Melody Holt is a 39-year-old American Television personality, businesswoman, and entrepreneur. Her appearance on the OWN network show, Love & Marriage: Huntsville alongside her ex-husband, Martell Holt added to her popularity.
Aside from this, she is a mother of four children from her marriage to Martell. While she is one of the celebrated reality stars with versatile skills across many areas of life, she has been able to garner a net worth of $2.2 million.
Despite the snippets that are known about her life, there is so much more that makes her stand out that not many people are aware of. Here is all you should know about the Alabama native.
Background and Early Life of Melody Holt
Melody Holt was born on November 11, 1985, in Brudridge, Alabama to Vanessa Rodgers Tracy, a writer, and an unidentified father. She has two other siblings, an older sister named Shallon and a brother, Marcus Minnifield.
From a young age, her mother was the only constant parent in her life leading to a lot of curiosity about her parent’s relationship. It turns out that her mother and her father were allegedly never married and it was till she became a teenager that she spoke to her father. Nonetheless, this did not stop her from admiring her mother whom she also considers being her role model.
Regarding her education, Holt attended A&M University, Alabama where she graduated with a degree in English Language Arts.
She Started Her Career as a Teacher
The Alabama-born and bred native became a teacher after graduating from college. It was during her teaching years that she met her future husband, Martell Holt. The pair started dating in 2007.
As you would find, their relationship also affected their career path as they soon left teaching to start up their own business-a lawn care business called Holt & Holt Enterprises LLC.
Though they started the business without much experience, Melody and Martel were able to build it to become a multi-million dollar business that expanded into real estate, interior decoration, and renovation within 7 years.
The Truth About Her Marriage and Divorce from Martell Holt
As mentioned earlier, Melody and Martel started dating in 2007. By the following year, the pair took things seriously by tying the knot on July 20, 2008.
In 2019, Melody and Martell took their love life to the screen when they started appearing on the OWN network Love & Marriage: Huntsville. While on the show, Melody and Martel joined two other couples Marsau and Latisha Scott and Maurice and Kimmi Scott in supporting the town of Huntsville through the real estate business.
While the couple’s time on the show showed how determined they were to see their business grows, it also revealed deep secrets about Melody’s marriage including her various attempts to get divorced from Martel due to his cheating.
It turns out that Melody’s husband, Martel had been cheating on her for three years with Arionne Curry who later appeared on the show. Curry claimed that she did not know that Martel was married when they first met in 2015 till they had become intimate. Yet, when she found out about his marital status, she continued dating him. Melody separated from Martel in April 2020 and filed for divorce in June.
She Shares Four Children With Her Ex-Husband
Melody is a mother of four children named Maliah, Mariah, Martel, and Malani whom she shares with Martell Holt. While she and Martel welcomed their first three children during their marriage, she only discovered she was pregnant with her last child when she separated from her now ex-husband.
In fact, it was also about the same time that her ex-husband’s long-time lover, Curry also announced she expecting a child together with Martel.
Has She Moved On After Her Divorce?
Following her high-profile divorce and the custody battle over their children, Melody, and Martel have come to an agreement about co-parenting their children. She has also moved on with her life and business.
Though she is still a partner in the business she started with her ex-husband, Melody has launched a music career and since released songs like Tell Tale Signs, Sidechick Award, and Down.
As a businesswoman, her success story made her stand out and as a result, she sits on the boards of the Women’s Economic Development Council among many others.
For now, she has not revealed whether she is seeing anyone. Moreso, she revealed plans to change her last name and has since added Shari to her name. Noticeably she goes by Melody Shari as well as Melody Holt as you would find on her social media profiles.
On his part, her ex-husband has been linked to Sheree Whitfield, a reality star who appeared in the Real Housewives of Atlanta. The pair’s first public appearance was in 2022
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How Melody Holt Made Her Fortune of $2.2 Million
The reality star cum entrepreneur and former teacher invested many years of working hard to become the successful person she is now. It is not surprising that this has paid off well as she is generally believed to have a net worth of $2.2 million. Though she has not verified this amount, her numerous businesses and endorsement deals give credence to her earnings.
Starting from her real estate partnership with her ex-husband, she became a known businesswoman and a successful one at that. Through her screen time as a reality TV star, it is estimated that she earned amounts as high as $56 thousand which was added to her bank account. Also, her speaking engagements add to her earnings as she charges almost $200 per hour.
The reality star also adds to her cash pot from her brand endorsements and adverts she does on her social media platforms.
