--- description: The couple has been married since 2005 title: “Blurred Lines” Singer Robin Thicke Splits With Paula Patton image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a268abdfc9cb0ec/698682fd35ba6f4d2ac00ac3/rtx12wil.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # "Blurred Lines" Singer Robin Thicke Splits With Paula Patton  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2014 8:45 PM CUT  From left: Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton, arrive at the 2013 MTV VMA Awards red carpet at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 2013. From left: Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton, arrive at the 2013 MTV VMA Awards red carpet at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 2013.Andrew Kelly—REUTERS  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2014 8:45 PM CUT Singer Robin Thicke and actress Paula Patton are [calling it quits](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20790441,00.html "undefined"), PEOPLE reports. Thicke, 36, met Patton, 38, when he was just 14\. The couple has been married since 2005 and had a son in 2010. “We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time,” they said in a statement Monday. \[[PEOPLE](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20790441,00.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/9487/blurred-lines-singer-robin-thicke-splits-with-paula-patton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/9487/blurred-lines-singer-robin-thicke-splits-with-paula-patton/"},"headline":"\"Blurred Lines\" Singer Robin Thicke Splits With Paula Patton","datePublished":"2014-02-24T20:45:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:28:40.356Z","description":"The couple has been married since 2005","url":"https://time.com/9487/blurred-lines-singer-robin-thicke-splits-with-paula-patton/","keywords":["celebrities","Robin Thicke"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a268abdfc9cb0ec/698682fd35ba6f4d2ac00ac3/rtx12wil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a268abdfc9cb0ec/698682fd35ba6f4d2ac00ac3/rtx12wil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"From left: Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton, arrive at the 2013 MTV VMA Awards red carpet at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 2013.","caption":"Thicke and wife actress Patton arrive at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New York","creditText":"Andrew Kelly—REUTERS","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/9487/blurred-lines-singer-robin-thicke-splits-with-paula-patton/","name":"\"Blurred Lines\" Singer Robin Thicke Splits With Paula Patton"}}]}] ```