Tis the season…for celebrity divorces!

Submitted by Lisa Steadman on December 29, 2007 - 2:35 pm

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January may be the most popular month for breakups, but December doesn’t seem far behind, at least for celebrity splits. Two longtime Tinseltown twosomes have their divorce lawyers on speed dial this month. According to TMZ, Sean Pean and Robin Wright-Penn are divorcing after 11 years of marriage. They have two children. And Mummy star Brendan Frasier and his wife Afton Smith are calling it quits after nine years of marriage. The couple has three children. No word on reasons for the split or who will maintain custody.

So what gives? Why the divorce in December? Too much togetherness during Christmas? Does the idea of spending another year with their s.o. send them into an emotional tailspin? Regardless of the reason, and I’m sure add’l details will surface soon enough, I hope these soon-to-be exes will take a page from Reese & Ryan’s post-divorce playbook (rather than Britney’s) and handle the split with dignity and respect for their exes.