- Former Florida Governor, Charlie Crist has been married to two women, Amanda Morrow from 1979 to 1980, and Carole Crist from 2008 to 2017
- Amanda and Carole didn’t have kids with him, but Carole had two daughters; Jessica and Skylar from her previous marriage to Todd Rome
- The Congressman is currently engaged to a mother of 6, Chelsea Grimes, although marriage plans have not been announced yet
Amanda Morrow and Carole Crist are ex-wives of 68-year-old American politician, and former Florida Governor Charles Joseph Crist Jr. popularly known as Charlie Crist. Of the two, he first married Marrow in 1979 and divorced within the same year, and years later married Carole Crist in 2008 and divorced in 2017.
Marrow and Crist are two different women in both the marriage and after the divorce. The former married and divorced him during his formative years, while the latter married him and divorced him at the height of his political career.
Below are exciting details about the wives of the Florida congressman.
Charlie Crist Wife: Meet His Two Ex-Wives
Amanda Morrow
Amanda Morrow is Charlie Crist’s first wife. She got married to him at the age of 23 in July 1979 and divorced after seven months in February 1980. The two didn’t welcome any child during their brief marriage.
Even though details regarding the divorce have been swept under the carpet, there are speculations that some despicable things happened during the short-lived marriage. So, it is safe to say the reason behind the divorce was irreconcilable differences.
As regards when the two first met, the story of their relationship dates back to the mid-1970s when they were both students at the University of Florida. Moreover, some reports alleged the two were high school sweethearts, but credible sources indicated they were college sweethearts.
Moving forward, Charlie Crist’s wife moved on with her life, and detail about that is not available. Regardless of that, she is said to have been living with a woman named Mildred Harrison, her partner of many years.
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Carole Crist
Charlie Crist’s second wife is 55-year-old American businesswoman Carole Crist. She got married to the Congressman on December 12, 2008, and divorced in February 2017 after 9 years of marriage.
Carole first met Charlie in 2007 and dated for a couple of months before getting married in 2008. The wedding, held in St. Petersburg was one of the biggest Florida weddings that had high-profile guests in attendance, including elites from the political and business class.
Going further, Carole was previously married to Todd Rome, the CEO of Moke America, and president of Blue Star Jets, and divorced in 2007. During her marriage to Rome, she welcomed two daughters:
- Jessica (28), born in 1996
- Skylar (26), born in 1996.
After the divorce, she was involved in a custody battle with Rome over the girls who were teenagers at the time.
Delving into her personal life and career, she was born on October 20, 1969, in New York, where she was raised by her parents, Margaret and Robert Oumano. She attended Georgetown University in 1987 and graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration, accounting, and finance in 1991.
She is the founder and CEO of CLC Global Advisor. Additionally, she previously served as the campaign director of her ex-husband Charlie Crist from 2015 to 2017 and was the Forst Lady of Florida when he was governor from 2008-2011.
Moreover, Charlie Crist’s wife was president of her family costume company called “Franco American Novelty Company LCC.” She stepped away from managerial duties when she moved to Fisher Island in 2006.
She also co-founded Blue Star Jets alongside her first ex-husband Todd Rome.
The Former Florida Governor May Be Planning To Marry For The Third Time
Charlie Crist may have plans to marry another woman for the third time. Her name is Chelsea Grimes, a mother of 6 and a medical sonographer from Minneapolis. The former Florida Governor revealed there are no formal wedding plans, but he hopes it will take place before the November election.
Commenting further, he said it feels like they are already married. While Grimes said she can’t believe they are not yet married and looks forward to having a secret wedding in the backyard of the Florida politician family house in St. Petersburg.
Crist and Grimes were said to have met in 2017 in Washington while she was pushing for legislation to reduce the cost of insulin for diabetes because she has a son with juvenile-onset diabetes. At the time, Crist had already been elected to Congress.
The two didn’t start things immediately because she was still married, while the former Florida Governor was already divorced from Carole.
Three years later, Grimes and Crist started seeing each other after telling him she was filing for divorce. In June 2022, she got engaged to him after he presented a diamond ring.
Having been married and divorced twice, his recent engagement with Grimes drew a lot of reactions from the public who accused him of always getting married anytime he is vying for a political office. Would Grimes be just another woman he wants to marry for the sake of politics and divorce later? Only time would tell.
