Kate Bosworth and husband Michael Polish split after eight years as actress vows ‘our love will never end’ in gushing poem

Caption: Kate Bosworth and husband Michael Polish split after 8 years
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Kate Bosworth and Michael Polish just gave Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are run for their money when it comes to ‘consciously uncoupling’.

The Hollywood actress, 37, announced her split from the 50-year-old movie director with a gushing poem on Thursday, as she shared the news in an unexpected post.

Alongside a romantic picture of the pair kissing, the Blue Crush star wrote: ‘“Do you want to split a burger?” Yes. “How ‘bout a shot of whiskey?” Hell yes. – Big Sur, 2011

‘The beginning is often the best part of love. Fireworks, magnets, rebellion — the attraction. The onset signals a wide open expanse of possibility. Split a burger with someone when you are falling in love, and you can die happily knowing this is your last meal. Buy a bottle of whiskey and share shots, pour me a waterfall. Play that perfect song on the jukebox and dance with someone you have known your whole life, though you met minutes ago.’

She continued: ‘Inherently we fear an ending. To lose what you have because you got what you wanted. To be attached to the expectation of the outcome. The great Unknown.

‘What if we chose not to fear but instead, to love. If that most delicate and vulnerable last flicker to the flame became another type of furnace entirely. Perhaps this will sound strange to some, romantic to others. To us: this is truth.’

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The Superman Returns actress continued: ‘Our hearts are full, as we have never been so enamored and deeply grateful for one another as we do in this decision to separate. Together, over the last ten years, Michael and I have chosen love, every time. We hold hands as tightly today as we entangled fingers on our wedding day. Our eyes look more deeply into one another, with more courage now.

‘In the process of letting go, we have come to acknowledge that our love will never end. The connection does not simply disappear. The love deepens, the heart expands.’

‘We know the 4 am calls are coming. Songs will be exchanged to communicate only what songs can do. We laugh as we plan for our next movie together and are excited to share our latest collaboration,’ she added. ‘We believe the most epic love stories are those which transcend expectation. Our greatest honor has been to experience love like this, and to continue to marvel at the beauty of love’s evolution.’

The Straw Dogs star concluded: ‘What happens when we reach the end of something and realize … we are just at the beginning. This is love. And we will drink that down. Kate + Michael.’

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The Remember the Titans star and the filmmaker met on the set of Big Sur in 2011 before tieing the knot in August 2013.

Kate is step-mother to Polish’s daughter from a previous marriage. 

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