{"id":2086900,"date":"2025-10-13T03:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086900"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:37:18","slug":"ben-stiller-says-he-felt-like-he-was-failing-during-separation-from-wife-christine-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ben-stiller-says-he-felt-like-he-was-failing-during-separation-from-wife-christine-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stiller says he felt like he was &#8216;failing&#8217; during separation from wife Christine Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/emmys-2019-ben-stiller-christine-taylor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Stiller;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ben Stiller<\/a> is opening up about why he felt like he was &#8220;failing&#8221; following his separation from his wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In his new documentary, &#8220;Stiller &amp; Meara: Nothing Is Lost,&#8221; the 59-year-old &#8220;Zoolander&#8221; star explores his parents\u2019 decades-long partnership, comparing it to his own marriage with Christine Taylor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ben and Taylor married in 2000 and announced their separation in May 2017 after 17 years together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;When we separated, my feeling was like \u2018Oh, I\u2019m failing at this\u2019 and look at my parents. They have this incredible 50-plus year marriage and I can\u2019t live up to that,&#8221; he tells Taylor in the documentary, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ben-stiller-felt-like-he-was-failing-during-separation-from-wife-christine-11823769\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jana-kramer-credits-backyard-barbecue-helping-husband-handle-her-love-scenes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jana Kramer Credits Backyard Barbecue For Helping Husband Handle Her Love Scenes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Jana Kramer Credits Backyard Barbecue For Helping Husband Handle Her Love Scenes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Stiller felt like a failure when he and Taylor separated, comparing his relationship to his parents&#8217; marriage.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The documentary follows the relationship between his father, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/comedy-icon-jerry-stiller-dies-at-92\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jerry Stiller;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jerry Stiller<\/a>, and his mother, Anne Meara, who performed together as the iconic comedy duo, Stiller and Meara. Together they made over 30 appearances on &#8220;The Ed Sullivan Show&#8221; and later had their own short-lived variety show, &#8220;The Stiller and Meara Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ben and Taylor also worked together a number of times during their relationship. They first met while filming the pilot of a TV show called &#8220;Heat Vision and Jack,&#8221; and went on to star alongside each other in &#8220;Zoolander&#8221; and &#8220;Dodgeball.&#8221; Looking back, Ben recalled wondering &#8220;what kind of toll&#8221; his parents&#8217; working relationship put on their marriage and remembered not wanting to be like his parents when he first began dating Taylor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I do feel like there was history and I think a lot of it was your experience of what that ultimately meant for a relationship that it could put extra strain when you&#8217;re eating, sleeping, breathing each other in that way,&#8221; Taylor told Ben in the documentary. &#8220;I also felt like there was a fear from you for me of what that would look like to the outside world. I mean it was very loaded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;Tropic Thunder&#8221; star previously spoke about his separation from Taylor during a January 2025 interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/11\/magazine\/ben-stiller-interview.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The New York Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><u>The New York Times<\/u><\/a>, in which he explained, &#8220;In my mind, I never didn\u2019t want us to be together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in September 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/htJzTEZ5mNs5bs.FfOvSbw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/c0812b788b13ea6a7f581fc596db1df7\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Ben Stiller never thought his separation from Taylor would be permanent.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their separation lasted &#8220;three or four years,&#8221; and the two were in contact throughout that time. They later moved into the same house during the COVID-19 pandemic with their two children, Ella, 23, and Quinlin, 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I don\u2019t know where Christine was, you\u2019d have to ask her, but <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ben-stillers-years-long-separation-from-wife-made-marriage-stronger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COVID put us all together;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">COVID put us all together<\/a> in the same house,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;It was almost a year of living in the same house before we were actually together. But I\u2019m so grateful for it, and I think not that many people do come back together when they separate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor also discussed their separation during a March 2023 appearance on &#8220;The Drew Barrymore Show,&#8221; explaining that during their separation the two &#8220;got to know who we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added that they got engaged six months after meeting each other &#8220;were married within a year, then had [daughter Ella] the next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor at the Nutcracker premiere\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/W_rkkEi0.U9NRqt9lYtpfw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/b121ee16c14e16c52f1c95ae1c29e08c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Taylor said she and Ben had grown in different directions and needed time to figure things out.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Family was always a priority, but I think Ben and I both started to grow in different directions,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;And when we made the decision to separate, it was not something we wanted to talk publicly about or took lightly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think we have these <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/christine-taylor-discusses-ben-stiller-split-17-year-marriage-how-found-way-back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:growth spurts, even as adults;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">growth spurts, even as adults<\/a>,&#8221; she later added. &#8220;And we needed time to figure that out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Stiller &amp; Meara: Nothing Is Lost,&#8221; is set to premiere on Apple TV + on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Original article source:<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ben-stiller-says-he-felt-like-he-failing-during-separation-from-wife-christine-taylor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Stiller says he felt like he was 'failing' during separation from wife Christine Taylor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ben Stiller says he felt like he was &#8216;failing&#8217; during separation from wife Christine Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Stiller is opening up about why he felt like he was &#8220;failing&#8221; following his separation from his wife. In his new documentary, &#8220;Stiller &amp; Meara: Nothing Is Lost,&#8221; the 59-year-old &#8220;Zoolander&#8221; star explores his parents\u2019 decades-long partnership, comparing it to his own marriage with Christine Taylor. 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