Jessica Alba Is ‘Ready to Have Fun’ After Cash Warren Divorce
Jessica Alba filed for divorce from Cash Warren in February, and a source exclusively tells Life & Style that the Killers Anonymous star is anxious to wrap things up because she’s ready to get out there and date again. Plus, the insider adds that “guys are already staking their claim now that she’s eligible.”
“This has been over between Cash and Jessica in a romance sense for a long time. She even said it straight up – they became like roommates,” the source says. “Things have wrapped up with no ugliness, so that’s not weighing her down. As far as divorces go, it’s going smoothly.”
Jessica, 43, “feels lighter” and is “ready to have some fun back in her life,” and the insider says that fans “can expect to see her at a lot more events and out a lot more.”
The source continues, “It will be to socialize and network but also to meet quality guys. No doubt plenty of high-profile men will use the classic Hollywood way and have their managers reach out to her team and go that route, and she will be open to that. She’s not ruling out dating a regular guy, but she’s taking her friends’ advice and plans to try dating someone at her level of celebrity. They’re all telling her that it will be a better power balance and rule out some of the issues she had with Cash.”
Cash, 46, and Jessica first met on the set of the 2005 film, The Fantastic Four. She had landed the role as Sue Storm and Cash was working as the director’s assistant.
“Right after I met [Cash], I called my best friend and was like, ‘I met this guy and I feel like I’ve known him forever and I’m gonna know him for the rest of my life,’” Jessica recalled during an interview with Cosmopolitan in 2010.
In 2007, the former couple announced they were engaged and expecting their first child together. They went on to tie the knot in a civil ceremony at the Beverly Hills courthouse in May 2008, and two months later, Jessica gave birth to their first daughter, Honor Marie Warren, 16. In August 2011, they welcomed their second daughter, Haven Garner Warren, 13, and in December 2017, Jessica and Cash added their son, Hayes Alba Warren, 7, to the family.
Early in January, TMZ reported that Jessica and Cash had called it quits after 16 years of marriage. One week after the news broke, the Honey actress broke her silence on their separation and confirmed that they were separating.
“I’ve been on a journey of self-realization and transformation for years – both as an individual and in partnership with Cash,” Jessica wrote via Instagram on January 16. “I’m proud of how we’ve grown in our marriage over the last 20 years and it’s now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals. We are moving forward with love, kindness and respect for each other and will forever be family. Our children remain our highest priority and we request privacy at this time.”
On February 7, Jessica filed for divorce from Cash and cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason.