It's not the most salacious explanation, but maybe the flame between the former spouses just burned out. De Laurentiis and Thompson had been together since she was 18 and began the process of separating when she was nearly 44. That's a long time together, and people definitely grow and change.
De Laurentiis literally went from being a broke college student to an A-List celebrity over the course of her marriage to Thompson, which was a trajectory neither of them anticipated. In fact, while speaking with Redbook in 2009, De Laurentiis shared the couple's dreams. "Todd and I have talked about [living in] Paris or Rome," she said, adding, "I didn't plan on having this career, I just rode the wave. And now I'm contemplating where it leads."
Just two years later, she told the same outlet, "When I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with. All men want to be treated like kings in a relationship, and I think if women don't indulge that sometimes, their men are likely to stray and look for someone who can give that to them. It's simple. It's not brain surgery."
Is it possible that they were just unable to maintain this traditional dynamic?
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