Anthony LaPaglia, 61, and wife Alexandra Henkel, 30, celebrate their anniversary apart

Anthony LaPaglia only tied the knot with his wife Alexandra Henkel in April 2018. 

But it appears that the couple were forced to spend their second anniversary apart this week amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Empire Records star, 61, shared a bittersweet message for his much younger bride, 30, to Instagram on Tuesday, writing: ‘Happy Anniversary Alexandra.’ 

‘Even in this strange time apart, this day is and will always be a seminal day in my life. Love A,’ he added. 

Anthony and Alexandra wed in an intimate ceremony in Hawaii two years ago. 

Announcing the news on social media, the blushing bride wrote at the time: ‘28.4.2018. The day I married the love of my life.’ 

Clearly aware of the age gap in their relationship, the German actress singled out trolls in another Instagram post.

‘They said it wouldn’t last. Love you bub,’ she captioned a photo of herself with the star.  

Prior to Alexandra, Anthony was married to My Big Fat Greek Wedding actress Gia Carides for 18 years, with the couple divorcing in 2016.

The former couple share 17-year-old daughter Bridget. 

During an interview with the Herald Sun in April 2016, Anthony said their split was nobody else’s business.  

‘My attitude is that if I don’t know someone – and it’s no disrespect to anyone out there – then I don’t care what their opinion is because they’re not me, they’re not in my life and they can have all the opinions they like – they don’t know what went on,’ he said.

‘Outsiders are relatively unimportant to me, as long as the people involved know what went on.’