Antonio Banderas and ex-wife Melanie Griffith cozied up to each other after enjoying dinner in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The 65-year-old actor and 68-year-old actress proved they continue to be on friendly terms as they walked arm-in-arm 12 years after announcing their split.
The ex-couple was joined by their 29-year-old daughter Stella Banderas, who was spotted walking closely behind them.
Banderas wore black trousers, a silver bomber jacket, and black clogs while holding a baseball cap in his hand.
Griffith was stylish in a pair of straight-leg blue jeans and a black moto jacket, along with lacy black fingerless gloves.
Stella, their only child together, was effortlessly fashionable in wide-leg white pants and a coordinating ivory coat.
Antonio Banderas and ex-wife Melanie Griffith cozied up to each other after enjoying dinner in Los Angeles over the weekend
The 65-year-old actor and 68-year-old actress proved they continue to be on friendly terms as they walked arm-in-arm 12 years after announcing their split. They were joined by their 29-year-old daughter Stella Banderas
The former lovebirds tied the knot in May 1996.
The blonde beauty tattooed her husband’s name inside a heart on her arm during their 18-year marriage.
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She began laser treatment to remove the dedication soon after they announced their split on June 6, 2014.
Days after the announcement, she covered her estranged spouse’s name with makeup while attending a film festival awards ceremony in Italy.
She would eventually go on to replace the ink with the names of her four children.
Griffith was previously married to Don Johnson, with whom she shares daughter Dakota Johnson, 36.
The marriage also made her a stepmother to Johnson’s son Jesse Johnson, 43.
And she shares son Alexander Griffith Bauer, 40, with her second husband, Steven Bauer.
Banderas and Griffith’s divorce was finalized in December 2015.
The exes fell in love while shooting the 1995 romantic comedy Two Much, married in May 1996, and welcomed Stella that September.
Griffith pictured with her then-husband in 2005, showing off her ‘Antonio’ tattoo
The couple’s decision to ‘thoughtfully and consensually’ end their relationship came after 18 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in December 2015; pictured in 2006
Banderas, Stella, and Griffith pictured in a photo shared on social media
In a statement announcing their split, they said, ‘We have thoughtfully and consensually decided to finalize our almost twenty-year marriage in a loving and friendly manner honoring and respecting each other, our family and friends and the beautiful time we have spent together – Melanie & Antonio.’
Banderas referred to his ex-wife as ‘family’ and ‘one of my best friends’ in a 2019 interview with Vulture.
‘I am not married with Melanie anymore, but she is my family,’ he declared. ‘She is probably one of my best friends, if not the best friend that I have. My family is there, Dakota, Little Estella and Alexander.’
The Zorro star admitted he was smitten by the Hollywood vet the first time he saw her, at the 1989 Oscars.
He recalled: ‘The first time I went to the Academy Awards after we got a nomination for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, we got on the red carpet and I saw this blonde woman and I knew her because I saw movies of her, but I didn’t remember [her name] at the time.
‘So, I said to Pedro Almodóvar, “Who is she? Who is she? What is her name?” Pedro said, “That’s Melanie Griffith!” I said, “That’s it. Oh my God.” Six years later, I was married to her.’
