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Former Hollywood Styling Power Couple Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman Announce Divorce

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | September 10, 2024 |

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | September 10, 2024 |

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This summer was great for me for a lot of reasons. The classic reality show The Rachel Zoe Project, which ran for five seasons starting in 2008, going up on Peacock was one of those reasons. The show followed Rachel Zoe, at one point Hollywood’s biggest fashion stylist to the stars, as she juggled her chaotic business with her revolving door of millennial styling assistants, and her personal life, including her marriage to Rodger Berman, an erstwhile banker turned executive for his wife’s brand, and their journey to start a family. It was the kind of uncensored show that could only exist in the early aughts: conspicuous wealth being bandied about like it was nothing, giant Starbucks cups being tossed around recklessly, and quaint shots of Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway getting dressed for the Golden Globes. Zoe is a Polly Pocket doll of a human being, and her controlling tendencies and passion for work often led to conflict with her husband, who just wanted to her settle down and relax.

Zoe has seen an uptick in fame since the show was made available to stream, and that’s when I noticed her Instagram content with Berman was starting to wane. She was posting a lot about her kids and from a lot of parties, which she seemed to be attending solo. In 2024, this is the harbinger of marriage doom. Sure enough, yesterday, she posted a statement saying they’re divorcing.

“After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision to end our marriage,” she wrote. “We are incredibly proud of the loving family we have created and our countless memories together.”

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised—so much of the show focused on documenting their relationship struggles—but they always seemed to be the sitcom-y, Lucy and Ricky kind of struggles, not the real kind.