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Paulina Porizkova shares emotional note to announce split from Aaron Sorkin

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Paulina Porizkova on returning at age 54 to Sports Illustrated's 2019 swimsuit issue
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ByGeorge Costantino
July 21, 2021, 3:53 PM

Aaron Sorkin and Paulina Porizkova have broken up, the 56-year-old model shared Tuesday on Instagram.

Alongside a photo of herself with the acclaimed screenwriter, Porizkova wrote about his impact in her life.

"I'm so grateful for his presence in my life. He helped heal me and reclaim myself," she wrote.

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"There truly may be no better man, no man who's more genuinely 'good,'" she continued. "He's brilliant and witty and funny and sexy. But it doesn't matter how much we may wish we were birds of a feather -- we're still a duck and a goose."

The announcement comes three months after the former couple confirmed their relationship on the 2021 Oscars red carpet.

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Sorkin, 60, was previously married to soccer player Julia Bingham from 1996 to 2005, with whom he shares a 20-year-old daughter, Roxy.

Porizkova, tied the knot with The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek in 1989 before separating in 2017, two years prior to his death.

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They shared two children together, Jonathan, 27, and Oliver, 22.

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