Larry King and his wife are so estranged they can’t even agree to divorce at the same time.
The talk show host filed for a divorce Wednesday from Shawn, his wife of 13 years, and minutes later she submitted papers asking for her own divorce, TMZ reported.
The marriage collapsed after Shawn accused Larry of having an affair with one of her close relatives, TMZ said. Cars reportedly screeched out of his driveway after an “explosive argument” at their Beverly Hills home.
“It’s a very sad day in Larry’s life and he hopes the divorce will be amicable,” Susan Carter, King’s attorney, told the entertainment website.
King asked for joint custody of their two children. It is his eighth divorce, though Shawn is only his seventh wife. King divorced one wife in 1962 and remarried her in 1967, then divorced her again in 1972.