Is Elizabeth Gilbert married?
BEST-SELLING writer Elizabeth Gilbert is known for her novels City of Girls and Eat, Pray, Love.
Previously, the author was married twice; her first wedding was to Michael Cooper and her second marriage was to José Nunes.
Is Elizabeth Gilbert married?
Following her divorce from her second husband José Nunes, Elizabeth Gilbert did not marry a third time.
From 1994 to 2002, Gilbert was married to her first husband Michael Cooper.
On July 1, 2016, Gilbert announced she and Nunes were parting ways.
She revealed via Facebook: "Because I have shared details of my private life with you all so intimately over the years, I feel the need to share with you this recent change in my personal life.
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"I am separating from the man whom many of you know as 'Felipe' — the man whom I fell in love with at the end of the EAT PRAY LOVE journey.
"He has been my dear companion for over 12 years, and they have been wonderful years.
"Our split is very amicable. Our reasons are very personal.
"At this time of transition, I hope you will respect our privacy."
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After she and Nunes split, Gilbert revealed she was dating her longtime friend and fellow author Rayya Elias.
In September of the same year, she took to Facebook again and told her followers: "I do not merely love Rayya; I am in love with Rayya. And I have no more time for denying that truth.
"For those of you who are doing the math here, and who are wondering if this situation is why my marriage came to an end this spring, the simple answer is yes.
"I’m walking through this cancer journey with her, not only as her friend, but as her partner. I am exactly where I need to be — the only place I can be."
On January 4, 2018, Rayya lost her battle with pancreatic and liver cancer and died just months after she and Gilbert held their commitment ceremony on June 6, 2017.
On March 25, 2019, Gilbert and photographer Simon MacArthur went public with their relationship.
When did Elizabeth split from Simon MacArthur?
In February 2020, Gilbert confirmed she and Simon called off their romance.
She disclosed to the Sunday Morning Herald: "After Rayya died, I was in a brief relationship with her friend Simon [MacArthur], but it was very short-lived.
"The only thing I can say about that relationship is it’s no longer in existence at that level.
"It doesn’t matter to me whether I’m with a man or a woman.
"I’m lucky enough to live at a moment in history, in a city, and in a social class, where it doesn’t cost me anything to say that."
What happened to Elizabeth Gilbert’s book The Snow Forest?
Gilbert was scheduled to release her novel The Snow Forest on February 13, 2024.
On June 12, 2023, she announced the book will not be published because of the story taking place in Russia.
"I'm making a course correction and I'm removing the book from its publication schedule. It is not the time for this book to be published," she shared with her Instagram followers.
"I have received an enormous, massive outpouring of reactions and responses from my Ukrainian readers expressing anger, sorrow, disappointment, and pain about the fact that I would choose to release a book into the world right now - any book, no matter what the subject of it is — that is set in Russia.
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"And I do not want to add any harm to a group of people who have already experienced and who are continuing to experience grievous and extreme harm.
"I want to say that I have heard these messages, and read these messages, and I respect them."