The Daily Mail were the first to report on the rumours on Thursday, however People said a source close to the Trump family confirmed the pair have been quietly dating for several months.
According to People’s source, Donald Trump Jr. is allegedly “cool” with his ex-wife’s new relationship. They added that the pair have “made an effort to maintain a low profile”. However, during last month’s Genesis Invitational golf event in California, they were spotted with Kai Trump, Vanessa’s eldest child.
Further details on the couple’s relationship were provided by a source who told Page Six that although they were “not too serious” right now, they are “heading in that direction”.
Vanessa Trump, née Pergolizzi and later Haydon, is best known for being the ex-wife of the oldest Trump son Donald Trump Jr.
The pair welcomed five children together: Kai, 17, Donald John, 16, Tristan, 13, Spencer, 12, Chloe, 10.
The Trump family in 2016
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Long before getting involved with the Trumps, Vanessa was a model and an actress. She appeared in a 2003 film called Something’s Gotta Give and reality TV documentary show Bret Michaels: Life as I Know It.
The 47-year-old also appeared in an episode of The Apprentice in 2011, hosted by father-in-law Donald Trump.
The former model comes from a wealthy background: her mother ran a modelling agency, and her step-father was a lawyer.
She grew up in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and is the granddaughter of Danish jazz musician Kai Ewans.
Woods and Donald Jr. aren’t the biggest names she has been linked to in the past. She has reportedly dated Leonardo DiCaprio and Saudi prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud.
She married Donald Jr. in 2005 at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and the service was officiated by Donald Jr.’s aunt, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. A jeweller had given Donald Jr. a $100,000 ring in exchange for him popping the question in front of photographers outside the jeweller’s shop at the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey.
Why did Vanessa Trump and Donald Trump Jr. split?
The couple never publicly announced the reason for their divorce and asked for privacy instead.
At the time, reports circulated that Donald Jr.’s frequent travel was the cause of the couple’s marital issues.
Vanessa Trump and Donald Trump Jr. reason for divorce was never officially confirmed
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Some sources suggested that Donald Jr. “treats [Vanessa] like a second-class citizen” and provided her with little financial support.
Nonetheless, Vanessa and Donald Jr. have maintained a friendly relationship over the years.
She even stood up for her ex when he was reportedly dating Kimberly Guilfoyle.
In 2018, Vanessa posted on X (previously Twitter) about “the lengths people will go to attack a woman simply because she’s dating Don. We’ll focus on raising our great kids”.