A major Hollywood director and his actress-model girlfriend are splitting up.

Beetlejuice director Tim Burton, 67, and Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci, 60, announced their split in a joint statement on Friday.

“It is with much respect and deep care for each other that Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton have decided to part ways,” the former Hollywood couple explained in a joint statement to the AFP.

Burton and Bellucci first met briefly at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival while both were in other relationships. They reconnected in 2022 when Bellucci presented Burton with a Lumière Award at the Lumière Festival in France.

Their relationship sparked rumors when they were seen arm-in-arm in Madrid, Spain. However, they didn’t publicly confirm their romance until attending the Rome Film

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