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Highlights

• Brad Garrett's post-"Everybody Loves Raymond" life took a dark turn after his marriage crumbled, leading to financial and personal struggles.
• The divorce from Jill Diven cost Garrett a substantial chunk of his multi-million-dollar net worth.
• The fallout from the divorce had a devastating impact on Garrett's mental and physical health.

Portraying Robert Barone on the long-running CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond certainly came with numerous perks for Brad Garrett. From garnering international fame to amassing a multi-million-dollar fortune, the now 64-year-old appeared to be set for life after the show wrapped abruptly in May 2005.

Unfortunately, Garrett’s life post-show didn’t turn out quite as expected. Unbeknownst to many, Garrett’s personal life began taking a dark turn after his time on the show lapsed. In this article, we'll take a look at the twists and turns that shaped Garrett’s life after the final curtain fell on the beloved sitcom.

Brad Garrett’s Marriage To Jill Diven Crumbled Almost Immediately After Everybody Loves Raymond Ended

With a plethora of accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a multi-million-dollar net worth under his belt, Brad Garrett’s career had hit an all-time high by the time Everybody Loves Raymond wrapped. But behind the glitz, Garrett was facing some pretty intimidating struggles in his personal life.

For one, the now 64-year-old’s years-long marriage to Las Vegas cocktail waitress Jill Diven, which had been quietly unraveling for some time, had finally reached its breaking point. In his 2011 memoir, "When the Balls Drop," Garrett finally opened up about the hidden troubles in his marriage.

“Our marriage started to crumble shortly into our fourth year, though we hung in there for seven. We found ourselves in something that felt like a long-distance thirty-year marriage. I was not a faithful husband, and the apathy on both sides was overwhelming. The bottom line was we were decent people who just didn’t belong together.”

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The two finally called it quits in April 2006, a year after Everybody Loves Raymond wrapped its final season.

“You can’t stay together for the kids, because kids know everything,” Garrett said of the split in an August 2006 interview with USA Today. “Sure, it’s daunting to have Daddy move out, but when he’s back two days later, and he gives Mom a hug, and everyone goes to lunch – that’s what it’s about.”

Brad Garrett Lost A Massive Chunk Of His Net Worth In His Divorce From Jill Diven

Though seemingly unavoidable, Garrett’s divorce from Jill Diven didn’t exactly come cheap. With no prenuptial agreement in place, Garrett, who’d amassed a considerable fortune during the course of the seven-year marriage, found himself bearing the brunt of the financial fallout.

By the time divorce proceedings wrapped, the Everybody Loves Raymond star had been saddled with a substantial $35,000 in taxable spousal support, alongside $9,000 in tax-free spousal support, and an additional $20,000 in child support.

The now 64-year-old was also compelled to relinquish half of all the cash assets acquired during their marriage. Diven walked away with two of the family’s eight cars—a 2007 Mercedes and a 2005 Cadillac—as well as half of the proceeds from the sale of their Hollywood Hills mansion, valued at an impressive $9,495,000 as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

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While the divorce was resolved amicably, Garrett had a tough time adjusting to the financial fallout.

“What I noticed after my divorce, while I was forced to keep my ex in the same “lifestyle she was accustomed to,” was that my lifestyle had to come down a notch or two while she continued to live high on the hog without ever contributing financially,”

He shared in his memoir, "When the Balls Drop":

“My career was far along and successful way before we met, so how does it compute that she (or any ex-wife or ex-husband) gets to reap the benefits without having anything to do with the source? It’s kind of like paying for the lease on a car after turning it in, while someone else is driving it.”

Brad Garrett Was Devastated By His Costly Divorce From Jill Diven

As expected, Garrett wrestled with the fallout from the divorce, particularly the emotional toll it took on his two young children, Hope Violet and Maxwell Bradley Garrett. The father of two recounted the emotional confrontation with his kids in his memoir, "When the Balls Drop":

“I came to realize with insurmountable guilt and dread that I had repeated something from my own childhood that I had prayed never to encounter again: a divorce,” he wrote.

“The day I sat down with my two young children to try and explain that Daddy was going to move out was the most painful day of my life. They were at those ages when it would never make sense to them, but they were old enough to experience the loss and pain.”

With his career at its peak, Garrett was forced to confront the stark reality that his once idyllic family would never be the same.“My career was at its peak. I had just won my third Emmy for Raymond and was appearing on Broadway alongside the great Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in The Odd Couple,” he shared in his memoir. “But I was dying inside, because my lifelong unrealistic dream of being the perfect father was disintegrating before my eyes.”

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With his personal life in a free fall, it wasn’t long before Garrett’s mental and physical health also began to falter.“Here I was at forty-five, working to stay sober, experiencing partial erections, popping TUMS and antidepressants like mints, wondering where the f**k the years had gone,” he shared in his memoir, “about to lose half of my dough-Ray-me to a cocktail waitress from Pueblo, Googling “chronic constipation,” battling to maintain the love and respect of my children, and pretty much beginning to question EVERY LITTLE THING.”

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