Sarah Shahi Makes Rare Comments About Steve Howey Divorce & Where They Stand Now
What To Know
- Sarah Shahi and Steve Howey finalized their divorce in January 2021 after more than a decade of marriage.
- She opened up about how she knew the marriage was over and where she stands with the actor now.
- The exes share three children together and have been coparenting since their split.
It’s been more than five years since Sarah Shahi and Steve Howey separated. The former couple filed for divorce in May 2020, and the split was finalized in January 2021.
After the breakup, Shahi moved on with her Sex/Life costar Adam Demos (they split in 2025). In a new interview, the actress made rare comments about both splits.
Of her decision to end her relationship with Howey, whom she’d married in 2009 and shares three children with, Shahi told Us Weekly, “There were so many things that I was scared of, but it got to a point [where] I couldn’t ignore the fact that I felt like I was suffocating, and the person that was suffocating me was me. I needed to finally put my big-girl pants on and go, ‘I can do this, and it’s going to look messy, and it’s going to be hard, but at the end of the day, there is nothing I will enjoy more than peace.'”
Five years after finalizing the divorce, she and Howey are on amicable terms. “It worked out for both parties involved,” Shahi confirmed. “There is no failure here. I was in a relationship for 18 years and have three beautiful kids. It is by every definition a success to me, and we have a beautiful relationship — Steve and I — now as coparents. It’s important to show the kids, in my opinion, that when something is out of sync, you have to have the courage to let it go.”
When it came to her romance with Demos, Shahi was a bit more tight-lipped. She noted that fans of Sex/Life were very attached to her relationship with the Australian actor, which she called “very sweet and heartwarming.”
However, she added, “The flip to that is when things end, you feel like you’re going through it twice. You’re going through it emotionally on a personal level, and then you’re going through it again on a much bigger level.”
