Briefly: It was reported that Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz split recently, and that split was confirmed by reps for both parties today. The couple were together for around nine years.

No reason was given for the break-up, but after speaking with inside sources close to the couple, we here at Pajiba can exclusively reveal that Rachel Weisz broke up with the director of The Wrestler because she looks like this:

And Aronofsky looks like this:

See: It was just a matter of genetics.

Our sincerest, most heartfelt condolences go out to Aronofsky, who will no longer get to go to bed with this any longer:

I blame Mickey Rourke.

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