Prior to announcing their split in August 2023, Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s relationship wasn’t all smooth sailing. In May 2022, Sophie took to Instagram to celebrate her nineteenth wedding anniversary with Justin, and she got candid about the ups and downs they’d experienced in their relationship. “Together for 19 years, married for 17, we have navigated through sunny days, heavy storms, and everything in between and it ain’t over,” she wrote. “You all know I keep things honest: long-term relationships are challenging in so many ways. They demand constant work, flexibility, compromise, sacrifice, devotion, patience, effort, and so much more.” Despite sharing that there had been difficulties between them, Sophie ended her post on a positive note, writing, “None of us are perfect and so there is no perfect relationship, but love is only true when it keeps you safe, sets you free, and makes you grow.”
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During an appearance on Meghan Markle’s “Archetypes” podcast in November 2022, Sophie also discussed the desire to be free (via the Daily Mail). “I think we’re all that lioness, we all have that inside of us, and we all long to be free in who we are,” she explained, suggesting that part of her longed for freedom. Sophie’s candor about her marriage struggles is certainly unexpected, especially as she is a politician’s wife, but her sentiments certainly make her more relatable.
