Jill Martin and Erik Brooks are going their separate ways after two years of marriage, People reports.
The TODAY contributor, 48, and the Ethos Capital founder, who tied the knot on Sept. 10, 2022, “are quietly divorcing,” a source told People.
Jill Martin and Erik Brooks split comes over a year after Martin shared that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2023, shortly after she tested positive for the BRCA gene, which links to a significantly higher possibility of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
“Jill is focused on getting healthy and making a difference. She’s launching a new initiative on TODAY Oct. 1 for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And she’s starting a new business this month,” the source adds.
At the time of her diagnosis, Martin told People that she was “grateful” her illness came after her and Brooks’ wedding. She believed her “life will be defined [as] before and after the diagnosis,” Martin said, adding that she was “grateful” the diagnosis occurred after their wedding because it “was such a purely happy event.”
“I feel like this is a new chapter with a new journey,” Martin added. “[But] that’s not bad because I am going to take this. It will just be different.”
“And my choices will be affected by it, and my lifestyle will be affected by it, and my outlook will be affected by it. And there will be a lot of beautiful, positive silver linings that come out of it, and of course, heartbreak,” she continued. “I mean, this is heartbreaking.”
Since then, the lifestyle and commerce correspondent has documented her health journey, from getting a double mastectomy to recovering from chemotherapy treatments.
She said in a personal essay published last August that cancer “knocked me down,” after her double mastectomy, however, she was determined “to fight.”
“I used to jump out of bed every day to begin work, but now every day is a choice,” she added.
“Do I feel like staying under the covers and crying? Yes. Every day. But I did that when I first started recovery … and little by little, like today, I am choosing to get up. I am choosing to fight. And I am choosing to use my strength and platform to do my best to crush cancer.”
“I thought it was important to share this journey with you in real time,” Martin continued. “I have shared the happy, the sad and now the scary. We will get through this together.”