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Celebrity breakups this week: Dylan Dreyer, Cardi B and Offset, Coleman Wong, and more

Confirmed splits this week: Dylan Dreyer's divorce, Cardi B and Offset's stalled split, Coleman Wong's breakup, and Nick Lachey on his first marriage.

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[Tea · Breakups roundup] Every week we round up the celebrity splits that were actually confirmed or reported by mainstream outlets, plus a couple of updates on the ones still dragging on. No anonymous rumors. Here's the week of October 16.

1. Dylan Dreyer: "I'm recently divorced" The "Today" co-host confirmed on her "Parent Chat" podcast that she and Brian Fichera are officially divorced. She mentioned it while explaining why her mom has been living with her: "As you know, I'm recently divorced. So, my mom has been staying with me for months at a time." Page Six reports she filed by March 10, 2026, and the divorce was finalized on May 19. The pair, who married in 2012, announced their separation in July 2025 after 13 years of marriage and said they would keep co-parenting as close friends. Dreyer later said on "Today" that they "work better as friends than as husband and wife."

2. Cardi B and Offset: still not signed Cardi B filed for divorce in 2024, and it's still unresolved more than two years later amid disputes over assets and support, according to the X news summary. This week she reportedly confronted Offset during a run-in, telling him to sign the papers. Screenshots of an alleged text exchange are also circulating, but neither artist has confirmed them, so we're not repeating them here.

3. Coleman Wong and Eason Chan's daughter: "It's over" Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong (Wong Chak-lam) confirmed on October 14 that he and singer Eason Chan's daughter, 陳康堤 (Chan Hong-tai), have split. Asked on the JFFT livestream channel, he answered: "It's over, yes, it's nothing," and said he'd now "focus on tennis," according to Lianhe Zaobao and Oriental Daily. They went public in April, and she was at his French Open run in Paris with her father. Fans noticed in late September that the pair had unfollowed each other. Neither she nor her father has commented, and no reason was given.

4. Maxi Iglesias: "I'm not ashamed of my life" Not a breakup, but one of Spain's most-searched couples. At a brand event on October 13, the actor said of his private life, "No me avergüenzo de mi vida, pero no quiero que se hable de eso" (I'm not ashamed of my life, but I don't want it talked about). When asked directly about Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, he ended the interview with one word: "Gracias," Europa Press reports. The pair were photographed together in Madrid this spring and have never commented publicly.

5. Nick Lachey on his first marriage On the "Love Is Blind" season 11 premiere, the host told a previously married contestant that his 2002–2005 marriage to Jessica Simpson actually gave him "a leg up," because "you know from that experience what it is you truly want," E! News reports. Vanessa Lachey added: "We all have messy pasts, all of us."

What we skipped A viral claim that a major actor announced his divorce on Instagram Live is unverified. A set of quotes attributed to another A-lister about her divorce was fabricated. Neither appears here.

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