Elliot Page Files for Divorce<br />From Emma Portner.<br />‘Umbrella Academy’ actor Elliot Page<br />and professional dancer Emma Portner<br />are getting divorced.<br />They had been<br />married for just<br />three years. .<br />Court records show that Page filed for contested<br />divorce at the Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday. .<br />The pair released a joint statement, saying<br />their decision to divorce came after <br />“much thought and careful consideration.” .<br />Page and Portner revealed that<br />they made the “difficult decision”<br />after separating “last summer.” .<br />After much thought and careful<br />consideration, we have made the difficult<br />decision to divorce following our separation<br />last summer … We have the utmost respect<br />for each other and remain close friends, Elliot Page and Emma Portner, via ‘Page Six’.<br />News of their<br />divorce comes<br />just months after<br />Page came out<br />as transgender.<br />Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am<br />trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name<br />is Elliot. I feel lucky to be writing this. To be<br />here. To have arrived at this place in my life, Elliot Page, via Instagram.<br />At the time, Portner expressed her support,<br />calling Page's existence “a gift in and of itself.”.<br />Trans, queer and non-binary people are a<br />gift to this world … I also ask for patience<br />& privacy but that you join me in the fervent<br />support of trans life every single day. Elliot’s<br />existence is a gift in and of itself. Shine<br />on sweet E. Love you so much, Emma Portner, via Instagram
