--- description: Elizabeth Gilbert announced in a Facebook post on Friday that she and her husband are breaking up title: 'Eat, Pray, Love' Author Announces Split From Second Husband image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dedf531be70da84/69889a77f887dc080ee967d9/elizabeth-gilbert-eat-pray-love-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Eat, Pray, Love_ Author Is Breaking Up With Her Husband by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2016 6:17 PM CUT  NEWARK, NJ - SEPTEMBER 27: Elizabeth Gilbert speaks at Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend at Prudential Center on September 27, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/WireImage) NEWARK, NJ - SEPTEMBER 27: Elizabeth Gilbert speaks at Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend at Prudential Center on September 27, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/WireImage)Paul Zimmerman—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2016 6:17 PM CUT Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the bestselling book, _Eat, Pray, Love,_ announced in a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/GilbertLiz/photos/a.356148997800555.79726.227291194019670/1054602967955151/?type=3&theater "undefined") on Friday that she and her husband—better known as “Felipe” in the book, and played by [Javier Bardem](http://www.ew.com/article/2009/06/08/eat-pray-love "undefined") in the film version (which also stars Julia Roberts)—are splitting up. _Eat, Pray, Love,_ Gilbert’s 2006 memoir about traveling the world on a journey of self-discovery after a [difficult divorce](http://motto.time.com/4364519/paula-patton-dating-happy/ "undefined"), has sold over 10 million copies. She followed that book up with[ _Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage_](https://www.amazon.com/Committed-Skeptic-Makes-Peace-Marriage/dp/0670021652/?tag=mottocom-20 "undefined") in 2010, which continues the tale of her life with Felipe, whom she eventually married, despite both individuals swearing off marriage ever again. In the breakup post, Gilbert calls her most recent break-up “amicable” and that their “reasons are very personal.” Gilbert asks for privacy “because I trust that you understand how this is a story that I am living—not a story that I am telling.” Gilbert’s eloquent message also suggests she might not appear on Facebook again for a while: “And I hope you will understand and forgive me if I am a bit absent from social media during this sensitive moment.” Read Gilbert’s entire post below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4391895/eat-pray-love-breakup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4391895/eat-pray-love-breakup/"},"headline":"Eat, Pray, Love Author Is Breaking Up With Her Husband","datePublished":"2016-07-01T18:17:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:52.135Z","description":"Elizabeth Gilbert says that she and her husband are breaking up","url":"https://time.com/4391895/eat-pray-love-breakup/","keywords":["motto","Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dedf531be70da84/69889a77f887dc080ee967d9/elizabeth-gilbert-eat-pray-love-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dedf531be70da84/69889a77f887dc080ee967d9/elizabeth-gilbert-eat-pray-love-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend - Day 2","caption":"Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend - Day 2","creditText":"Paul Zimmerman—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4391895/eat-pray-love-breakup/","name":"Eat, Pray, Love Author Is Breaking Up With Her Husband"}}]}] ```