Anyone who lived through the media circus that were the Trump years remembers that Kellyanne Conway, close presidential adviser, and his staunch defender, was married to a man who was one of his most vocal adversaries. George Conway took every opportunity to criticize Trump without mincing words.
Many of us wondered how a marriage between two people who were at opposite poles of the political spectrum could possibly work. Were there epic scenes at home, when the cameras weren’t watching? Was crockery thrown? Were doors slammed? Did they genuinely accept each other’s radically different political positions?
Vanity Fair’s Bess Levin called their union “one of the greatest mysteries of the 21st century.”
Now it seems that we have our answer: Kellyanne and George are getting a divorce after 22 years of marriage. The pair, who got married in 2001 and share four children together.
George Conway’s criticism of Trump led to a tweet from the former president who referred to him as a “husband from hell” in 2019.
The former president, one who never misses a chance to gloat and enjoy a bit of schadenfreude, wrote on Truth Social, “Congratulations to Kellyanne Conway on her DIVORCE from her wacko husband, Mr. Kellyanne Conway. Free at last, she has finally gotten rid of the disgusting albatross around her neck.”
The Conways have “lawyered up,” Page Six reported, and are sorting out the details of their divorce.
The report follows a number of hints from Kellyanne Conway that her marriage to the lawyer has faced challenges.
She wrote in her book last year that George’s “daily deluge of insults violated our marriage vows to ‘love, honor, and cherish’ each other.”
“I worry about our future, I worry about the harm that’s been visited upon this. And for what reason? For politics,” she told People in 2022.
Gayle King, during Conway’s appearance on “CBS Mornings” last year, also pointed out a part of her book where she wrote “the man you thought had your back ended up stabbing you in the back.”
“Isn’t that unfortunate,” she responded.
“I think women can relate to that, but this was next level. And I’ll say this. George Conway’s vows are not to Donald Trump. He doesn’t owe loyalty or fealty to a political party or a certain president. That was to me and to honor and cherish.”
