On the subject of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ex-husbands, there is not any query that Gavin Newsom is the primary to come back to thoughts. Nonetheless, after splitting from her first politically-linked hubby, she moved on pretty rapidly with Eric Villency — and although that did not final too lengthy both, he is remained part of her life. 

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At first look, Villency is probably not as recognizable a final identify as Newsom, however Guilfoyle’s second husband is fairly excessive profile. Along with being the grandson of furnishings visionary Maurice Villency, Eric has gone on to make a reputation for himself. On the time of his marriage to Guilfoyle, Eric was the CEO of Maurice Villency. A yr after they break up, he went on to start out and grow to be the CEO of Villency Design Group. Once more, the identify won’t click on instantly, nevertheless it’s an enormous deal within the design world. On high of inside design tasks for the likes of Mercedes-Benz and Delta Airways, Villency Design Group can be behind the design for the Peloton Bike.  

As for his relationship with Guilfoyle, like we mentioned, it was pretty short-lived. The couple wed in Could 2006 and welcomed their son, Ronan Villency, that October. They finally break up in 2009, however a lot as was the case with Guilfoyle and Newsom (not less than, ahem, till Donald Trump Jr. got here alongside), they stayed tremendous pleasant. In a 2015 interview with Mediaite, she defined why it was vital for her to get alongside along with her son’s father. “Even when individuals don’t remain married, they will nonetheless be a household collectively. … If you undergo divorce with kids you do not make it about you, you make it about that baby. Eric and I each desire a optimistic setting for our son,” she mentioned. Snaps for them!

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Whereas we’re completely happy for Eric Villency’s successes in enterprise and in co-parenting, not every part has been easy crusing. Quite the opposite, between 2016 and 2020, he was locked in a authorized battle with Peloton. Nonetheless, this explicit difficulty gave the impression to be of his personal making. In a nutshell, in 2016, somebody at Villency Design Group came upon that facets of their design had already been patented by another person in 2005. In a supremely shady transfer, they then began an entire different firm to purchase that patent … which went on to sue Peloton for infringement. An entire lot of yikes — and costly yikeses at that. The presiding choose wasn’t impressed by their antics, and the newly set-up firm ended up paying greater than $5 million to Peloton. 

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A number of years after the Peloton authorized battle, Eric confronted one other main setback: this time, a severe damage. As he shared in an episode of the “Pop Restoration Techniques” podcast, he shattered his tibia whereas snowboarding in January 2024. On the off probability you skipped biology class, that is the shin. Eric admitted that restoration had been robust, and he’d needed to stroll with crutches for a whopping 12 weeks. Nonetheless, he added that seeing so many sufferers — particularly younger ladies concerned in horseback driving accidents — in worse-off positions gave him a ton of gratitude. “It may have been method worse. You recognize, I may have been killed,” he mentioned. 

By means of all of it, it appears as if Eric has stayed shut along with his household. In 2022, he shared a candy pic with each his dad and his and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s son, Ronan Villency, on Instagram. Talking of the ‘gram, he and Guilfoyle additionally each observe one another on the platform. 

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