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The two managed to keep a lid on the separation until 2009, when they publicly admitted to the divorce.
O'Donnell and Carpenter have made an effort to keep things as civil as possible for the sake of the kids. {relatedarticles}They devised a co-parenting plan, and O'Donnell has repeatedly said how important it is to be consistent for the children. In fact, O'Donnell – who remarried in the summer of 2012 in New York – created an HBO documentary that gives divorcing parents advice on how to protect the children of divorce.
