In a shocking announcement, former presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway has filed for divorce from her husband of 22 years, George Conway. The couple’s deteriorating relationship, driven in part by their political differences, has been a subject of intrigue in the Beltway for years.
Kellyanne initially served as an advisor to then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 before becoming his campaign manager. Her husband George, on the other hand, co-founded the Lincoln Project, a Republican organization aimed at preventing Trump from winning re-election.
According to Page Six, both parties have “lawyered up” and are working through the details of their split.
Kellyanne has previously spoken out about how George’s public criticism of the former president impacted their marriage. In her 2022 memoir, “Here’s the Deal,” she referred to George’s tweets about Trump as “cheating by tweeting,” and claimed that Ivanka Trump had suggested they seek couples therapy.
The couple has four children together, and Kellyanne has stated that their kids are holding up despite the split. “Their father and I just go back and forth [between houses] … so somebody’s always there with them,” she told the New York Post in 2022. “We’re doing that so that they can be in the schools where they want to be.”
In her book, Kellyanne also described a contentious interview with former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, in which he asked if George was “cyberbullying” her to get her to quit her job. Kellyanne responded, “Oh, Chris, what are you, Oprah now? I mean, what am I — on a couch and you are a psychiatrist?”
The couple’s political differences have been a source of tension for years. According to Vanity Fair, “One of the greatest mysteries of the 21st century is the marriage of Kellyanne Conway and her husband, George — specifically, if they hate each other as much as their public commentary would suggest, or if the whole thing is some kind of three-dimensional chess designed to further their own interests.”
Despite their split, Kellyanne has continued to be a vocal supporter of Trump and his policies. In an interview with ABC News in 2022, she defended the administration’s controversial family separation policy at the border, saying, “As a mother, as a Catholic, as somebody who’s got a conscience and wouldn’t say the junk that somebody else just said, apparently, I will tell you that nobody likes this policy.”
The divorce of Kellyanne and George Conway is just the latest example of how politics can put a strain on personal relationships, and how difficult it can be to reconcile those differences. As the political climate continues to be contentious, it’s a reminder that we need to find ways to come together and bridge the divide.
Sources: ConservativeBrief, Page Six