InstaChurch founder, actor Alan Ritchson announces divorce after 20 years of marriage

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, September 17, 2026

Hollywood actor Alan Ritchson, who founded the faith-focused video ministry and YouTube channel InstaChurch, has announced that he and his wife, Catherine, are getting a divorce after three children and more than 20 years of marriage.

“After twenty years together, Cat and I have decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way,” the 43-year-old “Reacher” star announced in a joint statement with his wife on Instagram.

“We grew up together. We built a life and family together. And we are raising three incredible boys who will always be the center of our world. Nothing can diminish what these years have meant to us — or the love and respect we will always share,” the statement added.

The couple expressed their commitment to “becoming the strongest co-parents we can be."

“The best gift we can give one another — and our boys — right now is friendship, grace, and a commitment to becoming the strongest co-parents we can be," they wrote. "We also want to give each other room to grow into the people we are becoming.”

“Change is hard enough without the whole world weighing in. We hope especially for the sake of our boys, that you will allow our family to move through this chapter with privacy and compassion,” the statement said.

Ritchson, a Christian his entire life, started InstaChurch in 2022 as a space to discuss Scripture and modern culture. He also speaks candidly about Christianity, personal trauma and mental health.

Just two months ago, in an interview with Dax Shepard, Ritchson, who struggles with bipolar disorder, revealed that he has also been diagnosed with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder.

In his latest InstaChurch video, titled “Drop the Weight!” Ritchson tackles Hebrews 12:1, which states: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”

In the nearly 3.5-minute video, Ritchson, speaking from inside his gym, delivers an exhortation about the weight of sin and its cost on human life.

“I'm going to show you something. OK. I probably should have started with a different weight. This is the consequence of sin and death,” he said, lifting a 100-pound dumbbell to illustrate the weight of sin.

“This weight that has us slows us down. This is biblical. Hebrews 12:1 … therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and sin which clings to us and run the race with endurance that is set before us,” he continued.

“This thing [sin], it has us. It's trying to slow us down. It's trying to make us motionless. This consequence looks like guilt and shame,” he added. “You know, all the things that signal to us that we are not on some path that really was designed for us to have vitality in life. This thing is waiting for us to stop … moving permanently. It's got us.”