NEWSEwan McGregor’s 5-Kid Reveal Sparks Wild ‘Mormon’ Question After 22-Year Marriage Ends

Ewan McGregor sparked wild 'Mormon' question from talk show guest host after his confession that he has five children.
Aug. 11 2026, Published 5:46 p.m. ET
Anthony Anderson really put Ewan McGregor on blast during his recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
On Monday night, when the Scottish actor confirmed on the show that he is the father of five children, guest host Anderson asked him, "Are you Mormon?"
While McGregor's End of Oak Street costar, Anne Hathaway, burst out laughing at his question, the actor simply replied, "No."

Anthony Anderson joked about Ewan McGregor having a 'litter' of five children during an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
But Anderson wasn't done yet. He went on to face the audience and said, "He was like, 'No, I just like to f--- a lot.'"
The guest host then apologized as Hathaway cracked up and wiped tears from her eyes before asking, "Who doesn’t?"
Later in the interview, Anderson joked about McGregor’s “litter” of children, four of whom he shares with his ex-wife, Eve Mavrakis, while his youngest son, Laurie, is from his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Ewan McGregor and Eve Mavrakis Separated After 22 Years of Marriage

Ewan McGregor was married to Eve Mavrakis for 22 years, and the former couple shares four children.
McGregor was married to production designer Mavrakis for 22 years, tying the knot in 1995. The two separated in May 2017, the same month that he was photographed kissing his current wife, Winstead, as reported by The Sun.
The 55-year-old actor filed for divorce from Mavrakis in January 2018, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized in 2020.
The two share four children together: Clara, 30, Jamyan, 25, Esther, 24, and Anouk, 15.
Meanwhile, after being linked together for years, McGregor and Winstead welcomed their baby boy, Laurie, 5, in June 2021. The following year, in April 2022, the Fargo costars decided to tie the knot.
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McGregor's Eldest Daughter Previously Blasted His Romance

Ewan McGregor's eldest daughter, Clara, blasted his romance in an Instagram comment in 2019.
Back in 2019, Clara, McGregor's eldest child, blasted her father's romance in an Instagram comment.
At the time, she posted a picture of her mother in a bikini, to which a fan jokingly commented, asking Clara to "keep her away from your boyfriends."
Clara responded to this, saying, "I keep her away from a------ men who leave my goddess of a mother."
Before this, when Clara came across a fan account praising her dad's then-girlfriend as the "most beautiful and talented woman on earth."
She commented, "Oh man, y’all are delusional. The girl is a piece of trash," per Page Six.

Ewan McGregor tied the knot with Mary Elizabeth Winstead in April 2022, two years after finalizing divorce with Eve Mavrakis.
A little while after, she apologized for her comment, claiming that the statement "wasn't my finest moment" during an interview with The Times in 2018.
Clara explained back then, "There had been a lot building up to it and a lot to deal with, not to make excuses or anything. … I’m not afraid to speak out if I feel strongly about something."
"It wasn’t the right way to go about things," she continued. "But it’s a hard thing to wrap your head around when you feel you had this idea of what the family unit is and then to have that shift. It’s very weird."


