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27 "Just brutal, brutal, brutal."
And you probably know that he used to be married to Amy Poehler.
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The comedians and actors married in 2003 and divorced in 2016.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Arnett opened up about how he felt while getting divorced from Poehler, and the emotional toll it took on him.
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During the separation, Arnett was shooting the fourth season of Arrested Development, and he described the experience as “almost excruciating…Just brutal, brutal, brutal."
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"I was driving to the set one day and I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for an hour," he recalled.
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But Arnett also said that, ultimately, working on Arrested Development was "hilarious and cathartic" for him to process his and Poehler's split.
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Arnett also said that he understands why some fans didn't like seasons four and five of Arrested Development, which came well after the show's initial run. “You know, I think there were a lot of things in those seasons that did not work. We weren’t all together, for a start,” he explained. “But there were moments when we were together and I was crying with laughter, and it was worth it for that. Maybe it was like a very expensive reunion for all of us.”
Read the entire interview here.
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