Prime Minister Trudeau and wife separate

[heygrey]

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-justin-trudeau-and-sophie-gregoire-trudeau-announce-separation/

They announced this morning on instagram.

[Velar Fricative]

Is this is a surprise to Canadians? Just curious because I opened up some pop culture discussion boards and it seems like this was expected (along with other gossip) but you know how pop culture fans can be lol.

[heygrey]

Velar Fricative, I pay 0% attention to pop culture stuff or any speculation about relationship status so if there were hints of it coming I completely missed it. I guess I was surprised? If they were going to separate, I would have expected them to do so quietly after Trudeau is out of office, whenever that might be.

[mrsd2006]

Reminds me of this

www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/08/melania-trump-justin-trudeau-g7

[loira]

I'm surprised they didn't wait until he was out of office, although maybe this suggests the Liberals want him to run again?

I guess I'm not totally surprised by the separation itself, but more because I imagine having a spouse as a high profile politician would take an incredible toll on even the best marriages.

[nothingcontroversial]

Their public relations team did good work dropping the news immediately after Trump got charged with more stuff. 

[katiecj6]

My parents live in Ottawa and says that this has been rumored for the last couple years. It's not a surprise at all.

[heygrey]

Aug 2, 2023 17:21:50 GMT -5 nothingcontroversial said:

Their public relations team did good work dropping the news immediately after Trump got charged with more stuff. 

Do you think Trudeau and Trump are in cahoots?

[goldengirlz]

Aug 2, 2023 20:46:43 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Aug 2, 2023 17:21:50 GMT -5 nothingcontroversial said:

Their public relations team did good work dropping the news immediately after Trump got charged with more stuff. 

Do you think Trudeau and Trump are in cahoots?

I think she means that it’s PR 101 to drop bad news when the world is focused on something else. It’s also why a lot of publicly-traded companies release stock-moving announcements on Friday at 4pm ET (i.e. right at market close.)

[bugandbibs]

I feel like it’s been common knowledge that they’ve been living apart for a few years. I’m guessing Sophie has a reason for wanting to make it official now. I’m theory, Trudeau could be PM indefinitely. It’s not as simple as US president terms.

[msmerymac]

Fun fact: the only other Canadian PM to get divorced while in office was Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre.