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Making her youngsters the precedence. Elizabeth Chambers has moved on after her cut up from Armie Hammer — however she isn’t ready to tell her children concerning the new man in her life.
Throughout an Instagram Q&A on Monday, January 16, Chambers, 40, opened up about what daughter Harper, 8, and son Ford, 6, know when it comes to her relationship with boyfriend Ricardas Kazinec.
“They don’t know he’s my BF,” she answered. “Over the previous two and a half years, my major (and solely) precedence has been to mitigate trauma and defend my youngsters in any respect prices.”
Based on Chambers, she doesn’t think it is “helpful, productive, or necessary” for her kids to fulfill Kazinec, 26. The little ones are nonetheless “emotionally processing” the Chook Bakery founder’s determination to name it quits with Hammer, 36.
“Youngsters first, however to every their very own,” she concluded the candid social media response.
The Texas native originally took her romance with Kazinec public in September 2022 after weeks of teasing their connection. “Completely satisfied Friday,” she captioned an Instagram publish that featured polaroid photos of her and the wellness therapist.
Chambers’ bond with Kazinec came two years after she filed for divorce from the Name Me By Your Title star. “13 years as greatest pals, soulmates, companions after which mother and father,” the pair’s joint assertion learn in July 2020. “It has been an unbelievable journey, however collectively, we’ve determined to show the web page and transfer on from our marriage.”
The previous couple began relationship in 2008 and exchanged vows two years later. Hammer’s private life made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of sending several women graphic text messages about his sexual fantasies together with rape, mutilation and cannibalism. The Social Community star was also accused of sexual assault, which his attorneys have denied.
“I’m shocked, heartbroken, and devastated,” Chambers wrote by way of Instagram in February 2021 concerning the scandal. “Heartbreak apart, I’m listening, and can proceed to hear and educate myself on these delicate issues. I didn’t notice how a lot I didn’t know.”
After shifting on with Kazinec, Chambers offered a glimpse at her coparenting relationship with Hammer.
“Our divorce just isn’t finalized,” she informed E! Information in September 2022. “However we’re in a extremely excellent spot. We discuss on a regular basis. We’re dedicated absolutely and wholly to our youngsters, and to being collectively as a lot as attainable in a non-romantic manner for our youngsters. Children want their mother; youngsters want their dad. So there’s nothing we received’t do.”
On the time, Chambers famous she wanted to “support” her ex-husband after he briefly checked into a rehab facility for substance and sexual issues.
“Armie has been targeted on his therapeutic,” she added. “There’s the oxygen masks concept: You possibly can’t actually care for somebody till you might be taken care of. There’s a motive on the aircraft they are saying, ‘Safe your individual masks earlier than serving to others.’ He has been very busy securing his personal masks. My masks has been secured, [the kids’] masks are on, so proper now it’s actually been quite a bit about specializing in them, defending them.”
Chambers continued: “It’s going to make him the perfect father, the perfect particular person he might be. On the finish of the day, that’s the purpose. We’re in fixed communication and all that issues is that he’s the perfect dad for our youngsters. Clearly, he processes every part else that he’s coping with personally — and that’s his personal journey now.”
