Marriage off with Eva (44) and Peter Imhof (49)! The moderator has now officially announced this in an Instagram post. "Many of you have already suspected it and I would like to be honest with you now. Yes, I broke up with Peter a long time ago," writes the 44-year-old in a long statement. "We go different ways."

"Anyone who has been through a situation like this knows how difficult it is and that it takes time to find a way to deal with it," the moderator continues. So far, the two have kept the separation to themselves out of consideration “for us and our families”. "Nevertheless, we are aware that after all the years that you have been so loyal to us, you naturally have an interest in what happened to the 'Imhofs'."

Eva Imhof is very grateful for the 13 years of marriage and their children, for whom they will "continue to take care of each other". At the end, the journalist thanks the people "who have accompanied us on our journey over the past few years and continue to do so" as well as "our family and mutual friends".

The presenter also talks about love in her Instagram stories. "I never thought that I would break up or that our relationship could break up," she explains, visibly moved. "But sometimes things happen in life that kind of take you down a different path." She will not speak further about the circumstances. But she assured her fans that everyone was "stable".

"The separation was more than a year ago." However, due to "mental illness" she would not have had the strength "to see me confronted with it in public". That's why she's been silent about the marriage so far.

Peter Imhof has not yet commented on the separation. The couple married in 2008. In 2012 their twin daughters were born.