In the closest to home indie breakup news since Thurston & Kim called it quits, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel have split up. Deschanel’s rep confirmed the news to US Weekly, who quotes a source that says “it was mutual and amicable” and “there was no third party involved.” The couple were married near Seattle in September 2009.
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I can’t say I’m upset over this news in the same way I was over Thurston and Kim!
I also love how they had to point out that “there was no third party involved.” Because you know the first thought that creeped into everyone’s head is that M. Ward was making good use of the “&” in She & Him.
So I guess company didn’t call.
You just Proved My Hypothesis.
I have the facts and I’m voting yes…to Zooey being available now.
hah! hooray for references.
…dibs. On both of ‘em.
No way dude, had that shit called waaaaay back when SG first announced their She and Him’s Christmas Album.
2011: The year of indie breakups
I guess he heard an overwhelming Sound of Settling
I guess he decided not to Follow Her into the Dark
I guess his Heart is an Empty Room
I guess he Could do Better Than Her
I guess their Home wasn’t a Fire
I guess he won’t be possessing her heart.
I’m guessing he just let her stay there.
Ben: So who’s gonna watch you die?
Zooey: Uhh…not you, apparently.
Ben: But love is watching someone die…
Zooey: Don’t start this shit again, Ben. Just because you say something in a song, doesn’t mean it’s reality. You’re still going on about the glove compartment not being accurately named but if you took the damn time to look into it, you’d know it was named that because in the early days of automobiles when most cars didn’t have a hard top, driving gloves were necessary to keep the hands from getting dirty and cold from the fast-moving outside air passing by. The glove compartment was where the driving gloves were kept and the name stuck. Some people still use driving gloves. Also, I slept with Justin Vernon.
guess she felt like a tourist
Definitely not A Movie Script Ending for these two kids.
“Enjoy your new twin size bed”, said Zooey.
Ben will be looking for a New Girl (tuesdays on Fox)
She ̶&̶ ̶H̶i̶m̶
Should be some good music coming out of death cab now
Here it is!!! (I knew somebody had to of pointed this out by now)
Emo Revival 2012
She heard what Sarah Said
DOES THE SORROW NEVER END!
“I will posses you house” – Zooey’s divorce lawyer
“I will possess *your house” – Zooey’s divorce lawyer’s intern
I guess he finally got around to listening to that Christmas album…
Or watching her awful TV show.
Unfortunate, but this is going to produce some legit music.
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the tv show didn’t get canceled.
“On September 28, 2011, after only two episodes aired, Fox ordered an additional eleven episodes to the initial thirteen episode order, bringing the first season to twenty-four episodes and making New Girl the first new series to get a full season pickup of the 2011–2012 television season.”
As per the almighty Wikipedia
Maybe he’ll get a haircut, grow a beard, gain some weight, and write something on par with his old stuff. Hopefully this is also the end of the Kanye West ballerina videos too.
I’m crossing my fingers that Chubby Ben makes a comeback.
OH GOD PLEASE CUT THAT HAIR
I didn’t even know that they were married until a week ago… ;(
In all seriousness, shitty news, breakups suck. I’m a huge fan of both these two creative and just plain cool people. I wish them both the best from here onwards.
It’s a shame more couples don’t stick together. It’s kinda sad to watch them drift apart.
Right. Although I like to stay out of people’s personal business, it’s still sad about Kim Gordon & Thurston. I feel like, if you’ve been married that long, then just stay married to that person. Make a compromise/agreement with them. Just my 2 lousy cents…
i hope i can be one of her mistakes
I guess Ben wasn’t hipster enough for her but way too emotional.
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Yep.
Yes! There is still a chance!
She finally noticed the dead squirrel laying on his head, aka his hair.
Zooey and Kim are going to move to NY and get married. I see it now.
Pretty lame that a divorce gets more comments than, say, a new Tom Waits album…
This comment should get all of the likes.
owl city’s music is finally going to get back to the level of their earlier work
i think she just realized that he’s not the guy.
s/he/a/
Typo, meant
s/the/a/
The ice was getting thinner between She&Him
what a surprise, he’s totally “in her league”
when they got married i thought “what idiots”
about as real as beyonce’s “pregnancy”
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Yaaaaay! More sad Death Cab songs. Awesome!
She 500 Days of Summered him. It’s alright Ben, i think her cute disguise probably hides some very manic tendencies.
What is is about celebrity marriages? They rarely last.
Are these types of personalities just too fickle to ever stay in a long-term relationship? Do they not have what it takes to stick it out during tough times? Is it because they’re traveling a lot and don’t get to see each other enough, so they grow apart?
death cab sucks, new girl sucks, but i hope hope m. ward is getting his dick sucked.
Dearest Ben,
You know I think you are the awesomest, but I just can’t justify staying married to a guy that fronts a band that is somehow wimpier than She and Him.
Sorreeeeeeeeeez :( , Zooey D
P.S. Isn’t it just soooo adorkable that even I can’t spell my last name? LOL!!!!
I hope he gets fat again.