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Chelsea Handler, Jo Koy set the bar for amicable splits with breakup announcements

Comedians Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy are breaking new floor within the breakup sport with one of many 12 months’s most amicable splits.
The 2 introduced their separation Monday with a joint video meant to rejoice their one-year anniversary. No point out of the breakup was within the video, however the textual content — and subtext — was all in its caption.
“In anticipation of celebrating our first 12 months collectively, Jo and I recorded this video early, however as a lot of you may have seen, it’s with a heavy coronary heart to announce that we’ve determined collectively that it’s best for us to take a break from our relationship proper now,” the “Expensive Chelsea” podcast host wrote Monday on Instagram.
“I do know a lot of you had been invested in our love, and I needed to precise to you the way a lot that meant to each of us. How a lot it nonetheless means. And the way a lot I now consider in love for every considered one of us,” she wrote. “This man blew my coronary heart open with love and due to him, my life expertise has modified endlessly. To be cherished and adored by @jokoy has been one of many best presents of my life. He renewed my religion in males, in love, in being 100% who I’m, and I’ve by no means been extra optimistic for the longer term.”
The previous late-night host additionally praised her ex for sparking her creativity, “lust for working arduous” and being on the street once more.
“You jogged my memory who I used to be and at all times have been, and my toes have by no means been extra firmly planted within the floor,” Handler wrote. “This isn’t an ending. It’s one other starting, and it’s a consolation to know that I’m nonetheless cherished and love this man the way in which the solar loves the moon and the moon loves the solar.”
The comic signed off with plugs for Koy’s upcoming movie “Easter Sunday” and comedy particular “Filipino Satisfaction,” in addition to phrases of recommendation for her followers.
“YOUR PERSON IS COMING,” she wrote. “So, please proceed to root for each of us, since you by no means know what life will convey.”
Feedback on the submit praised the pair for the “stunning” message, “main with love,” respect and maturity.
Koy additionally chimed in on his Instagram web page, posting a photograph of them hugging her two canines.
“Simply need everybody to know that Chelsea and I’ll at all times stay nice mates and can at all times have love for each other. I’m her largest fan and I can’t watch for you all to see what she has in retailer for the longer term. Hold killing it Chelsea! Mahal kita!” he wrote, signing off with “I like you” in Tagalog.
TMZ reported that Handler and Koy break up a couple of month in the past earlier than she began her guest-hosting stint on “Jimmy Kimmel Reside.” The positioning stated that their skilled schedules and commitments — similar to her upcoming comedy tour and his promotional gigs — had been stopping them from spending a lot time collectively.
The comics met on the set of Handler’s E! late-night discuss present “Chelsea Currently,” the place he was a frequent visitor throughout the present’s run from 2007 to 2014. They began relationship final summer time and made their relationship Instagram official with a “Vaccinated and Sexy Tour” announcement and a kiss in September 2021. Handler stated she made the primary transfer after they began relationship as a result of Koy is an excessive amount of of a “gentleman” and has known as him “the very best boyfriend I’ve ever had” in considered one of many adulating Instagram posts.