Last fall, Guy Pearce announced his split from his wife of 18 years, Kate Mestitz. Kate and Guy were childhood sweethearts and she had seen him through some good times and some bad times. In past interviews, Guy has talked about his drug use, and he even claimed that he was addicted to marijuana for “years” and that he got high every day at one point in his life. So, yeah, his wife saw him through some bad times. It didn’t seem like anything really scandalous happened around his actual divorce though – by the time he got around to announcing it last fall, he said that he and Kate had split in January 2015. He also tweeted “we couldn’t be closer. We’ll love each other 4 ever.”
I actually forgotten about all of that, so when I read this little piece of news in People Mag, I was like, “Wait, I thought Guy was married?!” It’s still slightly scandalous, but not AS scandalous as I originally thought. As it turns out, Guy has been quietly dating Game of Thrones‘ Melisandre/Carice van Houten (who knew?) and now they’re going to have a baby.
Game of Thrones star Carice van Houten and Aussie actor Guy Pearce are expecting their first child together, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.
Dutch actress Houten, who portrays Melisandre in the hit HBO series, is currently starring in the film, Race, about track star Jesse Owens’ historic wins in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The 39-year-old is also a singer and has released two albums — 2012’s See You on the Ice and 2006′ Black Book.
Pearce, 48, currently stars in Australian TV series Jack Irish and will portray F. Scott Fitzgerald in the upcoming film, Genius, which will be released in July. His cult film, Memento, celebrated its 15th anniversary on March 16.
Guy and Kate didn’t have any kids, so this will be his first child full-stop. And this will be Carice’s first kid too. Guy once told an Australian outlet that “I’m not consistent enough to be a parent – I blow too hot and cold. Kate jokes that we’d end up on the news for throwing a child out of the window.” I guess everybody’s allowed to change their mind. And considering that before now, I had no idea that Melisandre was hittin’ it with Guy Pearce, I guess I’m okay with all of this. I’ve always loved Guy, and Carice seems like a cool person. Congrats, you two.
PS… From what I can tell, Guy and Carice have only been photographed together one time – go here to see some candid photos from January. Also, this happened:
Ok. I'm ready for your shadowbaby jokes.
— Carice van Houten (@caricevhouten) March 19, 2016
Photos courtesy of WENN.
