Zooey Deschanel was first linked to film producer Jacob Pechenik in the summer of 2014 when they were seen kissing on the set of “Rock the Kasbah.” They became engaged in January 2015, a milestone that came after another big event. Just days before announcing their engagement, Deschanel and Pechenik shared they were expecting a baby. “Jacob and I are over the moon,” Deschanel told People. Deschanel and Pechenik tied the knot on June 21, 2015, just a month before they welcomed Elsie Otter in July 2015.
The couple expanded their family in May 2017, adding added Charlie Wolf to the brood. But the marriage wouldn’t last. Pechenik filed for divorce in October 2019, though he listed their separation date as January 8 of that year, People reported. “We have decided we are better off as friends, business partners and co-parents rather than life partners,” Deschanel and Pechenik said about their split in their joint statement.
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It wasn’t just talk. Deschanel and Pechenik have stayed pretty close following their divorce, which was finalized in June 2020. Pechenik often comes along for Deschanel’s family outings with Jonathan Scott, Elsie and Charlie. She wouldn’t have it any other way. “As a mom in a co-parenting family, I am just so grateful for the dads in mine and my kids’ lives! From Daddy(Jacob) to Bonus Daddy (big-dad jonathan), Papa(Caleb) and Grandpa Jim,” she gushed in an Instagram post in honor of Father’s Day.
