Christina Applegate, Ex-Husband Johnathon Schaech's Relationship Timeline

Despite their 2007 divorce, Christina Applegate and ex-husband Johnathon Schaech are on really good terms.

"My marriage was connected to my career, everything about my work. It was, you know, Christina is an actress. We were in the limelight," Schaech said of his ex during an April 2022 appearance on Jana Kramer‘s "Whine Down" podcast. "I loved her so much. I still love her so much. I don't think [wife Julie Solomon] will ever be offended that I would ever say that."

The former couple started dating in 1997 and tied the knot four years later. They separated by 2005 and their divorce was finalized by 2007.

Applegate offered more details about when she knew their relationship would never last in her You With the Sad Eyes memoir, released in March 2026.

"The worst thing was the moment I walked around the corner and into the ceremony," Applegate wrote. "One of my favorite songs was playing, and when I looked hard at the face of my husband-to-be, I thought, ‘Oh f***. F***, oh f***.'"

Keep scrolling to look back at Applegate and Schaech's relationship:

October 2001

The former couple, who began dating in 1997, tied the knot in October 2001 after four years together.

December 2005

Applegate and Schaech amicably separated in 2005.

August 2007

The duo's divorce was finalized in August 2007, although Schaech confessed that it took him a long time to get over Applegate. "After my first marriage, I just never healed," the Doom Generation actor told Kramer in April 2022. "My marriage was connected to my career, everything about my work. It was, you know, Christina is an actress. We were in the limelight. I loved her so much. I still love her so much. ... But I just never healed from Christina and I finally was starting to realize how broken my heart was."

2008

In 2008, Schaech met the One Tree Hill alum on the set of the horror film, Prom Night. "Johnathon was the killer in Prom Night. Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen it," Kramer said on her "Whine Down" podcast in April 2022. "And I just remember going like, ‘Oh, my God, that's the hot guy from That Thing You Do!' We met on that movie, but you were just kind of getting out of a previous marriage, so I was very much, like, wanting to chase [him]."

2009

One year after Schaech and Kramer started their on-and-off romance, Applegate began dating LeNoble. The Anchorman star credited the Dutch musician with helping her through her battle with breast cancer. (She was diagnosed with the disease in 2008 and underwent a double mastectomy that same year.) "I have a small but mighty support system and Martyn has really been an incredible part of my life," Applegate told Us Weekly in 2010. "Without him, I don't know if I could've gone through any of it. He came around at a time when there was a lot of loss in my life on many levels, so he's been a really incredible help."

2010

Schaech and Kramer tied the knot in 2010, before filing for divorce just 12 days after the wedding. "Jana and I had a wedding but we were never married. It simply came down to this: She wasn't ready to be married," he explained in a Reddit AMA in December 2020. "She wanted a singing career and that was what she was focused on."

In April 2022, Schaech reflected on his short-lived marriage to Kramer on her podcast. "Jana, you're an incredible human being. I wanted that to be part of my life. I thought that you would heal me and make my life better. And I thought I had to marry you to get that," he explained. "It was much deeper for me. But, you know, I think that we weren't ready. … I wanted the best in our marriage, I really wanted to make it work."

February 2013

After welcoming daughter Sadie Grace in 2011, Applegate and LeNoble tied the knot in a private ceremony in their L.A. home. A few days after the wedding, Schaech shared his well-wishes for his ex-wife in her new marriage. "I love her very much and I'm very happy for her and her family," he told Us at the time.

In December 2020, Schaech gushed about Applegate once more: "[They] have a wonderful family. She's cancer free and is an absolute hero for others and to my family. ... All the Christina Applegate and Jana Kramer fans should know - I'm rooting for them too."

July 2013

Schaech, meanwhile, found his perfect match in book publicist Julie Solomon, who he secretly married in July 2013. The pair welcomed son Camden in September 2013 and daughter Lily Jo in July 2020. Schaech and Solomon even formed a close relationship with Kramer after reaching out to the "I Got the Boy" singer when her then-husband Mike Caussin was in rehab. "My tour manager got in contact with his wife, Julie, and [I] pretty much haven't left Julie's side since then. She's the coolest chick in America. She's so much fun. And you guys became family," she recalled in April 2022.

She later added to Schaech: "Jolie became best friends with Camden, your son. We lived less than a mile apart from each other. We would have dinners, you would help me with auditions. You were in the hospital with me when Jace was six weeks old getting a spinal tap because Mike had to stay with Jolie and Julie couldn't come."

January 2024

Schaech cheered on Applegate after she appeared as a presenter at the 75th Primetime Emmys.

"She danced opening night on broadway on a broken foot! Beat cancer! She's the toughest human being I've ever met! F–k MS!" Schaech wrote via X alongside an article about Applegate's Emmy Awards appearance. "So proud of her! Go Christina!"

March 2026

Applegate reflected on their relationship in her You With the Sad Eyes memoir, revealing that their first date revealed that things with Schaech would never last.

"I have advice for women," she wrote. "If you go on a first date with a guy and you don't like his shoes, run - shoes are a telltale sign of whether or not a relationship will last."

Applegate added, "For our first date, he had shown up in boots, but not even cowboy boots. I think they were supposed to look like a cowboy boot, but they missed the mark by a wide margin."

Even though she had cold feet on their wedding day, Applegate "never considered" calling off the wedding.

"I was halfway down the aisle. I kept thinking, ‘Don't be that guy. Don't be that guy. Don't be that guy. You're sabotaging. You're sabotaging. You're sabotaging,'" her book reads. "Because there I was in my custom gown, the center of this beautiful f***ing wedding filled with all the perfect that you could possibly imagine."

She added, "I knew right then that this man was not it for me."

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This story was originally published March 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM.