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Moore and Braff Break Up

"Scrubs" star Zach Braff and Mandy Moore have ended their relationship, according to media reports.

The couple have reportedly gone their separate ways, mainly due to the nine-year age gap between them.

Us Weekly West Coast Editor Ian Drew says, "They both decided that after two years, Mandy was a little young. Zach was ready for something different and they wanted to just kind of test the waters a little bit. It was an amicable break."
Zach Braff is the one on the right.

A source tells the magazine, "Mandy was very young when they got together and she wanted to see what's out there, now that she's a woman. Zach was mature and realized it is time to let her do that."

The pair have been tight-lipped about their relationship, but the 22-year-old singer launched a scathing attack on tabloid journalists earlier this week, who reported on the rumored breakup.

She wrote on her Web site, "I believe that personal issues (like this one) should be kept private.

"This sort of unscrupulous conduct should be unethical for the media to practice and I'm sickened by the extent that these people are willing to go to make a name for themselves."

Braff, the 31-year-old "Garden State" star, has wasted no time moving on -- he was recently seen partying with pals at Hollywood hot spot Hyde on June 8 and unsuccessfully romancing Jessica Simpson.