“Bachelor” alum Andrew Firestone has ended his marriage to Ivana Firestone after 17 years together.
In a statement posted on Instagram over the weekend — which has since been deleted — Andrew explained that after much reflection and counseling, they decided to separate to better support their children.
He emphasized that despite the difficult decision, they remain committed to co-parenting with love, stability, and shared values.
Andrew Firestone, 50, shared that although he and Ivana, 47, are “no longer a couple,” they remain committed to being a family and supporting each other and their children’s happiness and success.
He reflected on their 17 years of marriage as a significant milestone that brought them three wonderful children and lasting bonds that will endure.
Ivana subtly responded to the split with a photo of herself relaxing outdoors, captioned: “She’s working on three things right now: herself, her life, her future. She is ME ✨.”
The couple shares three children: Adam, 16, Anja, 14, and Shane, 11.
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Andrew and Ivana got engaged during Ivana’s 30th birthday party in 2007 and were married the following year in Santa Barbara, California.
In a past interview with Us Weekly, as reported by The US Sun, the TV personality fondly recalled how they first met in 2005. While out with friends at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, and just three hours before he was supposed to catch a flight, his friends urged him, saying, “There’s a girl you have to meet.”
Andrew described the moment he first saw Ivana, saying, “She walks up, stunningly beautiful, and she’s wearing a sweatsuit with this big wet mark and she’s laughing and she says, ‘I sat in a puddle.’”
He added, “How disarming is it to see this beautiful girl laughing at herself?”
Despite the instant connection, Andrew revealed that Ivana wasn’t initially impressed by his background in reality television—she was actually “turned off” by it and had never watched his 2003 season of The Bachelor.
Ivana, however, shared with the outlet that what ultimately stood out to her was how “genuine” Andrew was.
During his time on The Bachelor in 2003, Andrew got engaged to Jen Schefft. But the relationship was short-lived—the couple parted ways just a few months later. Reflecting on it, Andrew admitted, “I was probably a little too young.”