Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has filed for divorce from his fifth wife, Kamilah Chavis, just five years after declaring he had finally found “a keeper.” The 83-year-old musician submitted the papers in New York Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 10, according to court records obtained by People.
The case is listed as a contested divorce, meaning at least one issue between the couple remains unresolved. No further details of the filing have been made public, and neither Waters nor Chavis has commented on the split. The couple do not share children, so custody is not expected to feature in the proceedings.
Five years after “finally a keeper”
Waters and Chavis announced their marriage in October 2021, sharing photographs from their wedding ceremony at his estate in Bridgehampton, New York, on Facebook. Chavis wrote at the time: “I’m so happy, finally a keeper.” It was a joyful, public moment for a musician whose love life had long been a subject of tabloid fascination, and the announcement was widely read as a happy ending.
Five years on, that ending has not held. The filing brings to a close a marriage that began with such public optimism, and it marks the fifth time Waters has been through divorce proceedings. His previous marriages were to Judith Trim from 1968 to 1975, Carolyne Christie from 1976 to 1992, Priscilla Phillips from 1993 to 2001, and Laurie Durning from 2012 to 2015.
A private split, played out in public
For now, the only facts on the record are the filing itself and its contested status. In New York, a contested divorce does not necessarily mean both sides disagree about ending the marriage; it means one or more terms, such as property or finances, remain unsettled. Which terms are in dispute in this case has not been disclosed.
Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1985 and has spent the decades since as one of rock’s most outspoken solo artists, has said nothing publicly about the split. At 83, he is facing his fifth divorce with the same privacy he has always guarded around his personal life, even as the court record makes the news impossible to keep quiet.
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