REAL Housewives of Orange County alumn Meghan King is dating Christian Schauf, it had been reported. The 35-year-old star officially split from estranged husband Jim Edmonds, 49, seven months ago and is now said to be “head over heels in love” with her new man. A source added that Meghan and entrepreneur Christian have been […]
REAL Housewives of Orange County alumn Meghan King is dating Christian Schauf, it had been reported.
The 35-year-old star officially split from estranged husband Jim Edmonds, 49, seven months ago and is now said to be “head over heels in love” with her new man.
A source added that Meghan and entrepreneur Christian have been dating for “a few months”, sharing: “They have a lot in common, and they’re both really into each other.”
The insider added to In Touch that Meghan has even left her and Jim’s children, 3-year-old Aspen, and 1-year-old twins Hart and Hayes, with their dad in St. Louis so that she can spend time with Christian in his home state of Utah.
They continued: “He’s a nice guy and the perfect catch. Yes, this is still pretty new, but Meghan is very happy.”
Meghan and Jim were married for five years before calling time on their relationship at the end of 2019 – just months after Jim was caught up in a sexting scandal.
In June, Meghan spoke out about the affair in a blog post called ‘I’m Sad’, which read: “I called Jimmy and he confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months and a physical relationship never existed.
“He paid her off to protect me so I’d never find out… Physical or not, he still had an affair and he admits this to me.”
At first, Jim denied the claims but later admitted that he’d had a “lapse in judgement” and that he did “engage in an inappropriate conversation”.
He and Meghan tried to work through the scandal, but in October things blew up when he took their 22-year-old nanny to a hockey game, with Us Weekly reporting at the time that the police were called to their home after Meghan “interrogated” her husband about the outing.
Jim denied having an affair with the nanny in a now-deleted Instagram post, labelling the allegations “disgusting and irresponsible”, he then filed for divorce just one day after his and Meghan’s fifth wedding anniversary.
Their relationship continued to sour, with Meghan claiming she’d only found out about the divorce 10 minutes before it was online, and in November Jim called the police on Meghan after she returned from a night out with friends having had a couple of glasses of wine.
A source told Us at the time: “She was washing her face when she heard someone knock around 10:30 p.m. An officer was there with Jim and told her Jim said he was worried she couldn’t care for [their] kids.”
However, the officer determined that Meghan was “fit enough” and left.
Meghan also caused shockwaves when she implied that Jim’s four children from a previous marriage had been “baggage” during a podcast interview, and recently lashed out at her ex for not paying enough child support – which he publicly denied.
Jim has also found new love post-divorce, and is said to be “obsessed” with new girlfriend Kortnie O’Connor – who he and Meghan previously had a “threesome” with.
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