Sadie Frost’s divorce from Jude Law was "incredibly stressful and destructive".
The 49-year-old star, who split from the Hollywood actor after six years of marriage in 2003, likens divorce to a "mini-personal war" in her upcoming wellbeing book, ‘Nourish’, but despite the pain of her separation, she admits it feels like a "million years away" now.
The actress – who starred opposite Jude in 2000 gangster movie ‘Love, Honour and Obey’ – writes: "[Divorce] can be incredibly stressful and destructive.
"Sometimes it becomes a mini-personal war in which no one is the winner apart from the lawyers."
When asked if that was her experience with Jude, she told The Times newspaper: "It’s also a lot of my friends’ experiences. My divorce feels like a million years away, but [yes], I guess that it’s the experience for most people going through a divorce.
"Is there any such thing as a good divorce? Well, if people aren’t supposed to be together and their relationship isn’t working, then the right thing to do is get divorced and try not to make it messy."
While Sadie – who has three children, Rafferty, 17, Iris, 13, and 12-year-old Rudy with Jude – didn’t enjoy the experience of separating from the actor, she has a good relationship with the 41-year-old star nowadays.
She added: "Time … is a healer."
Sadie Frost’s ‘incredibly stressful’ divorce
