Matt LeBlanc Finalizes Divorce
Posted September 22, 2006 12:00 pm.
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The former “Friends” star has finalized his divorce with wife Melissa LeBlanc and according to court papers, the 39-year-old actor has been granted joint custody of the couple’s two-year-old daughter.
Melissa LeBlanc also has two other children from a previous marriage.
The couple filed for divorce on April 6 citing irreconcilable differences and the split becomes official on Oct. 6. LeBlanc will be financially responsible for his daughter’s education and nanny and is required to hand over $15,000 (US) a month in child support.
The beginning of the end of the relationship may have come when LeBlanc apologized to his wife and baby daughter after a drunken romp with a stripper in British Columbia.
The couple was married in a star-studded Hawaii wedding in 2003 where many of LeBlanc’s “Friends” co-stars were in attendance. The actor played Joey Tribbiani on the show, which ended in 2004, and his character spawned a short-lived sitcom that was cancelled in May.