Guy Pearce and Carissa van Houten have been separated for 'years'

Carissa van Houten determine their relationship with Guy Pearce.

The game of thrones the actress took to her Instagram story on Wednesday, Jan. 22, to confirm that she and Pierce, 57, hadn't been together for “years.” The revelation comes after Pierce recently described his ex-wife Kate Mestic how the “greatest love” of his life.

“I don't usually get involved in discussions about my personal life, but since last week several conclusions were drawn in the media about my relationship with Guy, I wanted to make something clear,” wrote van Houten, 48, along with the photo. her and Pierce.

She continued, “He and I are great friends and love each other very much, but we haven't been a 'couple' in years. (Sorry I didn't mention this earlier.)”

“However, I am proud to say that we are in a wonderful partnership raising the true love of our lives, our beautiful son and his hamster. The end,” van Houten concluded, referring to the couple's son Monte.

In an interview with The Guardian posted on Saturday January 18th by Piers made a confession about the relationship with the ex-wife.

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“My ex-wife Kate was the love of my life but now I've moved on from her and the love of my life is my child Monte,” Brutalist the actor said.

Revealing his “biggest disappointment”, Pearce said he “felt like I had ruined my marriage”. He added: “I don't feel that way anymore, but at the time I was devastated.”

Pearce, 58, and Mestic met in 1980 when they attended Geelong College in Australia and tied the knot in 1997. In January 2015, the couple revealed that they had parted ways.

“Kate and I will always love and support each other and be best friends,” Pierce said in a statement. “No one knows me like Kate and we will always be grateful for our mutual respect. We have both grown a lot through our relationship, but unfortunately the time has come to part ways.

Pearce went on to work with van Houten, who is best known for playing game of thrones' Melisandre — and the couple welcomed a son, Monte in 2016. “A nice little package arrived and it told us his name was Monte Pierce. We think we'll keep him. Placenta smoothie anyone?” Piers wrote through X in 2016, noting van Houten.