A spokesman for Larry King, the 75-year-old CNN broadcaster, announced today that King had filed for divorce from Shawn Southwick, his 50-year-old wife, with whom he has two children.

While King has been married to seven different women, this constitutes his eight divorce as he divorced, remarried, and re-divorced one of his former spouses. King is seeking joint-custody of his children with Southwick, while Southwick is seeking primary custody.

“His major concern is the welfare of his children and beyond that he’ll have no further comment about the divorce,” Howard Rubenstein, King’s spokesman, told Reuters.

Southwick filed her own divorce papers minutes after King did in Los Angeles. Both parties have cited irreconcilable differences.

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