‘Dancing With the Stars’: Does Guillermo Rodriguez Have a Wife?
Guillermo Rodriguez has officially taken over the ballroom on Dancing With the Stars, and he’s stolen our hearts. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! personality is partnered with Season 34 champ Witney Carson. For the dance competition, Rodriguez is stepping outside of Jimmy Kimmel‘s shadow by putting himself front and center in the ballroom.
Rodriguez has been Kimmel’s sidekick since he started appearing on the late-night show in 2003 after initially working as a security guard in the parking lot of the studio where Jimmy Kimmel Live! taped. While he tends to keep his personal life private, we rounded up everything we know about his relationship status and more.
Does Guillermo Rodriguez have a wife?
Yes, Rodriguez is married and has a wife, but he has mostly kept her out of the public eye. While he has attended a few public events with his wife, he has not revealed her name or details about their relationship.
Since 2024, Charlize Theron and Rodriguez have had a running bit that they are married. It started after the Oscars when Theron reposted a tweet on Instagram that read, “BREAKING: Guillermo and Charlize Theron are not just dating, but married.” She captioned it, “Oh, and I got married! Love you, honey!”
In a follow-up post with a series of photos from the awards show, including one of her with Rodriguez, Theron wrote, “Made some new friends, partied with old friends, celebrated incredibly talented friends, got married. Busy week for me.”
Does Guillermo Rodriguez have kids?
Yes, Rodriguez has one son named Benji, who was born in December 2, 2011. Rodriguez paid tribute to him on his 12th birthday in 2023, writing on Instagram, “Happy 12th Birthday to my wonderful son Benji! He is the best!!!”
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Did Jimmy Kimmel name his son after Guillermo?
Yes, Kimmel named his youngest son, William “Billy” Kimmel, after Guillermo, as Guillermo is the Spanish form of the name William.
Billy had open-heart surgery when he was just three days old, Kimmel revealed during a 2017 monologue on his show. “A very attentive nurse at Cedars-Sinai heard a murmur in his heart and noticed he was a bit purple, which is not common,” Kimmel shared, adding that nurses realized Billy wasn’t getting enough oxygen to his heart and lungs.
A surgeon confirmed that Billy had a “hole in the wall of the left and right side of his heart” due to being born with a congenital heart condition. He had a second surgery at seven months old and another when he was seven years old.
Dancing With the Stars, Season 35, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+
