While many former celebrity couples issue statements on their divorces, to date, neither Victor Webster nor Shantel VanSanten has done so. Far from it, other than the court filings which noted they were in mediation, they’ve kept almost all details relating to it under wraps.
In light of that, there’s a decent chance we’ll never know exactly what prompted their split. However, in the wake of their engagement, VanSanten had told People that they had quite a few differences in their personalities — and that might have played a role in their parting ways. For starters, where VanSanten preferred staying in, she shared that her then-fiance was an avid adventurer. VanSanten also pointed out that neither of them was willing to budge in disagreements. “When it comes to making decisions, we can be fire and fire,” she said. Granted, they tended to come around, so perhaps that wasn’t a factor.
One sure thing is that around the time of the separation, Webster had posted a cryptic message to Instagram about faking smiles to dupe himself into believing he was happy. VanSanten took a nearly year-long hiatus from IG around the same time. As for her return in January 2024, she didn’t mention the divorce but did point out that she faced a ton of loss the year prior — no doubt referring to both the split and losing an aunt to cancer.
