Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet's Relationship Timeline

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet surprised fans on January 12, 2022, when they announced that they were splitting after more than 16 years together, four as husband and wife. However, they proved that true love never dies when they decided to give their love another “go” nearly two months after initially parting ways.

“Lisa and Jason’s split is on hold,” an insider told Life & Style on February 28. “Lisa and Jason are also having couples therapy, which has been a useful tool to guide them in the right direction. They’re taking every day as it comes and seeing what happens, but so far so good.”

Since the Dune actor has a hectic schedule with filming movies, the source noted he “freed up time from his busy schedule to get their marriage back on track again.”

“He promises Lisa there’ll be big changes and that making their relationship work comes before anything else,” the insider added.

In January, the duo broke fans’ hearts when they announced they were “parting ways” in a joint statement posted to Jason’s Instagram.

“We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy, but so that as we go about our lives, we may do so with dignity and honesty,” the rest of the announcement read.

From the time they first met in 2005, the couple’s romance seemed like a fairytale, and the pair always gushed about how in love they were.

Jason and Lisa were introduced through mutual friends at a New York City jazz club. “I actually had dreaded my hair for her. I had dreadlocks, she had dreadlocks. I literally turned around, and I see her and she goes, ‘I’m Lisa.’ I turned around to my friend and I [pretended to scream]. I had f—king fireworks going off inside, man,” Jason revealed during a November 2017 appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

“I convinced her to take me home, because I was living in a hotel,” he recalled, adding that the magic continued when they stopped for a bite to eat. “We sat down, she ordered a Guinness, and that was it,” Jason said. “I beyond love Guinness. We had Guinness and grits, and the rest is history.”

Lisa expressed how Jason ticked every box for her in a 2018 interview. “What’s cool about Jason is that he’s an alpha male who stands for love and family,” she explained. “And to circle back to my own wounds, having an absent father, then to be fully met by a man of that stature, is really incredible.”

“Jason embodies a rare form of masculinity in this day and age — he’s a leader; he’s generous,” the Angel Heart actress continued. “Just in terms of charisma, physique, the right use of power, responsibility, work ethic, you can go down the line,” she added.

The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Lola Iolani, in July 2007, with brother Nakoa-Wolf arriving in December 2008. The family lived a happy existence on a five-acre ranch in Southern California’s Topanga Canyon, where they raised a menagerie of animals. Their home had enough space for their own individual interests, where Lisa did her breathing and stretches in her own yoga studio, while Jason had a man-cave and a rock-climbing wall.

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Jason and Lisa finally wed in a secret ceremony at their home in October 2017, which was only attended by close friends and family. The actor confirmed the news the following month, after someone leaked the details to the media.

While the Aquaman star loved to share plenty of details about his life via social media, Lisa was never a presence. But he had a very good reason why. “She’s very, very, very private,” Jason told Esquire in October 2019, adding, “I’m the opposite, like, ‘Come on in!’”

Scroll down for photos of Jason and Lisa’s relationship timeline.

Together Since the Day They Met

After meeting in a New York City jazz club in 2005 through mutual friends, Lisa said in 2018 that the pair had been together ever since that night.

“I can’t say it was full-on from the moment we saw each other, but we have been together from the day that we met,” Lisa revealed to Porter magazine. “In that moment, love came and it came big, and he did not run as I think a lot of men do. He basically picked me up and threw me over his shoulder, caveman style!”

Beautiful Children

Within three and a half years after their first date, the couple became a family of four with the July 2007 birth of daughter Lola and December 2008 arrival of son Nakoa-Wolf. The foursome, along with Jason’s mom Coni, are seen here in a rare public appearance at the 2018 Hollywood premiere of Aquaman.

Tough Financial Times

Even though his role as Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones would later be viewed as swoon-worthy and iconic, at the time he couldn’t get parts because some casting directors believed he couldn’t even speak English, due to his Dothraki language in the HBO hit. Jason only appeared on the show’s first season in 2011, before it later became a pop culture phenomenon.

“We were starving after Game of Thrones,” he shared with InStyle in 2020. “I couldn’t get work. It’s very challenging when you have babies and you’re completely in debt.” Fortunately, Jason’s reported $14 million payday for the 2018 smash Aquaman helped turn things around.

Jason’s ‘Dream Girl’

The actor beamed over how he’d crushed on Lisa since he was a child, watching her as Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Jason told Esquire in 2019 that Lisa was “literally my childhood crush” and his “dream girl.” He added while blushing, “I mean, I didn’t tell her that. I didn’t let her know I was a stalker until after we had the kids.”

Their Surprising Split

After more than 16 years as a couple, Jason and Lisa announced their split on January 12, 2022. A post to his Instagram page read, “We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times … A revolution is unfolding and our family is of no exception … feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring.”

“And so, we share our family news. That we are parting ways in marriage. We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy, but so that as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty,” the statement continued, adding, “The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived. We free each other to be who we are learning to become.”

Their Reconciliation

Nearly two months after announcing their shocking split, the Braven actor and the Cosby Show alum gave their romance another shot. “They never stopped loving each other and have reconciled,” an insider exclusively told Life & Style on February 28, 2022.

Jason also touched on their reunion in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on March 1, mentioning they were “still family,” as he was attending the premiere of Lisa’s daughter Zoë Kravitz’s Batman film.

“We’re just so proud,” the Baywatch alum said, before mentioning kids Lola and Nokoa-Wolf. “Lisa couldn’t be here, so we’re representing, me and the babies. We’re just very excited to be here … It’s still family, you know?”