Pete Wentz Shares Rare Comments on Ashlee Simpson Divorce, Says It Was Like 'A Bomb Had Gone Off'
Pete Wentz is looking back at his divorce from Ashlee Simpson.
The 43-year-old Fall Out Boy bassist and the 38-year-old singer first started dating in 2009 and married in May 2008. After almost three years of marriage, Ashlee filed for divorce in February 2011, citing “irreconcilable differences.” Together, they share 14-year-old son Bronx.
In an new interview, Pete shared some rare comments on his divorce from Ashlee.
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At the same time Pete and Ashlee were splitting up, Fall Out Boy announced they were taking a hiatus after “One Direction-level” of success.
“My life was just like… a bomb had gone off in it,” Pete shared with Nylon. “You’ve atrophied all of these life skills. I was like, ‘Oh. You have to figure out how to be happy as an adult.’”
Shortly after his split from Ashlee, Pete started dating Meagan Camper. The two are still together and share son Saint, 8, and daughter Marvel, 4.
Ashlee married Evan Ross in 2014 and they share daughter Jagger, 7, and son Ziggy, 2.
Now that Fall Out Boy is back together, Pete said he’s enjoying the bands current success, but admitted that getting back on the road has become difficult as his focus is more on his family.
“I was like, I don’t really know if I want to tour anymore,” Pete recalled. “The mental part of leaving is much more difficult.”
However, Pete did say that is now inspired more than ever to chance on everything.
“Why don’t you just do the s–t you want to do?” Pete said. “Life is so short, and it’s so long, that maybe you should try crazy s–t because it will break you out of the feeling of nihilism.”
Earlier this year, one of Pete‘s Fall Out Boy band mates announced they were taking a break from the band.