Paula Patton attended the Grammy Awards with Robin Thicke ''as a favour'' last month -26 Feb 2014

Paula Patton attended the Grammy Awards with Robin Thicke ''as a favour'' last month -26 Feb 2014

Paula Patton attended Grammys 'as a favour'
Paula Patton attended the Grammys with Robin Thicke ''as a favour'' last month and agreed to place on a united front before announcing their split on Monday (twenty four.02.14).
Paula Patton attended the Grammys with Robin Thicke ''as a favour'' last month and agreed to put on a united front before saying their split on Monday (© 24.02.fourteen)

Paula Patton attended the Grammy Awards with Robin Thicke ''as a favour'' last month.

The duo agreed to place on a united front before they announced their split on Monday (24.02.fourteen), after nearly nine years of wedding, but they began ''unravelling a very long time'' ago and their relationship reportedly got rockier when Miley Cyrus twerked against the 'Blurred Lines' hitmaker at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) last August.

A source told UsMagazine.com: ''The Miley Cyrus fiasco was a huge check of their relationship. He asked her to assist him out as a follower and a wife, and defend him and also the performance. He begged her to speak out for him and be there for him.

''She agreed to be the nice wife once he begged and pleaded. Then he asked her to stick with him through awards season, and he or she agreed. She attended the Grammys with him as a favour.''

Paula, thirty eight, frequently voiced her support for raunchy performance and previously said: ''They rehearsed for three days. Robin told me prior to. I thought it had been great.''

The 'Baggage Claim' star conjointly defended Robin, thirty six, when he was photographed grabbing a model's butt at a VMA after-party and was accused of cheating on her.

However the insider said: ''Their marriage was unravelling a long time. It's not a shock to Robin or Paula, and it's something they need discussed for a long time.''

The couple, who have a 3-year-recent son, Julian, together, released a joint statement on Monday that browse: ''We have a tendency to will perpetually love each alternative and be best friends. However, we have a tendency to have mutually decided to separate at now.''