Alert – Packed to the Rafters star Erik Thomson splits from wife Caitlin McDougall after 25 years of marriage

Erik Thomson and wife Caitlin McDougall have reportedly split after almost 25 years of marriage.

The couple, who first met in a pub in 1997, no longer follow each other on Instagram and haven’t posted photos of each other for more than two years.

Neither have made an official statement on their apparent separation, reported Herald Sun last Monday. 

Thomson, 57, is believed to have moved to Tasmania last year after previously living with McDougall in Port Willunga on the Fleurieu Peninsula near Adelaide.

Meanwhile, McDougall is understood to have stayed in Port Willunga where she works as an artist out of her own coastal studio. 

Daily Mail has reached out to Thomson and McDougall for further comment. 

Erik Thomson, 57, and wife Caitlin McDougall have reportedly split after almost 25 years of marriage

The pair met in a pub during the AFL Grand Final in 1997 and married two years later in McLaren Vale, South .

They tied the knot at Penny’s Hill—a winery founded by McDougall’s stepfather Tony Parkinson—and now share daughter Eilish, 15, and son Magnus, 12, together.

At one point, in 2005 and 2006, the couple co-starred alongside one another on The Alice, a Nine miniseries set in Alice Springs. 

Thomson and McDougall were later based in Sydney while Thomson worked as Dave Rafter on the popular Seven series Packed to the Rafters from 2008 to 2013. 

Thomson frequently spent time with McDougall’s family on the Fleurieu Peninsula between acting gigs before moving there permanently in 2013. 

‘We have family here, it’s beautiful, it’s affordable, it’s a really good base,’ Thomson told The Advertiser in 2016. 

The Scotland-born actor is best known for his role on Packed to the Rafters, but also starred in popular shows like 800 Words and Aftertaste.

He also featured in the medical drama All Saints which ran for an impressive 12 years before its final episode aired on October 27, 2009.

The couple, who first met in a pub in 1997, no longer follow each other on Instagram and haven’t posted photos of each other for more than two years. Pictured together in 2005

Neither have made an official statement on their apparent separation, reported Herald Sun last Monday

Thomson played medical registrar Mitch Stevens on the series alongside Georgie Parker who portrayed his on-screen love interest nurse Terri Sullivan. 

In an interview with TV Week in 2021, both stars opened up about their characters and their iconic n love story.

‘l loved Mitch and Terri’s relationship,’ Parker, 60, told the publication.

‘We had enormous fun playing them, because we trusted each other physically and we got along so well.’ 

One of the show’s most iconic scenes saw Mitch get diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly after he tied the knot with Terry in an intimate ceremony.

More than a decade after shooting the scene where Mitch died, Thomson admitted: ‘I get emotional thinking about it, because it was so powerful.’