Jack Antonoff breaks silence on Margaret Qualley split after fan makes awkward wedding song request

Jack Antonoff broke his silence on his split from wife Margaret Qualley with a lighthearted remark.The musician, 42, and the actress, 31, confirmed their separation in July, after just three years of marriage. The Bleachers singer addressed his split during his September 15 performance at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. After a fan asked him to play his 2017 track Let’s Get Married, Antonoff quipped, 'absolutely not,' in a video shared on social media. 'Read the news, brother,' he added, before breaking into a laugh. He then clarified, 'I love that song and I wrote it, like, 11 years ago.' Antonoff was seemingly still in a relationship with his ex Lena Dunham, who revealed she welcomed a daughter via surrogate on Wednesday, when he wrote the song. The two dated from 2012 until 2017. Jack Antonoff, 42, broke his silence on his split from Margaret Qualley, 31, with a lighthearted remark, after a fan asked him to play a song about getting married; Antonoff seen in February The musician and the actress confirmed their separation in July, after just three years of marriage; Seen in 2025Antonoff and Qualley, who have an 11-year age gap, haven't been publicly pictured together since the Grammy Awards on February 1 and their split came one month shy of their third wedding anniversary.The How to Make a Killing actress's representative told TMZ on July 10 that there 'was no infidelity' and 'no trust issues' leading to the demise of her 'rocky' marriage to the Golden Globe-nominated songwriter.In July sources claimed to Page Six that Antonoff and Qualley 'have no plans to reconcile' and 'are done for good' but 'they are still communicating and being respectful of one another.' Antonoff raised eyebrows when he showed up to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's July 3 wedding festivities with his sister Rachel as his date, rather than Qualley.The pair might have still been together on March 31 when she shared an Instagram story wishing him a happy birthday.At the time, Qualley shared a photo of the musician with his arm around her with the caption: 'Happy birthday sweetheart.' On April 28, Qualley changed her Instagram handle back to her legal name, Sarah Margaret Qualley, instead of a reference to his music, and she deleted photos she shared in March from their wedding at Beach Haven in his native New Jersey.Qualley's absence from the wedding of the year came 11 months after she gave an awkward response to being asked why her husband was not producing one of Swift's albums. After a fan asked the Bleachers singer to play his 2017 track Let's Get Married during his Tuesday performance at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, Antonoff quipped, 'Absolutely not'; Seen performing in June 'Read the news, brother,' he added, before breaking into a laugh. He then clarified, 'I love that song and I wrote it, like, 11 years ago'; Seen in 2024 Antonoff was seemingly still in a relationship with his ex Lena Dunham, whom he dated from 2012 until 2017, when he wrote the song; The two seen in 2014 Qualley's representative told TMZ on July 10 that there 'was no infidelity' and 'no trust issues' leading to the demise of her 'rocky' marriage to Antonoff; Seen in 2024The actress appeared caught off guard when Today co-host Craig Melvin mentioned The Life of a Showgirl in their sit-down.After noting that Antonoff has 'produced for Taylor for years' and has 'an album that's coming out,' the journalist asked Qualley to 'tell us about' the record.'I don't know anything,' she replied as her eyes widened in surprise.Qualley proceeded to let out an awkward laugh before adding, 'I'll be excited to listen to the music.'Melvin responded with a pointed, 'OK. Alright,' signaling he wasn't entirely convinced she was as out of the loop as she claimed.Antonoff has served as Swift's primary co-songwriter and producer on her most recent albums, 2022's Midnights and 2024's The Tortured Poets Department.Her latest record, however, was produced by Max Martin and Shellback.Swift fans famously swarmed Qualley and Antonoff's wedding rehearsal dinner in 2023.They married at Parker's Garage in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, with guests including Swift, model Cara Delevingne and Lana Del Rey in attendance.The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell was the epitome of elegance in a white, halter-styled wedding gown with a plunging neckline.The former couple was first romantically linked back in August 2021, and later attended the Critics' Choice Awards together in March 2022, seemingly publicly confirming their budding relationship. Antonoff and Qualley, who have an 11-year age gap, haven't been publicly pictured together since the Grammy Awards on February 1 and their split came one month shy of their third wedding anniversary; Seen in 2023Antonoff's previous romances also include photographer Carlotta Kohl and Scarlett Johansson.The Blue Moon actress was previously romantically linked to her Death Note co-star Nat Wolff, SNL alum Pete Davidson and her Love Me Like You Hate Me leading man Shia LaBeouf. Audiences can catch Qualley as the medic Cima in Ridley Scott's $110 million-budget sci-fi flick The Dog Stars – out in US/UK theaters – alongside Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Allison Janney. Her other upcoming films include Amazon's romantic drama Love of Your Life and Neon's Southern supernatural horror King Snake.