Huge Hollywood couple Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci have split up, the two announced in a short statement shared with fans
Movie director Tim Burton and actress and model Monica Bellucci have split – and announced the news in a joint statement.
The exes had reportedly been dating since they reconnected in October 2022, but sparked dating rumours long before they confirmed their relationship the following year in October 2023.
However, two years on from confirming they were an item, Tim and Monica have gone their separate ways.
“It is with much respect and deep care for each other that Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton have decided to part ways,” the pair announced in a statement.
Edward Scissorhands director Tim was last pictured with Monica in June, when Tim was seen planting a loving kiss on Monica’s cheek while on stage at the 71st Taormina Film Festival, Italy, in June this year.
In 2023, Monica discussed her relationship with Tim in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar España. The star gushed over the romance and told the glossy fashion magazine: “I found in Tim [Burton] a wonderful spirit. I met a spectacular soul.”
She previously told Elle France: “What I can say… I’m glad I met the man, first of all. It’s one of those encounters that rarely happens in life… I know the man, I love him, and now I’m going to meet the director, another adventure begins.” Monica added: “I love Tim. And I have great respect for Tim Burton.”
The director and model are understood to have first met in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival, but nothing romantic happened between the pair – as they were both in longterm relationships – until they reconnected in 2022 at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, where the model presented Tim with a lifetime achievement award.
During their relationship Tim, 67, and model Monica, 60, also worked on their first movie together, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which was released last year. Tim has a habit of casting those he is romantically involved with in his movies. Monica, who didn’t feature in the original Beetlejuice movie 35 years ago, played Delores, the ex wife of Michael Beetlejuice.
Speaking ahead of the premiere, Monica said: “I’m so honoured to be part of this film and to come into Tim’s world.”
Before her relationship with Tim, Monica previously dated Nicolas Lefebvre, but the pair split in 2019. She was also married to French actor Vincent Cassel between 1997 and 2013. The former couple met in 1996 on the set of Gilles Mimouni’s film l’Appartement.
Monica and Vinent share daughters Deva, who was born in 2004, and Leonie, who was born in 2010.
Meanwhile, Tim was famously married to Helena Bonham Carter, who he worked with on several movies including Planet of the Apes, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The duo were married for 13 years but went their separate ways in 2014.
Tim and Helena share a son called Billy, 20, and a daughter called Nell, 16.
Helena previously admitted “massive grief” over her split from Tim. Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar in 2016, Helena said: “You go through massive grief – it is a death of a relationship, so it’s utterly bewildering. Your identity, everything, changes.
“Just saying: I’m not myself at the moment, so be careful. Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s okay to be fragile.”