2017 but decided to keep things out from the media eye. But this isn’t the lone thing Pinkett and Streep’s love life have in common, as like the Madagascar Star, the Oscar-winning Star too lost the love of her life during her early days in Hollywood.
Mery Streep Lost the Love of Her Life in Her Initial Days in Hollywood
For the unversed, before tying the knot with Will Smith, The Nutty Professor was romantically inclined with late rapper Tupac Shakur, who tragically died back in 1996. Mery Streep too lost the love of her life, The Godfather Star John Cazale, back in 1978 due to lung cancer. But the time that Streep spent with Cazale prior to his tragic demise, went on to shape the Hollywood icon the way she is. From taking him to his doctor’s appointment to paying his medical bills by taking on acting gigs, Streep devoted herself to The Deer Hunter in his final years.
Per The New York Post, reflecting on the duo’s bond, Al Pacino explained,
“When I saw that girl there with him like that I thought, ‘There’s nothing like that.’ I mean, that’s it for me. As great as she is in all her work, that’s what I think of when I think of her.”
But since the tragic loss, Streep hasn’t quite touched this chapter of her life publically due to obvious reasons.
Meryl Streep and Don Gummer Still Remain Close Despite Separation, Said Spokesperson
Although the news of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer being separated for 6 years has come as a shocker, the spokesperson clarified that the two still care for each other. The statement read,
“Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for more than 6 years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart.”
It’s hard to not notice the similarities between Jada Pinkett Smith‘s and Meryl Streep’s stories, and for obvious reasons, it has caused quite a stir on the internet.
