Chynna Phillips Reveals ‘Happiest’ Weeks After Living Apart
Chynna Phillips and Billy Baldwin say living separately has brought them closer after years of marriage challenges. Phillips described the past three weeks as the happiest of her marriage in two decades. The couple is also preparing to share their relationship story in a new YouTube series premiering Nov. 17.
Chynna Phillips says living separately from Billy Baldwin has brought them closer, describing the past three weeks as the happiest of their marriage in 20 years. The reality star reveals heartbreaking strains in the couple’s relationship as they try a new approach to staying together.
“These past three weeks have literally been the happiest three weeks of my marriage in the last 20 years,” Phillips said in a video with Baldwin. “As painful as these three weeks have been, it all will have been worth it if we can really stick to this new marriage concept.”
Phillips and Baldwin said they are living separately but remain adjacent. Phillips described the arrangement as “super confusing” and “complicated” in an Instagram post published Sunday, Nov. 8.
Different needs, years of tension
The couple discussed their relationship challenges in a video shared on their YouTube channel. Baldwin recalled that a therapist had once asked what each partner was missing in the relationship and urged them to make an effort to meet those needs.
“When you're together 17, 20, 30 years, it becomes more challenging,” Baldwin said. He described himself and Phillips as very different, saying his communication style can feel intense and urgent to her.
Phillips said she would like Baldwin to “let go” more in everyday life. “It's okay to let the moment be,” she told him.
The couple said their decision to live apart has helped bring them closer. Baldwin called their approach a “born-again” marriage.
New series follows the couple
Phillips and Baldwin are sharing their relationship story in a YouTube series, “Holding On: Billy Baldwin & Chynna Phillips,” which premieres Nov. 17. The series description says the couple is letting cameras in as they face an empty nest and try to find their way back to each other.
Phillips said in a teaser that after their children left home, the couple had been “bickering constantly” because “the three things that we had in common just walked out the door.” Baldwin said his way of communicating can cause Phillips to have “a nervous breakdown.”
The couple married in 1995 and have three adult children. They previously tried living separately in late 2024, but Phillips later called that decision “very foolish” and “very destructive.”
