Singer and musician Caleb Shomo has filed for divorce, two months after coming out as a “proudly gay man” on Instagram.
Shomo, best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the band Beartooth, is separating from his wife of 14 years, Fleur Shomo.
They jointly filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this week, Page Six reported on Wednesday.
On May 23, the rock star wrote on Instagram that “This is something I’ve been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for quite some time now” and thanked those who have supported him throughout his journey. “Love you all, and hopefully this is a step in the right direction to loving myself one day.”
His wife, whom he married in 2012, also posted on Instagram, vowing to “love and support” him while saying that it has been “a very disorienting and hurtful time to navigate” for them both. He and Fleur do not share any children.
Caleb talked to his friends Katie Maloney and Dayna Kathan on their podcast, Disrespectfully, about what it was like to come out to his wife.
“I was just bawling my f---ing eyes out trying so hard to verbalize,” he explained during the emotional interview.
“And I really struggle to verbalize things, and this is obviously such an intense thing, and I’m feeling so nervous and so scared in the situation that it was really, really difficult to verbalize, and I didn’t verbalize it very well.”
He remembers telling Fleur, “I don’t think I want to run anymore.”
Caleb has started therapy, but acknowledges he has a “long f---ing road” ahead to “forgive himself.”
Sources say the rock star was raised in a devoutly religious household and struggled with anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders and substance abuse.
In his coming out post, the 33-year-old said he felt “embarrassed” for trying to suppress his feelings, admitting that he “spent a decade burying feelings with alcohol.”
Some social media users were quick to condemn the singer-songwriter, criticizing him for “wasting” Fleur’s time.
Others came to his defense.
“Any gay individual coming out after 14 years of straight marriage in our homomisic, cisheteronormative society is not inherently an abuser that wasted years of their partner’s life,” one user argued.
Beartooth bassist Oshie Bichar also showed his support for Caleb, resharing his bandmate’s statement on Instagram with a red heart.
