Frankie Muniz’s estranged wife, Paige Price, shares cryptic message after actor’s concerning post

By Page Six | Created at 2026-09-18 21:42:49 | Updated at 2026-09-18 23:15:42 1 hour ago

Paige Price shared a cryptic message about “perspective” two hours after her estranged husband, Frankie Muniz, opened up about “hitting rock bottom” in a concerning Instagram post.

“Life is all about perspective. If you ask the grass, the zebra is the monster and the lion is the protector,” Price, 33, wrote on her Instagram Story Friday, alongside a video of herself making a wax seal.

The clip was set to an acoustic version of the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” including the lyrics, “And I don’t want the world to see me / ‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand / When everything’s made to be broken / I just want you to know who I am.”

Frankie Muniz’s estranged wife, Paige Price, took to her Instagram Story to share a cryptic message about “perspective” (pictured above). Instagram/pogmuniz
The post, which was set to the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” came two hours after Muniz opened up about “hitting rock bottom” in a concerning message on his own Instagram account. (Price is seen above in a 2026 Instagram upload.) Instagram/pogmuniz

Muniz, 40, had taken to Instagram shortly before Price shared her Story, posting a photo of himself alongside a vulnerable caption about his recent struggles.

“The last six weeks of my life have been a nightmare I’m praying to wake up from,” he wrote. “Everything [has] felt heavy, unclear, and like it [has been] falling apart at the same time. I wouldn’t wish this season on anyone.”

The “Malcolm in the Middle” actor went on to say that he’s “had nowhere to hide” from everything he’s been going through, but described the experience as an “unexpected gift.”

Muniz (pictured above at the Mexico presentation of “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair”) posted a photo of himself alongside a vulnerable caption that read in part, “The last six weeks of my life have been a nightmare I’m praying to wake up from.” Getty Images
“I wouldn’t wish this season on anyone,” Muniz (seen above in his cast photo for “Dancing With the Stars: Juniors”) also wrote on Instagram. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images

“I’ve had time to sit with myself, do real self-reflection, and finally see the areas of my life that need work if I want to become a better version of me,” Muniz added. “Not the polished version I show the world … the actual one.”

Muniz acknowledged “hitting rock bottom,” saying he’s read that sometimes it can be the “thing that wakes you up” and “forces the changes you needed to make all along so you can live the best life possible.”

“In five years, I believe I’ll look back at this exact low point and feel grateful for it because the high I’ll be standing on then only exists because I went through this,” he continued.

Muniz (pictured above in New York City this year) said he’s had time to do some “real self-reflection” amid his recent struggles. GC Images
Muniz (seen above with his son at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2024) admitted he had hit “rock bottom” but believes he’ll “feel grateful for it” in five years. Getty Images

The NASCAR driver also said this “isn’t the end of [his] story” but the start of doing the “uncomfortable, unglamorous [and] necessary” work.

“I’m choosing to treat this season as the foundation, not the finish line,” he added.

He concluded his post by writing, “If you’re in a low place right now too, you’re not broken. You’re being rebuilt. Let’s keep going!”

Muniz and his estranged wife (pictured above together at the 2017 Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party) announced in July that they were divorcing after 10 years together. Matt Winkelmeyer
The exes, who tied the knot in February 2020, share son Mauz, 5, whom they welcomed in March 2021. (Muniz, Price and Mauz are seen above at the New York premiere of “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair.”) Getty Images

Muniz announced in July that he and Price were splitting “after 10 beautiful years together,” sharing the news in an Instagram post that he later deleted amid backlash.

Price came to his defense in the comments of the since-deleted post, writing in part, “Frankie, I am so sorry that you felt the need to delete an old funny video of our family because people are so cruel to you. This world is so f–ked.”

Price and Muniz tied the knot in Phoenix, Arizona, in February 2020, less than two years after Muniz popped the question in November 2018.

The exes share 5-year-old son Mauz, whom they welcomed in March 2021.

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