“I get shocked by people getting divorced all the time, that’s why I choose to work on it. Therapy helps us,” Cox told the UK’s Mail on Sunday “It’s so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work. I suppose you can work it out by talking to each other - I would just prefer to have a referee, it reminds us why we’re together.”

Cox’s parents parents divorced when she was a child. “Before my dad died, he said one of his big regrets was that he hadn’t worked on their marriage enough. I don’t know what the future’s going to hold, but divorce isn’t really an option,” she said.

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Asked if it’s difficult working with her husband of nine years, Cox said, “It seems like it would be the worst thing in the world but we manage to handle it really well. We argue, but never about work. We love being together.”

A typical Sunday involves, having “people over to our house. David does the barbecuing, and we have a fantastic chef, Patrice, who makes great salads, vegetables and fish. Sunday is my favorite time because it’s really about friends.”

She added: “And, yes, Jen’s there just about every Sunday.”