'We free each other to be who we are learning to become - Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet announce split after 16 years together

Celebrity couple, Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are splitting up after 16 years together - 12 years of partnership and 4 years of marriage.

 The pair announced they are "parting ways in marriage" in a joint statement shared on Momoa's Instagram Wednesday. 

 "We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times," said the couple, who started dating in 2005 and officially tied the knot in October 2017. "A revolution is unfolding ~ and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring"

 Momoa, 42, and Bonet, 54, added that they chose to announce their split "not because we think it’s newsworthy," but so that "as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty."

 "The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived," the couple continued. "We free each other ~ to be who we are learning to become…"

 "Our devotion unwavering to this sacred life & our Children. Teaching our Children What’s possible ~Living the Prayer May Love Prevail. J & L"

 Momoa and Bonet married in October 2017 after dating for more than a decade. It was the first marriage for Momoa and the second for Bonet who had been married to rockstar, Lenny Kravitz from 1987 to 1993.