January 6, 2001
By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
After six months of marriage, actress Courtney Thorne-Smith has separated
from her husband.
Ironically, a beaming Thorne-Smith graces the cover of the current issue
of In Style Weddings, wearing her bone-hued bridal gown. In the six-page
spread, she writes a first-hand account of everything that was involved
in planning her wedding to genetic scientist Andrew Conrad.
"There is something to be said for lack of wedding preparation: It leads
to lack of expectations, which in turn can lead to magic," she says in
the cover story. "I truly couldn't have done it alone, and I can honestly
say that my wedding could not have been more perfect if I had planned it--which,
as we now know, I did not."
They were married June 2 during a small Hawaii ceremony and reception.
Of her separation, which she announced in a statement Thursday via her
publicist, she said, "Andy and I have made a mutual decision to separate.
There are no third parties involved."The couple plan to remain friends,
she said.
A former star of "Melrose Place," Thorne-Smith quit "Ally McBeal" last
season. A few months ago, she announced that she had tried to keep up--or,
more to the point, down--with her rail-thin co-stars (such as Calista Flockhart
and Lucy Liu) by dieting and exercising excessively.
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