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Channel Seven newsreader Amber Laidler and her AFL star husband Jeremy split after eight years
Channel 7 newsreader Amber Laidler and her AFL star husband Jeremy Laidler have reportedly split after eight years of marriage.
The pair, who tied the knot in 2017, have quietly parted ways, according to The Daily Telegraph but are continuing to co-parent their son Will, who they welcomed in early 2022.
Despite the split, the former couple are understood to still be living under the same roof at their family home in Sydney's east for the sake of their young child.
Eagle-eyed fans were the first to pick up on signs of trouble, with Amber noticeably absent from Jeremy's Instagram feed since November 2023, while he hasn't made a cameo on her profile since December that year.
Adding further fuel to the speculation, Amber has been spotted without her wedding ring on several occasions in recent months.
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Amber has made a name for herself as a reporter at Seven News after stepping away from the beauty pageant circuit.
She won Miss World Australia in 2011, before going on to study journalism.
She graduated from Macleay College in 2017 and now works as a TV reporter for Seven News.
During her time with Seven, Amber has worked as an Assistant Chief of Staff and even a producer and reporter for Sunrise.
Jeremy, who played 87 AFL games across stints with Geelong, Carlton and the Sydney Swans, retired in 2017 and has since focused on life away from the spotlight.
The couple tied the knot in a glamorous ceremony in November 2017 and became parents five years later, welcoming their son Will eight weeks premature in January 2022.
Amber announced Will's birth on Instagram on January 19, sharing a photo of the tiny baby boy with a nasal cannula.
'Our darling boy Will Richie Laidler who simply couldn't wait any longer and joined us eight weeks early yesterday afternoon,' she wrote at the time.
'He'll now spend a few weeks in the special care nursery while we try to understand how it's possible to love one tiny human so very, very much.'
Jeremy also shared a photo of their sleeping son hooked up to a series of wires shortly after his arrival.
'The most incredible (and obviously impatient) little boy that brought so much joy [to] our lives already. Amber did such an amazing job and I could not be more proud of her!!' the retired Australian rules footballer wrote.
