Molly Sims Calls Friends Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman's Split 'Sad' but Notes '33 Years Is a Win'

Mar. 15, 2025

Molly Sims and Rachel Zoe.Photo:Donato Sardella/Getty Images

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Molly Simsis sharing her kind reaction toRachel Zoe’s divorce fromRodger Berman.

During a Wednesday, Sept. 18 appearance onWatch What Happens Live, the 51-year-old model and actress said the decision is “sad” but that the couple’s 33 years together are “a win.”

“Listen, 33 years, it’s a win,” she said in response to a viewer’s question. “But it’s sad, you know. I think it’s sad when, you know, two kids. But I’m sad for both of them.”

Sims and Zoe, 53, have a years-long friendship that began when theLas Vegasalum began working with the celebrity stylist. While introducing the entrepreneur to accept the National Women’s History Museum’sWomen Making History awardin 2016, Sims said that Zoe “continually inspires me on both a personal and professional levels.”

She also described Zoe as “the definition of balance,” commending her for juggling multiple businesses as well as her family.

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Molly Sims and Rachel Zoe.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

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Zoe and husband Bermanannounced their separationin a joint statement via Zoe’sInstagramon Monday, Sept. 9.

“After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision to end our marriage,” the announcement began. “We are incredibly proud of the loving family we have created and our countless memories together.”

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Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman in 2020.Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic

“Our number one priority has been and will always be our children. We are committed to co-parent our boys and to continue to work together within the many businesses we share,” they continued.

The couple share sonsSkyler Morrison, 13, andKaius Jagger, 10.

Zoe and Berman became a couple in 1991 and tied the knot on Feb. 15, 1998. Their relationship was previously documented on the Bravo series The Rachel Zoe Project, which aired from 2008 to 2013. In 2015, they starred in Lifetime’sFashionably Late with Rachel Zoe.Berman is also listed as a co-host on Zoe’s podcast, iHeartRadio’sClimbing in Heels with Rachel Zoe.

source: people.com