HOLLYWOOD -
Bad Boys II star Gabrielle
Union has announced that she and her husband Chris
Howard have split, after four-and-a-half years of
marriage.
Union,
33, exchanged nuptials with former football running back
Howard in May 2001.
The screen beauty's publicist Lisa Kussell says in a
statement, "The couple remains close and asks that you
respect their privacy at this difficult time."
The couple have no children together.
