- David Geffen has had about 5 publicized gay partners since he began to identify as a gay man in 1992
- Before and even after coming out of the closet, he dated 2 women; American entertainers, Cher and Marlo Thomas
- The billionaire and philanthropist sparked new romance rumors in December 2022 with a social media upload of a man whom he reportedly eventually got married to in March 2023.
David Geffen came out of the closet and began to identify as an openly gay man in 1992. Following this, Geffen’s partners have mostly been men like surfer Jeremy Lingvall. However, before this, he had a relationship with singer, Cher from 1973 to 1974 that cannot be ignored.
The media mogul co-owns several ventures in form of record labels and film production companies. These companies are Asylum Records, Geffen Records, DGC Records, DreamWorks SKG/Records, and Geffen Pictures.
In March of 2023, at the age of 80, David Geffen reportedly got married to a 30-year-old former gay p*rn actor known as Donovan Michaels.
Here is a Timeline of the Men David Geffen has Dated
1. Steve Antin (1989-1990)
Steve Antin, an American actor, and director was in a relationship with the $7.7 billion-worth media magnate for a little over 1 year. Their relationship started sometime in 1989 and lasted through 1990.
Steve and David met when the former was about 20 years and just starting off in the movie industry. They met at a party in the mediapreneur’s house and this first meeting wasn’t pleasant for Geffen.
According to Tom King, Antin thought himself to be the next James Dean and was vain, spoilt, and arrogant. While at the party, he openly made fun of other gay invitees and even degraded a piece of yellow-canary furniture David’s ex left behind.
Steve’s attitude that night sent off the wrong thoughts and opinions to David. Nonetheless, the young actor returned to David’s house a few days later to retrieve his forgotten sunglasses and that was when the businessman had a better look at him and fell for him.
Fast forward to a short time, the 2 men were in a relationship and even living together. David Geffen showered his young partner with love and gifts and was sure to provide everything Antin admired.
After a year, unfortunately, their relationship went sour with Steve’s young age coming to play and exposing immaturity. Despite David’s insistence on helping Steve through therapy and programs, there was no headway and so the two went their separate ways.
2. Jeremy Lingvall (2006-2012)
American surfer, Lingvall suffered great hostility from people who believed he was only with David for his money. Many blogs claimed that the young man who was 41 years younger than Geffen was only interested in using the Geffen Pictures founder as a sugar daddy.
Despite the comments from naysayers, this relationship between Lingvall and Geffen was the longest-lasting one the billionaire has ever been in.
The couple started dating in 2006 and lasted until February 15, 2012, with the surfer making a lot of public appearances with his partner. They both visited the White House in 2009 and had dinner with former U.S. president, Barack Obama.
The University of California Santa Barbara alum enjoyed many privileges with Geffen as his then-partner. Some of the luxuries he was opportune to enjoy included attending A-list events he could only dream about if he wasn’t with David.
Jeremy also enjoyed luxurious trips to China and other places on Geffen’s private jets and his 2 big yachts – The Rising Sun and Pelorus. Lingvall also had access to the billionaire’s Malibu hotel which charged $400 per night, amongst other fine things.
Jeremy Lingvall and David Geffen broke up in 2012 and it was rough for both of them. They however admitted that the relationship had run its course and it was time to end it.
3. Jamie Kuntz (2012)
Jamie Kuntz was a college football player who schooled and played the sport at North Dakota State College of Science. After the 6-year relationship between Geffen and his former partner Jeremy, the philanthropist got into another relationship with this college student.
During the course of their relationship, Jamie was kicked out of the football team because he was caught on video kissing his boyfriend alleged to be David, in the press box during a game.
This particular relationship did not last for long and is still speculated because most sites believe it didn’t happen.
In 2014, Kuntz was charged with the felony of stalking Geffen. Some reports suggest that when the couple broke up, Jamie had it rough and began to stalk his ex-lover while some other sources claim that the stalking happened because the former college football player’s feelings were not reciprocated by the media magnate.
According to TMZ, Jamie Kunts was accused of following, harassing, and threatening David between September and November of said year.
Following a court order, the North Dakota State College of Science alum was given a restraining order and made to stay 200 yards away from the Asylum Records co-founder.
4. Donovan Michaels (2022)
For years, there was little news about Geffen David’s relationships neither was there news of him with any partner. Well, the end of 2022 changed that when the billionaire posted a now-deleted photo of him and a possible new love interest.
The picture which was taken on the media businessman’s The Rising Sun yacht drew the attention of a lot of people. While friends and fellow celebrities gushed over the young man seated with the mogul, others began to dig into his past life.
It was soon discovered that David’s new lover’s real name Donovan Michaels was once a gay p*rn actor known as Brandon Foster. He used to also be a dancer in Tampa before his career in adult films began.
The picture which was captioned ‘Christmas Indeed’ was deleted after a while but it lasted long enough to spark speculations.
Moving on, a few months after that upload, in March 2023, David Geffen was reported to have gotten married. If you’re wondering who David’s partner is, we hear it is Donovan Michaels.
The couple got married in a private ceremony in Beverly Hills attended by 4 other people – 2 couples.
Throughout all of David Geffen’s dating history, he had never been married. Not even to his long-term partner, Jeremy.
Despite getting close to tying the knot back in the late 1970s, this is the first time the billionaire is having a legal partner.
It’ll Interest You to Know that Geffen had Serious Opposite Sex Relationships with;
1. American Singer, Cher (1973-1974)
David Geffen’s relationship with Cher was the first he was having with the opposite sex and presumably, the first serious relationship. They dated in 1974 when Cher was battling a broken marriage at the age of 27.
David who was about 31 years then, met the singer in 1973 at the Roxy nightclub in Los Angeles and was instantly drawn to her. He was still in the closet then and wanted to explore other forms of relationships to ascertain if he was bi or gay.
Geffen came out clean about his confusion concerning his sexual preferences and Cher was drawn to his honesty. According to the singer, they were both crazily in love with each other and she was the first person to share his life and bed.
Barely a year into the relationship, they began to plan to get married until Cher cheated on him with a bass player. The singer confessed that the now-gay ex-lover of hers became controlling like her ex-husband and she was wary about his attraction to men.
David found out that his girlfriend was sleeping with Allman, ‘Average White’ Band bass player later turned Cher’s husband. He wasn’t deterred and would have still carried on with the wedding but Cher ended the relationship eventually.
David was infuriated and even demanded the gifts he had gotten her during the course of their relationship. While she agreed to return some, she vehemently refused to return the jewelry he got her.
Their separation was tumultuous and caused a lot of bickering and back and forths.
2. Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas’ relationship with David Geffen lasted for a few months from Feb to May. It was short-lived but while it lasted, it made quite a media rave.
The exact year of their relationship isn’t confirmed yet as she had just left Geffen’s life before his relationship with Steve. Also, The American actress got married to her husband, Phil Donahue in 1980 and has been with him since then.
Most reports however stated that Thomas and David dated in 1995 or 1996. Their premiere appearance in 1995 was the icing on the cake for the media.
Marlo was an American actress and when they both attended the premiere of The Net in Beverly Hills, holding hands, the media went agog. The pair looked really good together but were somewhat overwhelmed by the whole attention that they had to take off.
Unfortunately, the frenzied relationship was short-lived and Marlo remains the second and last partner of the opposite gender David has ever been with.
