Hawking's marriage had been strained for many years. Jane felt overwhelmed by the intrusion into their family life of the required nurses and assistants. The impact of his celebrity was challenging for colleagues and family members, and in one interview Jane described her role as "simply to tell him that he's not God."[209][210] Hawking's views of religion also contrasted with her strong Christian faith, and resulted in tension.[211][210][212] In the late 1980s Hawking had grown close to one of his nurses, Elaine Mason, to the dismay of some colleagues, caregivers and family members who were disturbed by her strength of personality and protectiveness.[213] Hawking told Jane that he was leaving her for Mason,[214] and departed the family home in February 1990.[175] Following his divorce from Jane in the spring of 1995, Hawking married Mason in September,[215][175] declaring "It's wonderful—I have married the woman I love.