The actress and singer, 61, married the Buffalo-born businessman in 2015, after they first met on a Nile River cruise in Egypt, but they amicably parted ways in 2021.
The star told People that while their marriage came to an end in secret years ago, she was very happy with her life, and didn’t really admit to being in a relationship with anyone else presently.
“I’m doing what I love, and I’m in love with life,” Vanessa said when asked if she was in love with someone else at the moment. “There is not one person that I’m in love with, but I’m in love with everybody.”
The former Miss America continued: “I love my freedom. I love being alive, having options in my life, and being surrounded by beautiful things, great people, and wonderful opportunities.”
The Desperate Housewives star has been married three times — before Jim Skrelp, she was married to PR specialist Ramon Hervey II from 1987-1999 after he was hired to revive her career following the Miss America resignation, and then to NBA star Rick Fox from 1999-2004.
She is also a mom of four, sharing children Melanie, 37, Jillian, 35, and Devin, 31, with Ramon, and daughter Sasha, 24, with Rick. In fact, her second ex-husband also had a cameo in the show Ugly Betty, in which she played the main antagonist Wilhelmina Slater from 2006-2010.
Vanessa and Jim tied the knot in 2015 in a church decked out with Moroccan lanterns, lush flowers, gold and ivory tents, and much more to fit their Egyptian theme, a nod to where they first met and when their love story began.
They celebrated their first wedding anniversary in 2016 by walking down the aisle once again, this time in her own church for a Catholic ceremony.
