Perfect. I now have comprehensive research from multiple sources. Let me compile this into an article. The key recent news is from Danny DeVito’s AARP Magazine interview published on July 29 (just yesterday/today). I have quotes from both Danny and Rhea across various interviews. Let me write the article according to all the specifications.
Danny DeVito, 81, told AARP in an interview published on Wednesday, July 29
, that
he and Perlman have no plans to change their arrangement
to
remain legally married
.
“We’re always over at her house. We see the grandchildren together, that kind of stuff. So that’s a good relationship,” the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star, 81, told AARP in an interview published on Wednesday, July 29.
DeVito and Perlman talk daily and meet for weekly meals.
DeVito and Perlman, now 78, first met in 1971. He was acting in an off-Broadway play at the time and she saw the show with a friend.
The Cheers alum and DeVito dated for more than 10 years before officially tying the knot in 1982.
“We had a lot in common, and we fell in love. A nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn and an Italian from New Jersey: I cooked, and she ate.”
During their time together, they welcomed three children – Lucy, 43, Gracie, 41, and Jake, 38.
Their three adult children, Lucy, Grace and Jake, have also expanded the family, giving the longtime spouses more reasons to spend time together.
DeVito and Perlman announced they were separating in October 2012 after 30 years of marriage.
They reconciled a year later, but separated for good in March 2017.
In the viral moment that became a hallmark of their relationship, “Rhea and I met, in well, 1970,” he began. “We’ve been together for that long, and you grow together. It’s like you really know how each other’s feeling all the time.”
He explained their ongoing closeness to Fox News Digital in 2024: “We participate in conversation daily. Lots and lots of talking and [doing] a lot of things together.”
Despite separating in 2012, Rhea Perlman said she and Danny DeVito are still married and have a “pretty decent understanding and relationship with each other” now.
During her appearance on Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast in May 2023, “Danny and I, we are still married,” Perlman, 75, told Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the Wednesday episode of Lemonada Media’s “Wiser Than Me” podcast. “And we are still very good friends and we see each other a lot. And our family is still the most important thing to both of us.”
“I’m not gonna, like, sugarcoat it… it was very difficult at first,” she said, noting that there were “a lot of reasons” for the breakup that she wouldn’t get into.
“It’s much better because all the tense stuff is gone. It’s not in your face. I’m not in his, he’s not in mine.”
She also emphasized their family’s resilience: “There was a hard transition, and for the kids, and everything, but […] everybody’s got a good relationship with Danny, and with me, and with each other, and that’s all we care about. You know, we’re a family.”
During a 2019 appearance on Watch What Happens Live, “I don’t know why it’s difficult for other people, but Danny and I have always loved each other and we have three amazing children together,” Perlman explained. “We really agree on almost everything important.”
She expressed her commitment to the arrangement: “But, I’m not getting divorced. No, no, no. What for? We do live separately. We see each other a lot too.”
“Yesterday was [eldest daughter] Lucy’s birthday. We were together for the birthday party, and we had a family party.”
DeVito said, “We’re a tight family.”
In 2022, Rhea told People: “We’re still separated, but we see each other often, and we’re still a family. We can do things together, we can do things separately. I’m really, really glad that Danny and I were able to navigate some rough days to be able to have this different kind of relationship. I think it’s pretty rare, but we agree on so many things that it makes sense.”
“No matter what happens in your life, the most important thing is having family and friends,” he emphasized, “reliable people in our lives who we can talk to, who we can open up to, who we can rely on to be there.”
He told AARP that an early morning Zoom call with his 1-year-old grandson eating oatmeal was enough to get him out of bed.
Danny is set to appear as Grandpa Eddie in Jumanji: Open World, which premieres on Christmas 2026.