Meet Giada De Laurentiis’ Boyfriend Shane Farley: All About Her Love Life
Giada De Laurentiis is trading the kitchen for the ballroom on Season 35 of Dancing With the Stars. The longtime Food Network star will hit the dance floor with partner Alan Bersten for the first time on September 16.
With the dance competition putting De Laurentiis in the spotlight, we’re doing a deep dive into her love life. From her current relationship to her divorce from her ex-husband, scroll down for more.
Who is Giada De Laurentiis’ boyfriend?
De Laurentiis’ boyfriend is Shane Farley. He is a television producer with credits including The Rachael Ray Show, The Gossip Table, Big Morning Buzz Live, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The Voice, and The Steve Harvey Show. He is a four-time Emmy winner.
Per his website, Farley now “channels that same instinct for human connection into his entrepreneurial ventures, building platforms that are original, impactful, and built to last.” His ventures include “groundbreaking legal tech” and the “future of astrology entertainment.”
He is also the cofounder and CEO of TrustedPrenup.com, according to LinkedIn. The company is a “platform designed to make prenups accessible, affordable, and emotionally intelligent for today’s couples.”
How did Giada De Laurentiis meet her boyfriend?
De Laurentiis first met Farley in 2013. She was still married to her ex-husband at the time. Farley was hired to produce a talk show starring De Laurentiis and Flay, but the show never came to fruition.
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Following her split from her then-husband in 2014, De Laurentiis took a year and a half to “reset.” As she told People, “Once I got settled, Shane and I reconnected, and I felt like a kid again.”
Their reconnection happened after Farley moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to work on a talk show called FABLife. It happened to be filmed on the same lot where De Laurentiis’ production company is located. After bumping into each other, the two formed a friendship and eventually began dating.
Now, they’ve been together for more than a decade but haven’t publicly discussed plans to tie the knot.
What happened between Giada De Laurentiis and her husband?
De Laurentiis was married to Todd Thompson, a fashion designer, from 2003 until their 2015 divorce. She met him when she was just 19 and studying at UCLA.
In December 2014, De Laurentiis announced she was separating from Thompson after more than a decade of marriage. “Although our decision to separate comes with a great deal of sadness, our focus on the future and overwhelming desire for our family’s happiness has given us the strength to move forward on separate, yet always connected paths,” she shared on Facebook. “Todd and I share a beautiful daughter and a lifetime of great memories that we both treasure more than anything. We are so thankful for our friends and family, and really appreciate the support in this time of change.”
In 2015, she admitted, “We had been together since I was 19; I’m now 45. That’s a lifetime with someone. It was a very difficult time. I don’t have the answers; I’m figuring them out as I go. I’m also afraid, like many other women who go through this, and men, too, for that matter.”
Meanwhile, Farley was previously married for 15 years. He and fitness trainer Jennifer Giamo tied the knot in 2000 and divorced in 2015.
Does Giada De Laurentiis have kids?
Yes, De Laurentiis and Thompson are parents to one child, a daughter named Jade. She was born in March 2008 and has a close relationship with Farley.
Ahead of her DWTS journey, De Laurentiis documented Jade leaving for college in August 2026. She will be attending New York University.
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On August 9, De Laurentiis and Thompson reunited at a sendoff celebration for Jade, even posing for a photo together with their daughter sandwiched between them.
Dancing With the Stars, Season 35 Premiere, Night 2, Wednesday, September 16, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+
