As already hinted, one reason the public was awash with surprise when Afton Smith and Brendan Fraser divorced each other was how their relationship started and developed. For instance, many consider it quite providential that the couple shared a birthday. They met for the first time on a holiday, the US Independence Day of 1993 (July 4th). The occasion was a barbecue party hosted by one of their mutual friends, actress Winona Ryder. There is also a report on some websites that Afton Smith attended the same Upper Canada College as Fraser did but there’s not evidence backing that report. Yet, it is possibly true.
The couple dated each other for about four years before their engagement which happened in late 1997. Around that time also, they had been working together in George of the Jungle. They finally tied the knot in September 1998, barely a year after their engagement. Not quite long after that, they began to bear children in really quick succession. Their first child Griffin Arthur Fraser arrived on September 7, 2002. Two years later on (on August 16, 2004), their second bundle of joy arrived and was named Holden Fletcher. Lastly, in another two years running, the couple welcomed Leland Francis Fraser on May 2, 2006.
The year after Leland Francis was born (2007), the couple filed for a divorce. What happened? What is the real reason Afton Smith and Brendan Fraser divorced after seeming so made for each other from the foundation of the world and just after having three kids? People have been asking this question but no answer seems to be forthcoming especially as the couple themselves have not volunteered any detail in this regard. Find out more below.
