Scott Stapp and Jaclyn Stapp. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Creed frontman Scott Stapp and his spouse, Jaclyn Stapp, have split soon after 18 years of relationship, Us Weekly can affirm.
“Out of respect for their relatives, Scott intends to navigate this complicated time privately,” a rep for the singer, 50, tells Us in a statement.
A rep for Jaclyn, 43, tells Us that she made a decision to close their relationship following “much prayer and thing to consider.”
“It’s been a prolonged fight and when this is not the long term she envisioned, she wishes him the finest,” Jaclyn’s spokesperson adds. “The welfare of their young children will often be her utmost worry and kindly asks for privacy all through this own time.”
Scott and Jaclyn, 43, are now moving ahead with a divorce. Jaclyn had at first filed in 2022 and again in 2023 but eventually withdrew her motion. Scott submitted his personal court docket documents in May well 2023, nearly 6 months ahead of Creed announced their latest reunion tour.
Scott and Jaclyn satisfied at a Muscular Dystrophy Association gala in New York, likely on to tie the knot in February 2006.
“Finding like [with Jaclyn] is a person of my greatest accomplishments,” Scott formerly informed Us in 2010.
Scott had also credited his marriage for restoring his religion.
Scott Stapp with wife Jaclyn and loved ones. Terry Wyatt/Getty Illustrations or photos
“I would not even be here without having this female,” Scott informed BreatheCast in June 2014. “I just thank God every single working day for putting her in my everyday living. I feel for all wives out there, you can be such a divine instrument for God in your husband’s lives, and that’s such a pivotal role.”
The now-estranged few share 3 little ones: Milan, 17, Daniel, 13, and Anthony, 9. Scott also shares son Jagger, 25, with ex-spouse Hillaree Burns.
The Grammy winner rose to fame as a founding member and direct singer of rock band Creed. The group is at the moment embarking on a offered-out reunion tour shortly immediately after Scott dropped his solo history Better Electricity.
“It’s a distinctive practical experience this time, in that by the time the album will come out, five tunes off the file will presently be out to the general public,” he informed Esquire of Greater Electric power in March. “It’s not a major shock, as it was again in the working day, wherever supporters had only listened to 1 or two tracks by the time the document arrived out. There are tunes that I’m thrilled for supporters to listen to so they can set the items of the puzzle alongside one another. This album is a narrative to be listened to from starting to close.”
Scott continued, “It starts with a journey of making an attempt to reconnect to my bigger electricity, whom I simply call God. Navigating this new way of lifetime in sobriety and noticing that every little thing in my daily life stays collectively, contingent on the shape of my spiritual problem. I was likely via a whole lot in my daily life all through the making of this file, and I’m gonna depart that up for interpretation. It is still becoming played out. I’m however living it, and I have not reached the very last two tunes but..”
Scott has been sober considering that 2015.
