Noah Wyle & his wife Tracy split after 11 years

I was never an ER watcher, but I always liked Noah Wyle, and admired him for the low-key way he lead his life as a television star and occasional film actor. So it’s just sad to hear that Noah and his wife Tracy have split up, and are already in “a mediation process” which I think is a fancy way of saying “divorce”. Noah and Tracy had been together 10 years, having met on the set of The Myth of Fingerprints, when Tracy did his makeup. They have a son, Owen, age 7, and daughter Auden, age 4. I love the name “Auden” by the way. That’s so pretty.

Noah Wyle and his wife, Tracy, have separated after 11 years of marriage, the actor’s rep tells PEOPLE.

“Tracy Wyle and Noah Wyle, who separated in late October 2009, have confirmed they have entered into a mediation process,” rep Eddie Michaels announced in a statement on the couple’s behalf. “Neither has legally filed for divorce. Tracy and Noah live in separate residences; however their two children (Owen, 7, and Auden, 4) see both parents daily.”

Wyle, best known as John Carter from NBC’s hit ER, married makeup artist Tracy Warbin in 1998 after the couple met on the set of Myth of Fingerprints.

Says a friend of the couple: “They’re cooperative with each other and have put the interests of their children ahead of anything else.”

Wyle recently wrapped a TNT pilot for a sci-fi show, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television.

[From People]

Just to see if there was anything juicy about this split (another woman, another man, some kind of farm animal), I did the necessary googling, but the Wyles seem clean as a whistle. And you know someone is squeaky-clean if the Internet is quiet about it! So, what broke them up? I have no idea, truly. Am I a bad person for feeling slightly turned on that Noah is back on the market? He’s so cute! I love how he’s rocking all of this facial hair too – he has such a baby face, anything to help him look older.

Noah Wyle, alone, walking in LA on January 8, 2010. Credit: GHOST/Fame

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