Frankie Muniz said on 1 July that he and Paige Muniz are ending their marriage after 10 years. The split became public after he deleted an earlier video that drew criticism for showing the family dancing while he framed the breakup as staying best friends.
His first post used the line, “Who says you can’t stay best friends with your baby mamma?” That framing triggered the reaction he later moved to address with a separate statement and a photo of the former couple with their son.
Paige Muniz Pushes Back
Paige Muniz answered in the comments that “people are so cruel,” then said she and Frankie are “two adults who know how to be on the same team.” She also wrote, “I can't believe people could scrutinise that,” making clear the criticism was aimed at the tone of the announcement, not the fact of the divorce itself.
Her response on Instagram Story was even sharper: “The internet is a scary place. I wish you all a kinder sea.” That sequence turned a private split into a public messaging problem, with both posts landing before the couple had settled on the cleaner version of the announcement.
After 10 Years Together
Frankie Muniz later said the pair had privately separated before the announcement and that, “After 10 beautiful years together, we’ve grown in ways that made us realise our relationship feels most natural and strong as a deep friendship and as co-parents.” He added that their son remains “the centre of our world,” which is the practical part of this breakup: the parenting arrangement is staying intact even as the marriage ends.
He also said he was “endlessly grateful” to Paige Muniz and that she “put her own dreams on hold so I could chase mine,” while calling their shared foundation of respect something that “isn’t going anywhere.” For readers tracking the business side of a celebrity split, that matters because the public message is not about separation from family life; it is about preserving the family’s working arrangement.
Muniz Racing Keeps Moving
Frankie Muniz said they were “excited to keep building Muniz Racing together and to co-parent our boy with the same teamwork and love we’ve always had.” He requested privacy at the end of the post, after turning the announcement away from the deleted video and toward a more direct explanation of what changes and what does not.
The split is now public, the original video is gone, and the main unresolved issue is why the first post drew enough criticism to force a replacement. What is clear is that Frankie Muniz and Paige Muniz are trying to control the narrative themselves rather than let the backlash define it.
