A Brooklyn filing closes months of rumor
Actor Margaret Qualley and musician Jack Antonoff have filed for divorce, roughly two years after they married in August 2023. The petition was submitted on Oct. 30 at Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York. Court records identify Qualley as the plaintiff and Antonoff as the defendant, and the matter is docketed as an uncontested matrimonial action. Representatives for Qualley, 32, and Antonoff, 42, did not immediately answer a request for comment from TODAY.com.[S1][S2][S3][S4][S5][S6][S7][S8]
The court action arrived after weeks in which the couple's status was widely debated online. Attention spiked when the Bleachers frontman appeared at Taylor Swift's July wedding without his wife. Observers also noted that images from the couple's own wedding had disappeared from Qualley's Instagram page, and that her handle, which had once referenced the Bleachers track Isimo, had been switched to @sarahmargaretqualley23. Those signals led many to conclude the marriage was in trouble, with some fans going so far as to wonder whether infidelity was involved.[S1]
Representative rejected the rumors in July
Qualley's representative pushed back firmly on that speculation. In a statement provided to NBC News on July 10, the representative described the stories circulating in the media about the pair as categorically untrue. The statement said there were no trust problems and no infidelity, and insisted that nothing beyond respect and partnership existed between them. It also said the two held deep love and care for one another.[S1]
The relationship is thought to have started around 2021, when the two were first photographed kissing in Brooklyn. Their New Jersey wedding in 2023 drew considerable attention, with a guest list that included Swift, Lana Del Ray, Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz. The divorce petition now formally ends a marriage that had been closely followed by entertainment audiences from its beginning.[S1]
