Gavin Newsom Says He No Longer Talks to Ex-Wife Kimberly Guilfoyle, Now Engaged to Donald Trump Jr.

Mar. 15, 2025

Gavin NewsomandKimberly Guilfoyledo not keep in touch these days.

Newsom, the Democratic governor of California,told MSNBC’s Alex Wagneron Wednesday that he no longer speaks with Guilfoyle, whofiled for divorce from Newsomin January 2005 andgot engagedtoDonald Trump Jr.in January 2022.

“Nope. Not lately,” Newsom, 54, said in the interview when asked if he and Guilfoyle, 53, still communicate.

When Wagner pointed out that Guilfoyle’s association with the Trump family “must be weird” for him, Newsom responded, “Yeah, of course.”

Newsom added, though, that his relationship withDonald Trumpwasn’t always the way it is now. “I mean, we had an interesting, not as combative relationship, even though we went at it on a lot of issues we also found ways to get along,” he added.

From left: Kimberly Guilfoyle and Gavin Newsom.Justin Sullivan/Getty

In Wednesday’sinterview, Newsom also denied multiple times that his recent public criticisms of Republicans country-wide and public callings for film studios to “walk the walk” andavoid filming in states that have limited abortion rightsfollowing thereversal ofRoe v. Wadein June are apre-cursor for a future presidential run.

“Yes, it’s all part of a strategery,” Newsom joked at first. “It’s not the intention — my intention is to raise attention to these critical issues on what’s happening.”

“Let me answer your question,” he added, laughing when Wagner pressed him on the issue further. “No, and then no, and then no, no, no, no, and then no, and no, how many cameras [do you have]? No.”

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When Guilfoyle filed for divorce from Newsom, she cited the the strain of a bi-coastal marriage after moving to New York City in 2004 to work in broadcast television, according to theSan Francisco Chronicle.

Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle.Lou Rocco/ABC

Guilfoyle went on to marry furniture heir Eric Villency before they divorced in 2009. She began dating Don Jr., now 44, around the time his ex-wife,Vanessa, filed for divorce in March 2018.

In 2021, Guilfoyle and Don Jr. purchased a $9.7 million, 11,300-square-foot estate in Jupiter, Florida, about a 20-minute drive from Mar-a-Lago. No date was set for their wedding when they made their engagement public in January, a source told PEOPLE at the time.

source: people.com