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Even the "Perfect Couple" Isn't Always What it Seems...

Their relationship was like a Hollywood fairy tale. Starting in 2007, Carrey and McCarthy seemed like the perfect couple, gushing about one another publicly, declaring their undying love for each other, standing together in times of struggle and celebration. When the news broke that they had gone their separate ways, the public, including their famous friends like Hugh Hefner, couldn’t help but speculate as to what went wrong.

Leave it to Oprah to get to the heart of the matter. Tomorrow on the Oprah Winfrey Show, McCarthy, 37, will finally divulge why this seemingly model couple split.

Winfrey asks McCarthy, “Tell me, when did you know it was over?”

McCarthy replies, “You know, the simple word I can give---and there’s a few, so let me say a few. The first thing is, when it’s not fun anymore, you need to start investigating and do an inquiry into the relationship.”

This is one of those relationship roadblocks that can be truly difficult to overcome, and I can understand her needing to pull away from the partnership and gain some fresh perspective. Often times, couples get so into each other, so wrapped up in each other’s issues, that they lose sight of what brought them together in the first place. Yes, relationships take effort, but they should be enjoyable, as well, or what’s the point?

McCarthy goes on to say, “I’ve learned that. And this is why my identification wasn’t caught up in being a celebrity’s girlfriend.”

“It wasn’t?” asks the omnipotent Winfrey.

“Absolutely,” responds McCarthy. “I did check on that, by the way. I checked into myself. How does my ego feel?...My ego’s fine. I’m a warrior mom. I always got back on my feet, and I know especially this year who I am.”

But, Winfrey doesn’t stop there. She keeps pressing for what we all want to know.

“Okay, I’m gonna ask this...Just because I have to...Any chance you’ll get back together, do you think?”

“God, another good question,” McCarthy coyly replies.

“That’s sort of a simple one,” says Winfrey.

McCarthy retorts, “I know, I didn’t even think about that one, thought.”

Didn’t even think about it? That doesn’t seem to bode well for any chance to rekindle their romance. Either that or she thinks about it all the time and just didn’t want to discuss it. It wouldn’t be easy dating funny man, Jim Carrey. For years, he has struggled with depression which may have taken its toll on their relationship.

In 2004, Carrey discussed dealing with depression on “60 Minutes”.

“There are peaks, there are valleys. But, they’re all kind of carved and smoothed out, and it feels like a low level of despair you live in. I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything’s just OK.”

It wasn’t just Carrey’s struggles that could have aided in their break up. McCarthy is a single mother to eight year old son, Evan, who was diagnosed with autism as a very young child and although McCarthy believes he is overcoming his condition, parents of children with autism often suffer from depression and anxiety, as well. The stress of her situation mixed with Carrey’s emotional roller coaster may have just been too much for this happy couple to handle.

It’s funny. In life, we often times think that once we fall in love, the hard work is over and we can just enjoy being in love. But, like all things, love is a journey and one doesn’t know where it will lead. Sometimes, it does truly lead to a happy, fulfilling, long-term union. But, other times, like in the case of Carrey and McCarthy, sometimes, love just ain’t enough.