Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy announce break-up on Twitter
Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy ended their five-year relationship by announcing the split on their Twitter pages.
The announcement surprised Hollywood insiders as the low-profile couple appeared to have a strong relationship.
On Valentine's Day the 48-year-old actor hired a plane to sky-write "J (heart) J" above the home they shared in an upmarket Los Angeles neighborhood.
"Jenny my Love, you've stolen my heart, my soul and of course anything you find in my pants," he cooed in a follow-up Twitter message.
But both were singing a different tune yesterday.
Carrey wrote: "Jenny and I have just ended our (five-year) relationship.
"I'm grateful (for) the many blessings we've shared and I wish her the very best!"
McCarthy, 37, was equally amicable, writing that she was grateful for their time together, and would "always keep Jim as a leading man in my heart."
In the early days of their relationship, Carrey wooed McCarthy by taking her on a helicopter ride and to concerts by Radiohead according to a People magazine report in 2006.
Carrey passionately advocated a link between vaccines and autism, a neurological disease suffered by McCarthy's 7-year-old son.
The I Love You Phillip Morris star, who has a daughter from the first of his two marriages, recently became a grandfather for the first time.
McCarthy, a former Playboy Playmate, is writing a book about relationships.
