Maren Morris Shares Update on Co-Parenting Son Hayes with Ex-Husband Ryan Hurd
Maren Morris is opening up about where she stands with ex-husband Ryan Hurd.
If you were unaware, the 35-year-old “The Middle” singer split from Ryan, 38, in 2023 after five years of marriage. They finalized their divorce in January 2024 and agreed to split custody of their 5-year-old son Hayes.
In a new interview, Maren shared an update on her relationship with Ryan while opening up about co-parenting.
Keep reading to find out more…“We’re over a year out now … [and] we get along now and have moved past a lot of it,” Maren shared on Chelsea Handler‘s Dear Chelsea podcast. “We’re neighbors, and I’m just so fortunate that we have put our son above each other’s s–t, and it’s better for the two of us if we’re getting along.”
“I’m lucky that we love each other so much still,” the Grammy winner continued. “We have the highest respect, but also there is that devastation that two people [who] love each other that much can’t make it work in the real world. It’s always going to be multifaceted.”
She added, “I think, ultimately, we both knew it was probably going to be better this way, which is a success.”
Later in the podcast, Maren reiterated that she and Ryan are “great co-parents.”
“We’ve let each other go in that romantic sense, even though we still have so much love and history,” she explained. “The person you marry is not the person you divorce, and … just the hardest part is knowing that it’s not the same.”
She went on to say that it was helpful that the judge in her and Ryan‘s divorce told them “how to split the coparenting schedule.”
“That’s very bizarre, but also gives me comfort to know that,” Maren said of the Tennessee legal process. “The state has given us this split and we have to abide by it, so there’s no, ‘Well, do you get Easter or do I?’ It’s in writing, and that takes us and our emotions out of it, which is really helpful for both of us.”
She continued, “I won’t say [it is] easy, and we do coparent super well now, but you just have to allow yourself that time to feel all the feelings.”
Maren also said that she “feels like a woman” following the breakup.
“I love living alone,” Maren said. “Love having my space, that’s very sacred [and] just not sharing a closet with someone or bathroom counter. I can have all my s–t everywhere. That feels very womanly to me. It’s just, like, the liberation of home [and] space in your house, [which] is so nice.”
In another recent interview, Maren, who came out as bisexual shortly after her divorce, shared the biggest difference between dating men and women.