Who is Chris Harrison’s ex-wife Gwen and does he have kids?
EX-BACHELOR host Chris Harrison married Gwen in 1993.
The couple divorced after 19 years of marriage but reportedly remained great friends after their split.
Who is Chris Harrison's ex-wife Gwen?
Gwen and Chris Harrison have a long relationship history stemming from their college years.
The pair met in 1991 while they were both attending Oklahoma City University.
She was an accountant, while Harrison was a sportscaster, and married immediately after graduation.
They were together up until 2012 when Harrison announced they were going their separate ways.
The ex-Bachelor host confessed to that the split was amicable but “the most difficult” part of his life, saying: “I keep a smile on my face because I have to, but Gwen and I, we’ve been together for 22 years, married for almost 19. So we grew up together and we have so much history, it would be foolish to not be friends.
Adding: “I’ve talked to her five times this morning. We spent Mother’s Day together, and we had lunch and went to movies with the kids — she will always be my best friend, I hope, and I want her to be happy and she wants me to be happy.”
Do Chris Harrison and Gwen have children?
The pair have two children together, Joshua and Taylor.
Despite their divorce, Harrison and Gwen continue to co-parent their children together.
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He gushed about their good relationship on Live! With Kelly saying: “I’m very proud of the fact that we’ve done it well. We’re the best of friends. Yesterday when we went to school to pick up the kids, we were walking across the street together and the crossing guard said, ‘Nice to see you guys together!'”
Adding: “And my wife looked at me and was like, ‘The crossing guard knows?’ So yeah, everybody knows.”
Who is Chris Harrison married to now?
Harrison is married to Entertainment Tonight producer Lauren Zima.
They met in 2016 after she was sent to interview him about the Bachelor for Entertainment Tonight.
The pair started dating in 2018 and have been together since.
They tied the knot in October 2023 and had two ceremonies, one in Napa Valley, California, and one in Austin, Texas, where they live, per .
“As much as we wanted an intimate weekend for our wedding ceremony in Napa, we also wanted to celebrate getting married with all the great friends we have — hence this bigger party,” Zima told the outlet.
“Doing the second event in Austin gave us the ability to include all of our friends, and also made sure that we didn’t leave our wedding feeling like we didn’t even see any of our loved ones— a story we’ve heard before.”