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Sarah Shahi has shed light on her unexpected breakup with her Sex/Life co-star Adam Demos, offering insight into the circumstances that led to their separation.
The two initially crossed paths on the set of Sex/Life back in August 2020. At that juncture, Shahi was in the midst of a separation from her then-husband, Steve Howey, with whom she had been married for 11 years. The couple, who share three children, eventually finalized their divorce in 2021.
Following her split, Shahi developed a relationship with Demos, and the pair remained together even after Netflix’s sudden end to Sex/Life in 2023.
In reflecting on their time together, Shahi expressed a desire to collaborate once more with Demos on screen. “Nothing has felt right so far, but what’s great about that is that we met as actors. So we have a really great working relationship with each other,” she shared with The Hollywood Reporter in February 2025, highlighting their “great chemistry.”
Sarah Shahi and Adam Demos’ romance blossomed as they filmed the Netflix series in Canada during the fall of 2020, portraying passionate former lovers entangled in a love triangle. Though their off-screen relationship was equally as intense, it ultimately came to an end.
Shahi added that it was “impossible” for them “to lie” to each other while filming scenes, explaining, “There’s no tolerance for any sort of bulls***. So I think we do work well with each other, and I would love to find something that he and I could do together.”
Two months later, however, news broke that Shahi and Demos called it quits. Keep scrolling for Shahi’s biggest revelations about why their relationship ended:
How Sarah Shahi Broke Her Silence on Adam Demos Split
In her Us Weekly cover story, Sarah Shahi addressed her split from Adam Demos for the first time. “There was an element of the relationship that people really felt belonged to them, which was very sweet and heart- warming,” she shared in January 2026.
Shahi noted at the time that there were challenges to dating in the public eye.
“The flip to that is when things end, you feel like you’re going through it twice,” she told Us. “You’re going through it emotionally on a personal level, and then you’re going through it again on a much bigger level.”
Sarah Shahi broke her silence on what led to her shocking split from Adam Demos. During the Tuesday, February 10, episode of Kristin Cavallari‘s “Let’s Be Honest” podcast, Shahi, 46, revealed it has been one year since she parted ways with Demos, 40. She also broke down the early days of their relationship — including […]
Sarah Shahi Learned Important Lessons After Adam Demos Split
Sarah Shahi and Adam Demos. Courtesy of Sarah Shahi/Instagram
“Without airing any kind of laundry, I do think … it’s hard to build a life when you have children unless the person truly, truly, truly wants that as well,” Sarah Shahi said on Kristin Cavallari‘s “Let’s Be Honest” podcast in February 2026. “This is not a comment on him but more about the ways that I show up as a parent. I show up as a parent in a very specific way. [As a child], we could walk into our mom’s bedroom at any time and we walked into the bathroom at any time. I think that can be a little challenging for somebody who may not be used to having kids.”
She added: “It’s great for love to be easy, but then the life stuff should also not be so difficult.”
Sarah Shahi’s Hopes for Her Next Relationship After Adam Demos
Sarah Shahi as Billie Connelly and Adam Demos as Brad Simon in ‘Sex/Life.’ Courtesy of Netflix
In the same podcast episode, Sarah Shahi looked forward to the future. “I want my next relationship to be about me. I’m not looking for a stepparent. I just want a boyfriend,” she said. “Someone that can just take me out and I can be on the beach and just be all sweaty and have sex all the time. I just want someone to purely service me, and if that grows into something else then great.”