Chrissy Metz Details the ‘Unraveling’ That Leads to Kate and Toby’s Divorce on ‘This Is Us’

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A relatable plot twist. This Is Us fans were shocked to learn that Kate and Toby are divorced in the future, but as more details emerge in season 6, Chrissy Metz hinted that the split will play out like an average couple’s.“Chris [Sullivan] and I always joked, we were like, ‘Well, it wasn’t gonna be Beth and Randall, so it had to be someone, right?’ We have to see sort of the unraveling of a relationship and what that means,” the actress, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 26, while discussing her partnership with Capital One Auto Navigator. “With the writers — who I luckily have had a chance to write with, I cowrote an episode, episode nine — we were talking about that relationships … we grow so much from them and the people are so instrumental in our evolution, but it doesn’t mean that they’re our forever people.”Kate and Toby have weathered their fair share of marital woes throughout the NBC drama’s run, but a season 5 flash-forward that teased her wedding to Phillip (Chris Geere) seemed like the final nail in her relationship with Toby.“That’s so difficult because Toby and Kate are just this amazing couple who have put themselves back together over and over together, and it’s such a beautiful journey to see,” Metz said. “But then, at the same time, people grow and they grow in different ways and take different journeys.

And so, it’s hard to imagine them not together. And it’s like, ‘Who is this new guy? And he’s still in Kate’s phone as the mean jerk.

What is Kate thinking?’ I’m sure people are like, ‘What is wrong with her?’”Thus far in season 6, Kate and Toby have struggled to maintain their long-distance marriage after he moved for work.