Billy Porter and husband Adam Smith have broken up, amicably, after six years of marriage

Billy Porter and husband Adam Smith are going their separate ways, PEOPLE reports.

“I can confirm that Billy Porter and his husband Adam Smith have made the sad decision to end their marriage after six years,” says the Pose actor’s rep Simon Halls. “The decision was an amicable and mutual one and was made after much consideration. They continue to love and support each other as they embark on this next chapter. There will be no further comment from either parties and it would be appreciated if their privacy be respected.”

Porter and Smith met in 2009 at a dinner party. They broke up after dating for about a year, but, five years later, they rekindled their romance. They got married on Jan. 14, 2017, two weeks after Porter proposed in London on Dec. 29, 2016.

In 2017, Porter told PEOPLE why getting married was an important milestone for him.

“We both grew up in households where who we are is labeled an ‘abomination,’ ” the Emmy winner said at the time. “The thought of marriage, there was no context for it — there was no dreaming about it because there was no context to dream; it was unspoken and very clear that the sanctity of marriage was not for us.”