Todd Bridges Wants Divorce Official After Recent Word That He And Bettijo Hirschi Were Splitting Up

Todd Bridges has taken steps to make his divided from Bettijo Hirschi charismatic aft announcing successful January that he and his spouse had separated.

The erstwhile “Diff’rent Strokes” actor, 60, revenge paperwork asking to extremity his matrimony Tuesday successful Arizona, Us Weekly reported Thursday. This will beryllium nan 2nd divorcement for some parties.

A typical for Bridges didn’t respond instantly to The Times’ petition for confirmation and comment.

Bridges announced successful January that he and Hirschi were heading their abstracted ways aft getting joined successful 2022. At nan time, he called nan determination a “difficult” 1 for him.

“This was not an easy choice, and it comes pinch a dense heart, but besides pinch emotion and gratitude for nan life we shared,” he said successful a connection to The Times. “I convey God for nan clip we’ve had together, nan lessons we’ve learned, and nan family we’ve built. Even successful this play of change, I spot He is guiding america some toward healing, peace, and caller beginnings.”

Bridges said astatine nan clip that he would “continue to assistance my erstwhile partner up successful prayer, wishing them joyousness and fulfillment successful nan chapters ahead.”

The 2 met successful January 2022; they joined 9 months later, aft a little engagement. Hirschi told Tamron Hall past twelvemonth that a friend who wrote a caller making love floor plan for her showed it to Bridges arsenic “market research.” The friend past told Hirschi that Bridges wanted to get successful touch.

“She’s a batch for illustration my mom,” Bridges told Hall.

During a contentious spousal support conflict successful 2025, Hirschi described nan “Everybody Hates Chris” seasoned arsenic “semi-retired,” Us Weekly reported successful February. The documents came arsenic portion of a conflict Hirschi fought pinch first hubby Heath Hirschi aft marrying Bridges. At nan time, Us said that Bettijo was claiming monthly expenses of astir $16,550 and said Bridges made only “about $700” a period successful 2024 unless he obtained “contract work.”

The Hirschis, who divided successful 2020, stock 4 children, 2 of them minors, nan outlet said. Heath Hirschi wanted retired of paying $2,700 a period successful spousal support payments aft his ex joined personification his ineligible squad called a “well-known Hollywood actor.” Us said that successful December 2025, nan tribunal revised nan erstwhile couple’s statement to $1,206 per period successful kid support, pinch $43,401.96 owed for unpaid past support.

Bridges, meanwhile, has astir a twelve acting credits since 2020, according to IMDb, which besides says he worked connected respective caller projects successful various stages of production.

He besides has 2 big offspring: Daughter Bo is from a erstwhile narration pinch Amanda Rushing; he shares boy Spencir, 27, pinch his first wife. Spencir Bridges was, for illustration his dad, a kid actor, pinch roles successful nan 2007 movie “Daddy Day Camp” and, successful 2005, nan TV bid “ER.” Spencir’s astir caller acting credits were successful 2009 erstwhile he appeared successful nan bid “iCarly” and successful nan TV movie “The Three Gifts.”

Todd Bridges is nan past surviving original formed personnel of nan deed sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” which ran from 1978 to 1986. Conrad Bain played Phillip Drummond, a able Park Avenue businessman and begetter of Kimberly (Dana Plato). Drummond adopted sons Arnold (Gary Coleman) and Willis (Bridges), who were from Harlem. The characteristic of housekeeper Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, was spun disconnected successful 1979 into a 2nd deed series, “Facts of Life,” which ran until 1988.

Plato, who played Bain’s girl Kimberly, died successful 1999 from an overdose erstwhile she was 34. Bain died of earthy causes successful January 2013, astatine property 89, while Rae died successful August 2018 astatine 92.

Gary Coleman died successful May 2010 astatine property 42 aft suffering a encephalon hemorrhage successful an accidental autumn astatine his location successful Utah.