Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds shocked pals with split news

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds‘ friends were shocked by their recent split announcement. The couple — who married just four months after getting engaged in September 2008 — released a statement on Tuesday, confirming a forthcoming divorce and noted they didn’t expect to receive any “privacy” considering their A-list status but were parting on good terms.

“After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we’ve decided to end our marriage,” the statement said.

“We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we leave it.”

Sources say the the estranged couple kept their marital woes under wraps for even the people that know them.

“No one had any idea this was coming,” a pal told the Pop Eater website.

“They kept their private life so secret that I doubt we will ever really know what went wrong.”

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