Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan follow the two-week rule to maintain their 18-year marriage: 'We prefer to be a traveling circus'

Robert Downey Jr. and his second wife Susan Levin Downey maintain their 18-year marriage by following the two-week rule. Robert Downey Jr. and his second wife Susan Levin Downey maintain their 18-year marriage by following the two-week rule The 50-year-old producer said in her hubbie's People cover story: 'It often feels too long, but we don't go more than two weeks without seeing each other and the family being together. That's why I'm here' Downey Jr. frequently credits the Illinois-born brunette with helping him overcome his drug and alcohol addiction in 2003 after meeting on the set of Gothika, and they're proud parents of 12-year-old son Exton and nine-year-old daughter Avri In 2015, the twice-rehabbed ex-con received a full and unconditional pardon from Governor of California Jerry Brown for his prior drug convictions Speaking of which, Robert's eldest son Indio Falconer Downey celebrated 18 months of sobriety last November Downey Jr. will next executive produce and star as four different characters in Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar's seven-episode spy thriller The Sympathizer, which premieres April 18 on Max Downey Jr. and Downey founded their production company Team Downey a decade ago and their other upcoming projects include Netflix series Sweet Tooth and Amazon MGM Studios' crime thriller Play Dirty As for the long-delayed Sherlock Holmes 3, Susan told the UnWrapped podcast a year ago: 'Yes, it's in the hopper. Downey Jr. and Downey founded their production company Team Downey a decade ago and their other upcoming projects include Netflix series Sweet Tooth and Amazon MGM Studios' crime thriller Play Dirty.