Actor Mel Gibson and director Rosalind Ross have split after nine years of dating.
In a joint statement to People on Dec. 30, 2025, the former couple, who share 8-year-old son Lars, revealed they quietly parted ways in 2024. “Although it’s sad to end this chapter in our lives, we are blessed with a beautiful son and will continue to be the best parents possible,” they told the outlet.
The pair met in 2014 through mutual friends and soon began dating. In 2017, they welcomed Lars.
Their separation announcement came nearly a year after the couple’s Malibu home was destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. Ross and Lars evacuated the property while Gibson was recording an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
Gibson told NewsNation in January 2025 that although their home was “perfectly burned,” the family was safe.
The couple’s 34-year age difference drew attention throughout their relationship.
Gibson addressed the scrutiny in a 2016 interview with The Mirror. “Regarding age and relationships, it’s just a number,” he said. “We dig each other. She is an adult and we dig each other. It might cause a problem and one has a trepidation about these things, but it’s working out great. She is a really special person.”
Gibson — best known for movies like “Braveheart,” “Mad Max,” and “The Passion of the Christ” — has eight other children from previous relationships with ex-wife Robyn Moore and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
Ross, a former champion equestrian vaulter best known for writing and directing the 2022 film “Father Stu,” which Gibson starred in, is only a mother to Lars.
