Everything Gavin Newsom and Kimberly Guilfoyle have said about each other publicly since their 2006 divorce

Gavin Newsom and Kimberly Guilfoyle jointly filed for divorce in January 2005, saying in a statement that they would remain “close friends.”

Newsom and Guilfoyle announced the end of their marriage in a joint statement attributing the split to “the demands of our respective careers,” The San Francisco Chronicle reported at the time.

The couple also shared that the “tremendous bond of love and respect for each other” would “never change.”

In November 2005, they reunited for a series of events, sparking reports that they had gotten back together.

Guilfoyle attended Newsom’s birthday party, accompanied him to a golf championship, and stood by his side during a royal visit with then-Prince Charles and Camilla, prompting The San Francisco Chronicle to question if Guilfoyle and Newsom’s marriage was “on-again, off again.”

When former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown asked about his marital status at the royal gathering, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Newsom replied, “I have a very confusing life.”

When asked if she and Newsom had gotten back together, Guilfoyle told the Chronicle: “If I was standing back and looking at the situation, I would say it went great — these two people obviously love each other and get along very well. But I don’t have an answer for you. We are not back together.”

When their divorce was finalized in March 2006, Guilfoyle said that she and Newsom were “very close, and we’re going to remain that way.”

Guilfoyle described the divorce as amicable, telling The San Francisco Chronicle that she and Newsom had used the same lawyer.

Guilfoyle spoke highly of Newsom during his 2018 campaign for governor of California.

Guilfoyle called Newsom “an amazing ‘ideas guy’ in terms of having an idea, developing it and seeing it to fruition” in a 2017 profile in The Sacramento Bee.

She also recalled his dedication to an array of small businesses he operated, including wine shops, bars, and cafés. Guilfoyle told The Sacramento Bee that Newsom handled “everything from food selection and menus” to “all of the personnel decisions.”

Newsom publicly addressed Guilfoyle’s relationship with Donald Trump Jr. for the first time in September 2018, saying “I wish her well.”

Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. went public with their relationship in May 2018.

In an interview with KQED host Lily Jamali, Newsom said that he was “still trying to come to grips with all of it” but that he wished the couple “well.”

He added that he and Guilfoyle “see the world, clearly, with a different set of eyes politically.”

In an interview with The Washington Post, Guilfoyle said that she put Newsom and Trump Jr. on the phone with each other.

Guilfoyle told The Washington Post in August 2018 that she joked with Newsom about directing Trump Jr. to campaign against his bid for governor, and that the two men discussed the hair products they use to keep their styles intact.

“Gav’s hair is slicked back, and Don’s hair is slicked back,” she said.

Guilfoyle also recalled campaigning alongside Newsom during his race for mayor of San Francisco, attending “six hundred house parties, group community meetings and fundraisers with him in one year.”

Newsom said “life’s interesting” when asked about his past with Guilfoyle in March 2019.

In an interview on PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, Newsom was asked if Trump has ever mentioned his past marriage to Guilfoyle in their conversations.

“We may have had a private moment on that conversation, which in and of itself, makes life just interesting,” Newsom said.

When host Ben Smith asked Newsom for details, he simply said, “Life’s interesting.”

Guilfoyle appeared to reference Newsom’s rumored White House aspirations during a speech in December 2022, saying “he ain’t making it to the White House.”

Amid speculation that Newsom could run for president in 2024 if President Joe Biden didn’t seek a second term, Guilfoyle appeared to allude to her past with Newsom in a speech at Turning Points USA.

“In California, they have vowed to get rid of gas-powered cars with no explanation of how they are going to fund and power alternatives,” Guilfoyle said. “A bunch of winners over there, folks. Ask me how I know.”

“He ain’t making it to the White House,” she added, seemingly referring to Newsom.

In February 2023, Newsom said that Guilfoyle was a “different person” during their marriage.

Newsom told David Axelrod on CNN’s “The Axe Files” that Guilfoyle was a “whip-smart” lawyer who had “a prosecutorial mindset.” He also said that she was “spending a lot of time in Democratic circles” during their marriage, citing her work for a progressive district attorney and former friendship with fellow California attorney Kamala Harris, who went on to become vice president.

It was when she began working at Fox News, he said, that she “fell prey” to the “culture” at the network. He added that Guilfoyle would likely “disagree with that assessment” and say that she’d “found the light” instead.