Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy split

LOS ANGELES — Jim Carrey and long-time partner Jenny McCarthy (photo) announced recently they had split after five years together, breaking the news to fans via micro-blogging site Twitter.

“Jenny and I have just ended our five-year relationship. I‘m grateful for the many blessings we’ve shared and I wish her the very best. S‘ Okay!,” Canada-born funnyman Carrey, 48, wrote.

Actress and former Playboy model McCarthy, 37, added shortly afterwards: “I‘m so grateful for the years Jim and I had together.“

The split was confirmed by Carrey’s publicist Marleah Leslie in a statement released to US media outlets.

Carrey, the star of hit films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Bruce Almighty, was most recently seen in Disney’s 3-D holiday special A Christmas Carol.