--- title: Elizabeth Gilbert Tells Fans She Isn't Having Midlife Crisis description: Gilbert announced earlier this month that she ended her marriage to José Nunes after falling in love with her friend Rayya Elias. canonical: https://time.com/4512128/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T19:46:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:28.875Z og:title: Elizabeth Gilbert Tells Fans She Isn't 'Having a Midlife Crisis' og:description: 'All I'm doing is telling the truth, again, and again, and again' og:url: https://time.com/4512128/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4161df6d512db945/6988a7f45f570fc874b22b31/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elizabeth Gilbert Tells Fans She Isn't 'Having a Midlife Crisis' twitter:description: 'All I'm doing is telling the truth, again, and again, and again' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4161df6d512db945/6988a7f45f570fc874b22b31/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Elizabeth Gilbert Tells Fans She Isn't 'Having a Midlife Crisis' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Paul Zimmerman/WireImage) Paul Zimmerman—WireImage/Getty Images by [Lindsay Kimble / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Lindsay Kimble / People Contributor Sep 28, 2016 7:46 PM UTC [Elizabeth Gilbert](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:ElizabethGilbert,00.html) says she knows that her [new romance](http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-gilbert-dating-woman) with her longtime [best friend](http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-gilbert-thanks-fans-for-support-dating-woman) has sparked speculation. “Now I’ve just left another marriage, it’s starting to look irresponsible and people are saying I’m having a midlife crisis, and ‘What is she doing?’ ” Gilbert said in a [Facebook Live](https://www.facebook.com/GilbertLiz/?hc%5Fref=PAGES%5FTIMELINE) chat Tuesday. Gilbert, 47, announced earlier this month that she [ended her marriage](http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-gilbert-jose-nunes-separating-eat-pray-love) to José Nunes after falling in love with author, musician and hairstylist [Rayya Elias](http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-gilber-girlfriend-rayya-elias). The Eat, Pray, Love author said in a Sept. 7 Facebook post that she and Elias were friends for 15 years before she realized her “true feelings.” Elias is currently battling pancreatic and liver cancer, and Gilbert promised to be by her side. Before marrying Nunes – who inspired the “love” portion of her famous memoir – Gilbert was wed to Michael Cooper until 2002. Gilbert further explained Tuesday of leaving Nunes, “All I’m doing is telling the truth, again, and again, and again. In a way that says, ‘This isn’t working for me, I have to do this now.’ ” When she initially broke the news of her new relationship, Gilbert wrote, “I need to live my life in truth and transparency, even more than I need privacy, or good publicity, or prudence, or other people’s approval or understanding, or just about anything else.” Gilbert’s 2015 book, _Big Magic_, is now available in paperback. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-gilbert-says-shes-not-having-a-midlife-crisis) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4512128/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4512128/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis/"},"headline":"Elizabeth Gilbert Tells Fans She Isn't 'Having a Midlife Crisis'","datePublished":"2016-09-28T19:46:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:28.875Z","description":"'All I'm doing is telling the truth, again, and again, and again'","url":"https://time.com/4512128/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4161df6d512db945/6988a7f45f570fc874b22b31/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lindsay Kimble / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4161df6d512db945/6988a7f45f570fc874b22b31/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis.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/4512128/elizabeth-gilbert-midlife-crisis/","name":"Elizabeth Gilbert Tells Fans She Isn't 'Having a Midlife Crisis'"}}]}] ```