The next contains references to drug use.

Between Emmy nominations and wins, getting to make use of his favourite rap songs’ lyrics as a part of his political commentary, and even hanging out with a bunch of attention-grabbing folks, it is fairly clear Ari Melber has a blast making his present. Nonetheless, the “The Beat” star has additionally skilled some not-so-great factors over time.

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We’ll begin off with the MSNBC star’s childhood. Although Melber hasn’t precisely mentioned he had a troublesome upbringing, he has hinted at his being the son of an immigrant making him really feel othered at instances. Talking at an occasion in Rhode Island in 2019, he shared that his father had particularly needed him and his brother to “develop up as Individuals” (through Jewish Rhode Island). Even so, he added, “Any diaspora group makes you acutely conscious that you’re a minority.” 

In fact, that is to not say there wasn’t an upside to that. Fairly the opposite, Melber went on to clarify that if something, it instilled a higher sense of empathy in him. “It additionally made me in a position to determine with different minorities,” he shared. Speak about turning a probably unhappy element right into a win.

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Some could know that Ari Melber has additionally gone by means of a divorce — although they possible did not hear it from him. We might say he was one among many celebrities who solely introduced their divorce after it was finalized, however Melber did not even say something post-settlement. That mentioned, his ex-wife, author Drew Grant, has spoken about their relationship and subsequent break up (although notably additionally in a really restricted method). 

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Grant’s first commentary on her and Melber’s marriage got here in a 2018 episode of “On Good Authority.” Talking of the influence her ongoing use of amphetamines had on her, the author defined that she was in a position to function at a excessive degree and even plan her and Melber’s wedding ceremony with out challenge. Nonetheless, she additionally shared that there have been instances the medicine made her mistrustful of her then-partner. “The issue with Adderall psychosis, which is finally what I used to be at, was there can be these minor, minor breaks from actuality … One thing like occurring a mountaineering retreat with my companion, and out of the blue pondering that they have been making an attempt to kill me by taking me mountaineering. That form of stuff,” she shared. Two years later, in an Instagram put up, she shared that the 2016 divorce had been Melber’s alternative, and that it had been a shock on the time. 

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Like her ex-husband, Grant has stored additional particulars about their marriage and subsequent divorce to a minimal, and we aren’t anticipating both of them to alter that. Within the time since their break up, Grant has gone on to search out love once more, and Melber was briefly hooked up to Alexandra Daddario, who has since married Andrew Kind. It is not clear if Melber is in a relationship on the time of this writing — and one thing tells us he prefers it that method. 

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One notably unhappy element about Ari Melber does not have something to do with Melber himself — however it actually was made to look as if he was concerned. The newsman discovered himself within the headlines in December 2024 after a involved household instructed King 5 Seattle about somebody posing because the MSNBC anchor scamming their 73-year-old mother out of $20,000. Chatting with the outlet, Joey and Meri Taylor shared that their mother had messaged a Fb account that she believed belonged to Melber, and issues quickly turned chaotic. The impersonator requested Patricia Taylor to pay for his canine’s vet payments, despatched her an engagement ring, and even used AI to ship voice notes as Melber when she stopped responding to him. In the end, Patricia Taylor got down to go to the impersonator, however was stopped by her household after they realized what was occurring. 

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Sadly, Patricia wasn’t the one individual to have been approached by a Melber impersonator. In response to a Federal Commerce Fee Shopper Recommendation warning, an nameless commenter shared that they’d had an analogous expertise. “There’s a superstar impersonator pretending to be Ari Melber, from MSNBC … they’re excellent with phrases … I encountered this impersonator on the enterprise app Sharpr,” they wrote. 

Melber hasn’t responded on to the Taylors’ story, however MSNBC issued a press release confirming that “The Beat” host wasn’t behind the epic rip-off. Both method, it is a horrible state of affairs for his title to have been hooked up to. As a reminder to Melber’s followers, as thrilling as it will be to get a textual content from the anchor, we’ll counsel ignoring any DMs. If there’s something we all know concerning the journalist, it is that he is actually not opening up about his private life to strangers. 

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