Rachel Zoe put on a brave face as she attended a launch event in LA just hours after she announced her shock marriage split from husband Rodger Berman on Monday.
The famous fashion stylish, 53, shared the news of their split in a statement on Instagram, hours before attending the Crate & Barrel x Jeremiah Brent event.
Rachel and Rodger, 55, who share two sons Kaius, 10, and Skyler, 13, were married for 26 years and together for 33.
But Zoe attempted to keep in high spirits as she attended the glamorous evening at Hotel Bel-Air to keep busy.
Announcing her split, Zoe wrote: ‘After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision to end our marriage.
Rachel Zoe, 53, put on a brave face as she attended a launch event in LA just hours after she announced her shock marriage split from husband Rodger Berman, 55, on Monday
The famous fashion stylish shared the news of their split in a statement on Instagram, hours before attending the Crate & Barrel x Jeremiah Brent event (pictured together in 2022)
‘We are incredibly proud of the loving family we have created and our countless memories together.
‘Our number one priority has been and will always be our children. We are committed to coparent our boys and to continue to work together within the many businesses we share. We ask for privacy during this time as we navigate this new chapter.’
‘With love and gratitude — Rachel & Rodger’.
Emerging for the first time at the launch event, Rachel tightly hugged close friend Jeremiah Brent.
Rachel and Rodger met in the early 90s while they were students at George Washington University.
They married on Valentine’s Day in 1996.
Parts of their marriage were documented on the Bravo reality series The Rachel Zoe Project, which aired from 2007 to 2013.
The two also appeared on Lifetime’s Fashionably Late With Rachel Zoe, which lasted one season in 2015.
In white font set against a black background, Zoe wrote: ‘After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision to end our marriage’
Rachel and her banker ex-husband Rodger, who share two children, were married for 26 years and together for 33
Emerging for the first time at the launch event, Rachel tightly hugged close friend Jeremiah Brent
Zoe attempted to keep in high spirits as she attended the glamorous evening at Hotel Bel-Air to keep busy
The former couple are parents to sons Kaius, 10, and Skyler, 13; pictured in March
Rodger is the cofounder and co-CEO of the fashion entrepreneur’s Rachel Zoe Inc.
Together, they were known as a power couple in the fashion world.
In 2021, the pair spoke to People about their joint podcast Works For Us and shared, ‘We do not pretend to be any kind of trained relationship experts, but we do really understand people and relationships.
Zoe added, ‘Everyone, no matter who they are, is in a relationship. It doesn’t matter what kind: it’s a marriage, it’s dating, it’s best friends, it’s a mother-daughter, it’s a coworker.’
Two years ago she took to social media to pay tribute to Rodger on their 31st anniversary.
‘I have loved you @rbermanus from this day 8.29 ❤️ 31 years ago… we have done this life together and I cannot wait to see what is yet to come,’ she wrote in the caption at the time.
‘Happiest anniversary to my person ❤️ And Yes everyone we met in kindergarten,’ she joked.’
Rodger previously opened up to Harper’s Bazaar about how they met.
Zoe and Berman met in the early 90s while they were students at George Washington University
Despite the big change in her life, Rachel seems to be taking things in stride. On Sunday she shared outtakes from her day in the sun with her 4.7 million Instagram followers via the app’s Stories feature
Zoe shared a smiley group photo with four gal pals, sharing with fans: ‘When I show up to have a quick drink @hotelbelar and stay until close’
‘I met Rachel in the summer of 1991. She was 19, and I was 22. She was a restaurant hostess, and I was working as a waiter in Washington, D.C., where we both attended college,’ he told the publication in 2011.
‘I vividly remember the first time I saw her — wearing a tight black mini dress, high-heeled pumps, stick-straight hair, and big red lips covered in M.A.C. Chili lipstick,’ the father-of-two recalled.
Despite the big change in her life, Rachel seems to be taking things in stride.
On Sunday she shared outtakes from her day in the sun with her 4.7 million Instagram followers via the app’s Stories feature.
Clad in a black bandeau bikini top, she recorded selfie videos, writing over one clip, ‘A few hours alone on a Sunday. Tanning in sunnies by @rachelzoe.’
Zoe also shared a smiley group photo with four gal pals, sharing with fans: ‘When I show up to have a quick drink @hotelbelar and stay until close.’
