Meagan Good Displays on Divorce From DeVon Franklin

It has been over a yr since Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin introduced they have been divorcing after 9 years of marriage, and now the “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” actor is reflecting on the previous pair’s determination to separate.

On Dec. 21, 2022, Good and Franklin shared a joint assertion with People confirming their break up. “After a lot prayer and consideration, we’ve got determined to enter our futures individually however ceaselessly linked,” they mentioned. “We have fun virtually a decade of marriage collectively and a love that’s everlasting. There isn’t any one at fault, we imagine that is the subsequent greatest chapter within the evolution of our love.”

They continued, “We’re extremely grateful for the life-changing years we have spent collectively as husband and spouse. We’re additionally extraordinarily grateful to God for the testimony being created inside us each and for blessing our lives with one another.”

Nonetheless, in a brand new interview with Essence, printed on March 15, Good revealed that the choice to divorce wasn’t hers, although she did not place blame particularly on her ex-husband, who she nonetheless considers an “unbelievable and exquisite particular person.” “It is nothing that I might have ever chosen, and after I realized that it was taking place, I used to be devastated,” she mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘That is me, Lord. I did every part that I might do to the very best of my potential. I do not perceive why I did all these items, after which that is my finish consequence.'”

Good famous that nothing malicious on her and Franklin’s half ended their marriage, nor was there something false about their 2017 ebook “The Wait: A Highly effective Follow for Discovering the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love.” However she did share that their divorce, which was finalized on June 23, 2022, was “tough” on her.

“As a result of my greatest concern was what occurred between my mother and my dad would to occur to me, which is you have been together with your husband for 10 years and also you break up,” she mentioned. “I might say, ‘I am by no means getting divorced. I am in it ceaselessly, good, unhealthy, no matter it’s, I am by no means going to surrender. You are my particular person, I am your particular person, that is it.’ It took me a very long time to grasp that God did not do divorce. DeVon and I each have free will. So I needed to settle for that God did not lie when he advised me that was my husband . . . However he did not say we would be collectively ceaselessly.”

Trying again on their relationship, Franklin mentioned she has no regrets about marrying or divorcing Franklin. “As soon as I accepted every part, I felt grateful for the time we had collectively and the attractive journey,” she concluded. “Then there was an pleasure. I get to start out life once more, in my prime, with so many unbelievable issues taking place in my life and in my profession. I get to do that once more.”

Good and Franklin first met on the set of 2011’s “Leaping the Broom” and tied the knot a yr later. Their final pink carpet look collectively was on the 2019 BET Awards.

Since their breakup, Good has made small mentions of her divorce in interviews, most lately, previous to talking to Essence, on “The View” in January. “On this season I am simply actually enthusiastic about what’s subsequent,” the “Harlem” star shared on the discuss present. “I really feel like I get to start out my life over in some methods and have a second probability at no matter is meant to be subsequent. So I am actually embracing that . . . I do not know what to anticipate and that is form of superb.”