Orange Is the New Black’s Samira Wiley and writer Lauren Morelli’s marriage didn’t make it to their 10-year milestone. The former couple have decided to divorce after nine years and one child together.
“After nine years together we have decided to end our marriage, however, our lifelong commitment to co-parenting will forever remain,” the couple said in a joint statement to Out.
The former couple met in 2012 while working on Orange Is the New Black—Wiley played the role of Poussey Washington while Morelli served as a longtime writer on the hit Netflix series. During that year, Morelli realized she was gay while still married to her now-ex husband.
In an essay, which she penned in 2014, she explained her journey to coming out in Identities.Mic.
“I realized I was gay in fall 2012, one of my first days on the set,” she wrote in the essay.
Wiley, on the other hand, was gay but hadn’t publicly disclosed that information. Unfortunately, her sexuality was announced by another co-star during an interview—without her consent.
“I wasn’t out in the beginning and I think falling in love with Poussey, which
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