General Hospital star Cameron Mathison and wife Vanessa have split after 22 years of marriage.
Cameron, 54 – who has played Drew Cain on the show since 2021 – and Vanessa, 57 announced their divorce in an emotional statement shared with ET.
The post read: ‘After 22 years of marriage, we have made the difficult decision to part ways.
‘We enter this new chapter with deep love, kindness, and respect for each other. We hold gratitude in our hearts for the wonderful years we shared together.
‘Our children have been and will continue to be our highest priority, and we will forever share in our devotion and love for them.
General Hospital star Cameron Mathison and wife Vanesssa have split after 22 years of marriage – pictured 2019
‘We remain friends, and both wish the best for one another. We sincerely appreciate your respect for our family’s privacy during this transition.”
The pair share two children – son Lucas, 21, and daughter Leila, 18.
They married on July 27 2002 after former All My Children star Cameron had proposed in Vail, Colorado.
The couple first met met in 1998 when they were models working in New York City and sparked up a romance the following year.
In 2022 Vanessa guest-starred on General Hospital as an executive coach named Mia in three episodes.
She told ET at the time: ‘This was an absolute dream come true.’
Cameron added: ‘We were both nervous. I was nervous. I can tell Vanessa was nervous… then I started getting even more nervous.’
Discussing their romance, he said: ‘We’ve been married 20 years coming up this summer, and it hasn’t all been smooth, for sure. We went through rocky times the first five years.
‘Getting through those times, and getting to call Vanessa my best friend and fully enjoy every moment together, it’s been better than I could have ever imagined marriage being for me.’
The split comes five years after Cameron revealed he was battling kidney cancer.
Mathison announced his diagnosis with renal cell carcinoma on September 9 2019 and underwent surgery to remove the tumor the same month.
He was later declared deemed cancer-free.
Renal cell carcinoma is a rare condition but the most common form of the disease to strike adults.
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