Red Flags In Jessica Alba And Cash Warren's Relationship We Couldn't Ignore

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren ended their relationship after 20 years together and 16 years of marriage. TMZ broke the news on January 9, 2025, noting that the couple had already separated and were soon filing for divorce. The couple met in 2004 on the set of "Fantastic Four," where Warren was working as director's assistant and Alba was an actor. They went on to marry in May 2008 in Beverly Hills and later welcomed three children: daughters Honor and Haven, and son Hayes. Throughout their relationship, they embarked on all kinds of endeavors. Alba created The Honest Company in 2011, to offer an ethical and clean option for families and especially babies. The company was a roaring success, with Alba later stepping down from her role as Chief Creative Officer in April 2024 to focus on new projects. But the company took energy away from their marriage, and with so many demands on their time, their marriage suffered. But there were other reasons, too. 

2024 was a big year for dramatic celebrity breakups, and 2025 kicked off with some major separations, too. Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson announced their separation in January, shortly after news broke of Alba and Warren's split. As there often is with many famous pairings, there were certainly red flags throughout their relationship that precipitated this break up. 

Before their separation, Jessica Alba hinted at the fact that things weren't great with Cash Warren. She sat down with Katherine Schwarzenegger on her podcast BDA Baby (Before, During, and After Baby) on April 22, 2024. Alba was frank about their decline in intimacy. "It's all rosy for two and a half years. But then after that, you become roommates," Alba said of her marriage. "You're just going through the motions. You have the responsibilities; it's a lot of, like, checking the boxes, right?"

Alba admitted that lost lustre was partly her fault. "We have, like, obviously the friendship, the comfort of, like, 'You're not going anywhere,' and so sometimes you don't treat those people the best, right?' You don't consider their feelings in the way that you would consider other people's feelings. So that is something that I think is a constant one to work on." During the podcast, she admitted that Warren didn't get as much of her time as he deserved. In hindsight, it's interesting that this statement occurred in the same month that Alba decided to step down from The Honest Company. Perhaps she felt like the pressures of her business were taking her away from her marriage. But whatever the case, calling your husband a "roommate" certainly doesn't sound like a romantic relationship.

Jessica Alba admitted that her spiritual journey moved her beyond Cash Warren. While talking with Katherine Schwarzenegger on the BDA Baby podcast, Alba admitted that they weren't on the same page, and hinted at the fact that she grew past him. "The second one of you is checked out then it's a one-sided relationship," Alba told Schwarzenegger. "Because you're not always gonna be on the same page, and you're not always gonna grow at the same pace." 

Alba has long talked about embarking on a journey of self-discovery. In fact, it's something that Warren brought up in an interview with Us Weekly in July 2024. He said that Alba invited him in on her spiritual discovery, but that it wasn't exactly his thing. "What's awesome is that we're also still willing to participate," Warren said. "Jessica is on an awesome spiritual journey right now. I'll do sound baths with her. I'll learn about crystals. I'll get my charts read. I'll learn about it alongside her and she's always opening me up to new things." In fact, this spiritual journey proved so significant that when Alba broke her silence after news of their split aired, she wrote about it on Instagram. "I've been on a journey of self-realization and transformation for years – both as an individual and with Cash," she began, later saying, "it's now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals." That journey has become a solo project now.

 When news broke that Jessica Alba and Cash Warren were separating, sources came forward to state that this didn't come as a huge surprise, because the couple had been dealing with trust issues on and off throughout their marriage. While it's certainly possible to rebuild trust in a marriage, it's not necessarily doable for every couple, and this was the case for Alba and Warren. A source told Us Weekly that the two had faced many ups and downs during their relationship and had tried counselling to work on those bumps. The source admitted that Alba and Warren had considered breaking up before, so their separation didn't come as a big shock. "There were trust issues in the past which led to many arguments," the source went on, noting that "at the end of the day, the romance was gone between them." 

Trust issues are a hard thing to come back from, and for Warren and Alba, this proved impossible. The source added that they were very committed to their children, and to providing stability for their family, but they were unable to continue as a married couple. So clearly, there had been a lot of hardships that came before the ultimate split. 

During their courtship, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren broke up. Four years into their relationship, Warren admitted that he was plagued with jealousy, and this caused their temporary split. "When we first started dating, I was really jealous of other guys and the attention she was getting from other guys," Warren said on the podcast "Whine Down with Jana Kramer." "It just wasn't making me feel good. I was always a pretty confident person in my own [life], walking my own path and really happy there." Warren said that he became jealous all the time. "I was turning into an a**hole, and so we broke up," he added. 

Alba talked about their previous split and subsequent struggles on The Morning Mash Up, saying that she and Warren could always get back to a good place. "I think with chosen family, you ebb and flow," Alba said in June 2024. "And I think the more you ebb and flow the more you realize that the hard times aren't gonna be as—it's not gonna be permanent. You can find your way back to each other." Clearly, her references to the ebbs and flows of a relationship meant that they faced other rocky times besides that early breakup. While they could get back to each other then, it didn't become the case forever. 

It's not exactly a wild endorsement for a marriage when one partner calls it "hard work." Cash Warren sat down with Us Weekly in July 2024 and talked about his relationship with Alba. While he did say positive things, in hindsight, it looks like the writing had been on the wall for a while. "I think, ultimately, the friendship and support and just knowing that your partner has your back means everything to us," Warren told the outlet. "I think that would be the secret, is just having each other's back. It's hard work, but we roll up our sleeves and we do it. It's wild. It's the longest relationship I could have ever imagined." 

There's no doubt that any relationship, particularly a long term one, requires intentional effort, but calling it "hard work" makes it sound more like a chore. In an article for The Atlantic, Nina Li Coomes said that couples shouldn't focus on marriage as hard work but rather as serious play. Li Coomes also acknowledged that while marriages require effort, that shouldn't be the key emphasis on the relationship. Instead, the focus should be on the joy of the connection, with an understanding that each person is committed to nourishing the relationship. While Warren was obviously trying to be optimistic, the fact that "hard work" was a defining characteristic of their marriage was a red flag.