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Eric McCormack’s wife, Janet Leigh Holden, has filed for divorce from the Will & Grace star after 26 years of marriage.

Holden filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court on November 22, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause for separation. She is seeking spousal support and has requested that the court terminate the actor’s eligibility to be awarded spousal support.

McCormack and Holden met on the set of Lonesome Dove in 1994. The couple married in August 1997 and share one son, 21-year-old Finnigan Holden McCormack.

“I met my wife, Janet, in 1994 on the set of a TV series,” McCormack wrote in an essay for The Guardian in 2007. “I was just coming out of a relationship, and not to be trusted. I’d been dating actresses but Janet was different. She wore jeans, drove a pick-up truck.”

“At first, she wasn’t too keen,” he continued. “She knew actors are a...

Eric McCormack‘s wife Janet Holden has filed for divorce after 26 years of marriage.

The 60-year-old actor, best known for his portrayal of Will Truman on Will & Grace, married his wife in August 1997. However, she filed legal paperwork to dissolve their union.

Court documents revealed the reason for their split, and what she’s asking of Eric as they move forward.

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According to The Blast, Janet cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of their split. She is asking for spousal support but would not like to pay anything to her estranged husband.

Additionally, Janet wants Eric to pay for their legal representation.

The date of Janet and Eric‘s formal split was reported as “to be determined.”

The couple share an adult son. It has been reported that they met on the set of Lonesome Dove: The Series in 1994.

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It's been a pretty good year for Eric McCormack. The actor once again has a hit series on his hands with NBC's successful revival of their beloved sitcom Will & Grace, he's just celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary with wife Janet Holden, and now he's got himself a Golden Globes nomination courtesy of the Hollywood Foreign Press. After earning five nominations in the category of Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy during the comedy's original run with nary a win, McCormack has another chance to finally take home some hardware. As the actor points out in his video statement celebrating the big nomination, as well as the one the series earned for Best Television...