Guy Pearce suffered a rocky year in 2015 after divorcing his partner of 18 years, Kate Mestitz, but the Neighbours star then found love shortly after with Dutch actress Carice van Houten.
The Australian actor met his Carice – best known for her role in Game of Thrones – while on the set of Brimstone, a western thriller movie released in 2016. They were believed to be dating for many years, until Carice revealed in 2025 that they’d been split “for years.”
Carice took to Instagram to “clear” the rumours.
“I don’t usually engage in discussions about my personal life, but because of a number of conclusions in the media last week regarding my relationship with Guy, I wanted to make something clear,” she wrote.
“He and I are great friends and love each other very much but we haven’t been a ‘couple’ for years. (Sorry not to mention it earlier).”
“I am however, very proud to say we are in a wonderful partnership raising the true love of our lives – our beautiful son and his hamster. The end,” she concluded.
The pair welcomed their son, Monte in August 2016.
“A cute little package arrived and told us his name’s Monte Pearce,” Guy tweeted at the time. “We think we’re gonna keep him.”
In 2023, Guy revealed to The Independent his emotions have changed since becoming a father, admitting he cries “at the drop of a hat.”
“After Monte was born, someone said to me, “You realise you’re now living with your heart on the outside?” And it really is true, isn’t it?’ he said.
Since their relationship began, the pair were incredibly private despite their lives in the public eye as actors. They even sparked wedding rumours in December 2024 after Guy was spotted wearing a silver band on his wedding finger at the 34th Annual Gotham Film Awards in New York – such rumours were evidently false.
Guy walked the red carpet solo having been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Performance in The Brutalist.
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