No Joke! Sarah Silverman & Michael Sheen Break Up: 'It Got Hard'

Comedian Sarah Silverman and Welsh actor Michael Sheen have ended their relationship after three years together, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Silverman couldn’t resist making a joke of it, when she revealed the sad news on Twitter, posting: “The great @michaelsheen & I consciously uncoupled over Christmas. I mean, not ‘over Christmas’ - like that wasn’t the fight that ended it.”

The stand-up comic began dating the Masters Of Sex star in 2014. Before that, she famously dated talk show host Jimmy Kimmel from 2002 to 2009.

Sheen dated Kate Beckinsale from 1995 until 2003, and share a daughter, Lily, 18. He also dated Rachel McAdams from 2010 to 2013.

As for their breakup, Silverman tweeted that it was mutual and peaceful.

“No fight. We just live in different countries & it got hard,” she tweted. “Felt we should just tell y’all so u stop askin, ‘How’s Michael/How’s Sarah?’”

So far, Sheen hasn’t commented about the end of their relationship.