LOS ANGELES (CBS) — He may be People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Live,” but Ryan Reynolds will soon be single again.

Reynolds and his wife, actress Scarlett Johansson, announced Tuesday that they are splitting up.

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“After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we’ve decided to end our marriage,” the couple said in a joint statement. “We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we leave it.”

Reynolds, 34, and Johansson, 26, were married in September 2008 in Vancouver.

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