Part-time Beetlejuice impersonator Robin Thicke cancelled his Atlanta gig to fly to Canada in a desperate plea to save his marriage, according to reports.

Sources tell TMZ gorgeous brunette Paula told the Blurred Lines sleaze-bag she wanted to end the marriage on Friday.

It sparked an immediate reaction from Thicke who abruptly cancelled the his show blaming throat problems, say the gossip website.

However the singer wasn't under the weather but was reportedly trying to convince his wife to give their marriage another try.

Paula - who is currently shooting a movie in Vancouver - was relieved to clear the air and have closure with Robin, as the pair apparently conceded they've not been getting along, say TMZ.

The website added both Robin and Paula were upset by the split but agreed it's best for their friendship.

They announced their separation on Monday after nearly nine years of marriage .

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In a joint statement to People Magazine, the couple said they'd always be best friends.

"We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time," they said.

There have been rumours that the Hollywood couple's relationship has been on the rocks ever since Robin released his controversial Blurred Lines video last year, and then sang it live on TV while Miley Cyrus twerked on him.

Robin and Paula met when they were teenagers, married in 2005 and had a son, Julian in 2010.

“I knew she was special the night I met her. I was only 14, but she was already the most special girl," Miley's twerking co-star told Star Magazine a few months ago.

“As a relationship progresses, you fall in love again in so many deeper ways. You realize that you need each other and you can’t live without each other."