Todd Bridges announces divorce from Bettijo Hirschi after a three-year marriage

Actor Todd Bridges and Bettijo B. Hirschi are headed abstracted ways aft 3 years of marriage.

“After overmuch supplication and reflection, my spouse and I person made the hard determination to separate,” Bridges told The Times successful a connection Thursday. “This was not an casual choice, and it comes with a dense heart, but besides with emotion and gratitude for the beingness we shared.”

Bridges, 60, and Hirschi met successful January 2022 and joined 9 months later, aft a little engagement. It was a 2nd matrimony for both. Hirschi told Tamron Hall past twelvemonth that a person who wrote a caller dating illustration for her showed it to Bridges arsenic “market research.” The person past told Hirschi that helium wanted to get successful touch.

“She’s a batch similar my mom,” Bridges told Hall.

“I convey God for the clip we’ve had together, the lessons we’ve learned, and the household we’ve built,” Bridges continued. “Even successful this play of change, I spot He is guiding america some toward healing, peace, and caller beginnings. I inquire for privateness arsenic we navigate this modulation and proceed to assistance my erstwhile spouse up successful prayer, wishing them joyousness and fulfillment successful the chapters ahead.”

The couple’s September 2022 wedding ceremonial astatine Greystone Mansion & Gardens successful Beverly Hills was attended by astir 70 friends and family, according to People. Bridges was antecedently joined to Dori Smith from 1998 to 2012.

The matrimony brought unneurotic some spouses’ children from their erstwhile marriages. Hirschi has 4 younger children with her archetypal hubby portion Bridges has 2 big offspring: girl Bo is from a erstwhile narration with Amanda Rushing and helium shares lad Spencir, 27, with his archetypal wife. Spencir Bridges was, similar his dad, a kid actor, with roles successful the 2007 movie “Daddy Day Camp” and, successful 2005, the TV bid “ER.” His astir caller acting credits were successful 2009, erstwhile helium had roles connected the bid “iCarly” and the TV movie “The Three Gifts.”

Todd Bridges is the past surviving archetypal formed subordinate of the deed sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” which ran for 8 seasons from 1978 to 1986. Conrad Bain played Phillip Drummond, the affluent begetter of Kimberly (Dana Plato) who adopted sons Arnold (Gary Coleman) and Willis (Bridges). Housekeeper Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, spun disconnected into the bid “Facts of Life.”

Dana Plato, who played Bain’s girl Kimberly, died successful 1999 from an overdose erstwhile she was 34. Bain died of earthy causes successful January 2013, astatine property 89, portion Rae died successful August 2018 astatine 92.

Gary Coleman died successful May 2010 astatine property 42 aft suffering a encephalon hemorrhage successful an accidental autumn astatine his location successful Utah.

TMZ archetypal reported the divorcement quality Wednesday afternoon.