Ethan Hawke, pictured with ex-wife Uma Thurman in 2001, called their divorce a "humiliating" experience in a new interview with GQ Hype.

Ethan Hawke called his very public divorce from actor Uma Thurman a mortifying experience.

“It’s humiliating. It’s almost humiliating even when they’re saying positive things,” he told GQ Hype in an interview published on Monday.

The pair married in 1998 after meeting on the set of the dystopian thriller Gattaca, which came out in 1997.

Ethan and Uma then separated in 2003, with the latter filing for divorce one year later. The split was eventually finalised in 2005.

Reflecting on the high-profile relationship, Ethan said there was a special type of enchantment that springs from an on-set romance.

Likening it to a game of Spin the Bottle, he said:........

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