In 2003, Mayim Bialik married Michael Stone. The couple went on to have two sons together. Sadly, the marriage wasn’t destined to be a long-lasting one. By late 2012, their relationship had run its course; writing in a blog post for her Kveller website, Bialik announced that she and Stone, after much soul searching, had decided it was time to go their separate ways. “Divorce is terribly sad, painful, and incomprehensible for children,” she wrote. “It is not something we have decided lightly.” Their main priority, the star explained, was to ensure a smooth transition for their kids into their new living situation, which would mean shuttling back and forth between Bialik’s and Stone’s respective homes while the two exes shared co-parenting duties. “We will be [okay],” she added.
A few weeks after making the announcement, Bialik opened up about how her new normal was progressing. “It’s going okay,” she told Us Weekly, crediting Stone for joining her in putting their kids first and foremost in the equation. “It’s not easy,” the actor added, “but we’re doing okay, so thank God.”
Several years later, the system they’d put in place appeared to be working out for both ex-spouses and their children. “I’m so incredibly grateful, not only for my ex-husband, but for all of the work that we’ve put in to be able to have the kind of conversations we have to have,” Bialik told Us Weekly in 2020.
