Debra Messing has spoken for the first time about her marriage breakdown.

The split coincided with Debra – who has a seven-year-old son Roman with Daniel – relocating from Los Angeles to New York to shoot new TV show ‘Smash’ and she admits the amount of changes in her life were tough for her to deal with.

In an interview in the June issue Ladies’ Home Journal magazine, she said: ‘It’s like 20 years. It’s a very long time. When I say the move to New York was traumatic, it was traumatic because every aspect of my life was going through a huge change.’

Although when Debra said her vows she thought she was marrying for life, she thinks the concept of marriage is becoming outdated because of changes in modern society.

She added: ‘I think the idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we’re living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Till death do us part was a much different deal.’

Debra is now believed to be dating her ‘Smash’ co-star Will Chase – who separated from his wife, Broadway star Stephanie Gibson, last year.

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On this morning’s TODAY show, former NBC President of Entertainment Warren Littlefield and SMASH star Debra Messings discussed Littlefield’s new book entitled “Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV”.

“Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV” is an insiders’ account of the greatest era in television history, told by the actors, writers, directors, producers, and the network executives who made it happen, and watched it all fall apart. The popular series during this era of TV included Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier, ER, Cheers, Law & Order and Will & Grace.

Warren Littlefield was the NBC President of Entertainment who oversaw the Peacock Network’s rise from also-ran to a division that generated a billion dollars in profits. In this fast-paced and exceptionally entertaining oral history, Littlefield and NBC luminaries including Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Kelsey Grammer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Julianna Marguiles, Anthony Edwards, Noah Wylie, Debra Messing, Jack Welch, Jimmy Burrows, Helen Hunt, and Dick Wolf vividly recapture the incredible era of Must See TV.

From 1993 through 1998, NBC exploded every conventional notion of what a broadcast network could accomplish with the greatest prime-time line-up in television history. On Thursday nights, a cavalcade of groundbreaking comedies and dramas streamed into homes, attracting a staggering 75 million viewers and generating more revenue than all other six nights of programming combined. The road to success, however, was a rocky one.

View this morning’s interview on TODAY below!

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Debra Messing will be the only cast member of NBC’s Smash submitted for consideration in the Lead Actress in a Drama Emmy category, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The rest of the Smash cast, including battling divas Katherine McPhee and Megan Hilty, will compete in the supporting performer categories.

Smash follows the trials and tribulations of producing a musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. In addition to Messing, McPhee and Hilty, the series stars Christian Borle, Anjelica Huston, Brian d’Arcy James, Will Chase, Jack Davenport, Raza Jeffrey, Jaime Cepero and more.

Messing is an Emmy winner for her role on hit sitcom Will & Grace, and has been nominated five additional times. The 2012 Emmy Awards will be held on September 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.Emmy Award Eligibility Determined for Smash Stars Debra Messing, Megan Hilty & More

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