For almost as long as we’ve known Charlize Theron, she has been with actor Stuart Townsend. The low-key couple’s nine-year relationship seemed destined to last forever, but Charlize and Stuart have called it quits.

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“Stuart is gutted but Charlize said that she realized during the Mexican holiday [the couple took near Christmas] that the relationship was over,” Charlize’s friend said. “They had become more like brother and sister than lovers. It was she who ended it.”

Though Stuart has not had the career success of Charlize, he stuck by her as her star rose.

“Charlize has never made a big deal of it, but the truth of the matter is that she has been the major breadwinner,” the source added. “She truly loved Stuart but the relationship ran its course. He is heartbroken but she is insisting it is all over.”

Charlize and Stuart’s reps have yet to comment on their alleged breakup. (Daily Mail)

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