{"id":14081,"date":"2026-10-12T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=14081"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:51:48","slug":"sad-news-confirmeddeadliest-catch-jake-anderson-and-his-wife-officially-finalize-their-divorce-all-paperwork-was-done-quietly-jake-will-take-custody-of-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=14081","title":{"rendered":"Sad News Confirmed!\u2018Deadliest Catch\u2019 Jake Anderson and his wife officially finalize their divorce, all paperwork was done quietly. Jake will take custody of the kids!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018Deadliest Catch\u2019 star Jake Anderson announces shock divorce from wife of 13 years, blames crab fishing<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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\u2018Deadliest Catch\u2019 star Jake Anderson announces shock divorce from wife of 13 years, blames crab fishing<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d star Jake Anderson is getting divorced from his wife of 13 years, Jenna Anderson.<\/p>\n

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Jake reveals the couple\u2019s split during the Season 22 premiere filmed last fall and airing tonight on the Discovery Channel,\u00a0according to People.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 17 years being together, 13 years married, Jenna and I have decided to call it quits,\u201d\u00a0the 45-year-old shares.<\/p>\n

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Jake Anderson reveals he\u2019s getting divorced from wife Jenna during the \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d Season 22 premiere airing Friday night on Discovery Channel (Jake and Jenna are pictured above at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards).Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jake says during the episode, which filmed in the fall, that the pair separated eight months ago.jakevanderson\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jake says while the split is \u201cdue to a lot of things,\u201d the \u201cmajor\u201d reason is that he\u2019s \u201cgone too much crab fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Jake notes he has to work hard to help support his and Jenna\u2019s three children: sons Aiden, 11, and Luka, 6, and daughter Cadence, 8.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI got three little ones that need to eat, that have to go to school, that have to have doctor\u2019s appointments, and I don\u2019t have a job,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Jake says the pair were separated for eight months when they filmed the episode.<\/p>\n

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Jake (seen above with Jenna) says the \u201cmajor\u201d reason for the split is that he\u2019s \u201cgone too much crab fishing.\u201djakeavnderson\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But Jake notes that he has to work hard to support his and Jenna\u2019s three children (Jake and Jenna are pictured above).jakevanderson\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reality star\u00a0previously told Screener TV\u00a0that the couple met in 2009 at a festival in Seattle when Jenna and her family asked him for an autograph.<\/p>\n

\u201cI autographed [her item with], \u2018You\u2019re beautiful,\u2019\u201d Jake recalled. \u201cI was trying to stay out of trouble, so I was living on the boat. I wasn\u2019t going out and spending money; I was trying to save my money.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n

Jake said the pair \u201cfell in love\u201d after they talked on the phone for several weeks.<\/p>\n

They tied the knot in 2012, with fellow fishing captain Sig Hansen officiating the wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Jenna and Jake (seen above) met in 209 at a festival in Seattle.jakeanderson\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jake (pictured above) married Jenna in 2012.Jake Anderson\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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