( CNN ) -- Gwyneth Paltrow and husband , singer Chris Martin , have split , the couple announced in a joint statement on Tuesday via her website , Goop . While there had been speculation of trouble in paradise over the years , the couple seemed to remain united . `` It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate , '' the statement said . `` We have been working hard for well over a year , some of it together , some of it separated , to see what might have been possible between us , and we have come to the conclusion that while we love each other very much , we will remain separate . '' The news comes fresh on the heels of an announcement that Martin , front man for the Grammy-winning band Coldplay , will be joining the hit NBC singing reality show `` The Voice . '' It also comes days after a report in the Los Angeles Times that the pair had purchased a $ 14 million John Lautner-designed home in Malibu , California . The couple have been married for more than a decade and are the parents of two children , Apple and Moses . Paltrow and Martin asked for privacy for their family in their statement . `` We are , however , and always will be a family , and in many ways , we are closer than we have ever been , '' they said . `` We are parents first and foremost , to two incredibly wonderful children and we ask for their and our space and privacy to be respected at this difficult time . `` We have always conducted our relationship privately , and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent , we will be able to continue in the same manner . '' The statement was signed , `` Love , Gwyneth & Chris . '' The Goop site crashed from too many people trying to read the statement almost as soon as the news hit the Web . On social media the reaction was shock and snideness . Paltrow , who most recently guest-starred on `` Glee , '' has long riled up feelings of love/hate among fans with her Goop site , which some have viewed as aspirational . `` Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are getting divorced , citing `` insufferable similarities , '' wrote one Twitter user . Another wrote , `` Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have split up . Guess he 's finally sick of talking to her and her referring to herself in the 3rd person . '' The couple divided their time between Europe and the United States and could often be found in paparazzi shots hobnobbing with famous friends including singer Beyonce and her rapper husband , Jay Z . What does `` Conscious Uncoupling '' mean ?
The couple released a statement on the Paltrow 's behalf . They have been married more than a decade . Paltrow and Chris Martin of CNN asked for privacy for their marriage .