Todd Bridges has taken steps to make his cut up from Bettijo Hirschi official after asserting in January that he and his partner had separated.
The former “Diff’rent Strokes” actor, 60, filed paperwork asking to finish his marriage Tuesday in Arizona, Us Weekly reported Thursday. This would be the second divorce for each events.
A consultant for Bridges did not reply instantly to The Times’ request for affirmation and remark.
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Bridges introduced in January that he and Hirschi were heading their separate ways after getting married in 2022. At the time, he referred to as the choice a “difficult” one for him.
“This was not an easy choice, and it comes with a heavy heart, but also with love and gratitude for the life we shared,” he stated in a press release to The Times. “I thank God for the time we’ve had together, the lessons we’ve learned, and the family we’ve built. Even in this season of change, I trust He is guiding us both toward healing, peace, and new beginnings.”
Bridges stated on the time that he would “continue to lift my former partner up in prayer, wishing them joy and fulfillment in the chapters ahead.”
The two met in January 2022; they married 9 months later, after a short engagement. Hirschi instructed Tamron Hall final 12 months that a buddy who wrote a brand new courting profile for her confirmed it to Bridges as “market research.” The buddy then instructed Hirschi that Bridges wished to get in contact.
“She’s a lot like my mom,” Bridges told Hall.
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During a contentious spousal support dispute in 2025, Hirschi described the “Everybody Hates Chris” veteran as “semi-retired,” Us Weekly reported in February. The paperwork got here as a part of a battle Hirschi fought with first husband Heath Hirschi after marrying Bridges. At the time, Us stated that Bettijo was claiming month-to-month bills of round $16,550 and stated Bridges made solely “about $700” a month in 2024 unless he obtained “contract work.”
The Hirschis, who divorced in 2020, share four children, two of them minors, the outlet said. Heath Hirschi wanted out of paying $2,700 a month in spousal support payments after his ex married someone his legal team called a “well-known Hollywood actor.” Us said that in December 2025, the court revised the former couple’s agreement to $1,206 per month in child support, with $43,401.96 due for unpaid past support.
Bridges, in the meantime, has a couple of dozen performing credit since 2020, in response to IMDb, which additionally says he labored on a number of new initiatives in varied levels of manufacturing.
He also has two adult offspring: Daughter Bo is from a previous relationship with Amanda Rushing; he shares son Spencir, 27, with his first wife. Spencir Bridges was, like his dad, a child actor, with roles in the 2007 movie “Daddy Day Camp” and, in 2005, the TV series “ER.” Spencir’s most recent acting credits were in 2009 when he appeared in the series “iCarly” and in the TV movie “The Three Gifts.”
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Todd Bridges is the last surviving original cast member of the hit sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” which ran from 1978 to 1986. Conrad Bain played Phillip Drummond, a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and father of Kimberly (Dana Plato). Drummond adopted sons Arnold (Gary Coleman) and Willis (Bridges), who were from Harlem. The character of housekeeper Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, was spun off in 1979 into a second hit series, “Facts of Life,” which ran till 1988.
Plato, who performed Bain’s daughter Kimberly, died in 1999 from an overdose when she was 34. Bain died of natural causes in January 2013, at age 89, whereas Rae died in August 2018 at 92.
Gary Coleman died in May 2010 at age 42 after suffering a brain hemorrhage in an unintended fall at his dwelling in Utah.
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Times.
