Pink Denies Separation Rumors After Tabloid Exclusive
On Feb. 26, 2026, pink took to Instagram to deny stories saying she and husband Carey Hart had split after 20 years of marriage, pushing back on a Thursday afternoon exclusive that had rapidly gone viral.
Pink pushes back: "If you don’t hear it from me, don’t believe the hype"
In a selfie reel filmed in her kitchen that contains strong language, the singer said, "So, I was just alerted to the fact that I’m separated from my husband. I didn’t know, " and added, "Thank you, People magazine. Thank you, Us Weekly. Thank you for letting me know. " She joked that their children — daughter Willow Sage, 14, and son Jameson Moon, 9 — were also unaware, and labeled the reports "fake news" and "trash news. "
Tabloids cited an anonymous source and an exclusive
People published an exclusive on Thursday afternoon stating the couple had separated for the second time and pointing back to a brief split in 2008. The pieces cited an anonymous source who said the separation was amicable, that "lots of love" remained, and that the pair planned to co-parent their two children while staying friends. Us Weekly echoed the claims, and outlets such as E! News and Page Six picked up the story.
Social media reaction and the viral spread
Fans were buzzing and social platforms including X and Instagram lit up; by evening the story had gone viral, with thousands sharing and debating the reports. Pink’s Instagram post quickly racked up millions of views, drawing attention away from the tabloid narrative and toward her direct response.
Her rebuttal: from "real news" to a Rock Hall nomination
In the reel she urged commentators to focus on what she called "real news, " naming the Epstein files, systemic racism, misogyny in sports and highlights from the Olympics — saying, "how eight of the 12 medals won in the Olympics this year for the US were won by women. " She also noted her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, saying, "Do you want to talk about the fact that I got nominated the first year I was eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?" The clip closed with, "I love you all, go with God... and trash news, you can do better. Night night. " Her Instagram caption read, "Like I always say. If you don’t hear it from me, don’t believe the hype. Stay tuned though! Who knows what could happen next!?!"
Two decades together: X Games meeting, proposal and reconciliations
Pink and Carey Hart first met at the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia, when she was rising as a pop star and he was a pro motocross racer. She proposed in 2005 during one of his races by holding up a sign that read "Will you marry me?" The couple married in Costa Rica in 2006 and have been married for 20 years.
Their relationship has included previous breakups: once in 2003 before they became engaged two years later, and again in 2008; they got back together a year later. In a February 2013 interview with Redbook, Pink said, "People are always like, ‘Why did you get back together?’ Well, we weren't done. " She recounted that 11 months after that breakup, Hart invited her to perform at his Las Vegas club on New Year's Eve and she gave him a photo album. On the last page she pasted a photo from a bad movie with her neck slit and blood everywhere and wrote, "This is me without you. " The next page showed a baby with the words, "The rest is unwritten, " and the divorce papers the pair never signed were tucked behind that page; "The rest is up to you, " she said then.
Pink has also said her song "So What" helped bring them back together, a detail she mentioned in a conversation with the Los Angeles Times in October 2023, and she has called monogamy work in a 2019 quote to: "Monogamy is work! But you do the work and it’s good again. "
What she left next: "Stay tuned"
Following her Instagram reel on Feb. 26, 2026, pink invited followers to "stay tuned" in the caption, writing, "Who knows what could happen next!?!" The immediate public next step is the continued visibility of her post and the conversation it has sparked online; unclear in the provided context is any other confirmed upcoming personal or professional event announced directly by the couple.
Liz Calvario is a Los Angeles-based reporter and editor for TODAY. com.
