Eric McCormack Settles Divorce Two Years After Split

Will & Grace star Eric McCormack and his estranged wife Janet Holden have officially settled their divorce.

Janet, who was married to the actor for more than 26 years, filed to dissolve their union in November 2023, citing ‘irreconcilable differences.’

At the time, she sought spousal support and asked the court to terminate Eric’s right to receive any.

Eric, who shares son Finnigan, 23, with Janet, confirmed this week that the pair have entered into a written agreement covering property and any potential support, according to a TMZ report on Thursday.

The specifics of the deal remain sealed for now, but the paperwork is nearly complete — with only a judge’s signature left to finalize it.

The update comes months after McCormack appeared to move on, stepping out hand-in-hand with 50-year-old Sue Conder during a February outing in New York City.  

Eric and Janet first met in 1994 on the set of the Lonesome Dove TV show in Canada, on which he starred and she was an assistant director.

‘I met my wife, Janet, in 1994 on the set of a TV series. She was the assistant director. I was just coming out of a relationship, and not to be trusted. I’d been dating actresses but Janet was different. She wore jeans, drove a pick-up truck,’ he told The Guardian about the start of their romance in 2007. 

‘There was a little bit of mystery and danger, which was fun,’ Holden previously told People.

After falling in love, they kept their romance a secret for a while. 

‘At first she wasn’t too keen. She knew actors are a lot of work: it would be like taking your work home with you. But I managed to convince her,’ he shared.

‘We had a secret affair the first season. I mean, dating crew! Actually, it was much worse for her, because she wasn’t supposed to give any of the actors preferential treatment.’ 

However, after she moved on to a different position following the first season, they took their romance public, showing up to the wrap party together in 1995. 

The pair tied the knot in August 3, 1997, and welcomed Finnigan on July 1, 2002.

Five months after they said ‘I do’ McCormack landed the part of his iconic TV character on Will & Grace.

Eric previously shared that being married helped him navigate the new heights of fame better than had be been younger and single.

‘I think I was very lucky that I didn’t get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs,’ he told The Guardian.

‘I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will).’

Set in New York, the show centers around the friendship between Will, a gay lawyer (played by McCormack) and a straight interior designer, Grace Adler (Debra Messing).

The beloved show originally ran for eight seasons from 1998 to 2006, and was based on four friends moving through their careers and love lives. 

The show was rebooted in September of 2017. It permanently came to an end on April 23, 2020, after 11 seasons. 

McCormack and Messing starred alongside series regulars Sean Hayes and Megan Mullalley.