Robin Thicke and Paula Patton split after eight years of marriage

BLURRED Lines hit maker Robin Thicke and his wife Paula Patton have separated after nearly nine years together.

ROBIN Thicke and wife Paula Patton have announced they are separating.

The couple confirmed the news Monday in a joint statement to People magazine: “We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time.”

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Thicke, 36, and Patton, 38, who met when they were teenagers and have been married since 2005, were plagued by rumours of infidelity since last August when Page Six published a photo of Thicke grabbing the bottom of 20-year-old New Yorker Lana Scolaro at a VMA party.

Scolaro said at the time that Thicke’s “hands were everywhere,” and that he brought her with him and Paula to their hotel room at the Greenwich Hotel, where he then led her to the bathroom.

PICTURES: Robin and Paula News_Image_File: This Instagram photo of Robin Thicke and fan Lana Scolaro did the rounds on social media.

“He turned off the lights so no one could see us, and he started making out with me. He was grabbing me. He was like, ‘I want to get you into bed!’ ” Thicke allegedly told her his wife was “chill,” with the situation.

Patton’s rep later made light of the situation, “It’s just a girl looking for some attention.”News_Image_File: Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton looking happy back in 2009.

Thicke said in an interview, “My only comment about the so-called scandalous photo would be that my wife and I are perfectly in love and very happily married. So, no complaints here.”

The couple seemed fine after the incident and were spotted looking cosy on the beach in Miami. Patton also made light of Thicke’s racy MTV performance with twerking Miley Cyrus.

Thicke and Patton have a three-year-old son, Julian Fuego.News_Rich_Media:  Miley Cyrus performed an almost X rated dance with Robin Thicke  at Video Music Awards. Courtesy MVA/Vine