Jack White and Karen Elson celebrating divorce with a party
(CBS) Jack White and wife Karen Elson are divorcing - and they're throwing a party to celebrate.
The White Stripes rocker and the model/singer, who married in 2005 and have a 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son, confirmed the split on Friday in a joint statement released by their rep.
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"Karen Elson and Jack White announce today that they are getting divorced," the rep's statement said, according to People magazine. "We remain dear and trusted friends and co-parents to our wonderful children Scarlett and Henry Lee. We feel so fortunate for the time we have shared and the time we will continue to spend both separately and together watching our children grow."
"In honor of that time shared, we are throwing a divorce party," the couple added. "An evening together in Nashville to re-affirm our friendship and celebrate the past and future with close friends and family."
Us magazine reports that the message was sent as an e-vite to the couple's friends and family.
According to the invite (you can see it here), White, 35, and Elson, 32, request guests' presence on Friday evening at "a party to celebrate their 6th anniversary and their upcoming divorce with a positive swing bang hum dinger" that will include "dancing, photos, memories and drinks with alcohol in them."
"This is only for close personal friends and family," the invitation warns. "So please no plus ones or dead beats."
In February, White and bandmate Meg White announced through a statement on The White Stripes' website that they were ending the band and would no longer record or perform together.
