Giada De Laurentiis and her husband Todd Thompson announced their split just after Christmas 2014. The announcement was not shocking in the sense that there were long-standing rumors of Giada’s wandering eye, seemingly made worse by the fact that Bobby Flay spent the weekend in Miami with Giada just before she announced her split (and months later, Flay would have his own messy divorce). Well, it took eight months and surprisingly little back-and-forth gossip between Giada and Todd, but they are now divorced. And the settlement definitely sounds like she’s paying for his silence.
Giada De Laurentiis is officially divorced from hubby Todd Thompson, but not without cost. TMZ has obtained a copy of the final divorce judgment, which orders Giada to pay Todd $9k a month in child support. Todd gets their $3.2 million house in Pacific Palisades and $300,000 in art and furnishings. He also gets to keep his membership in the swanky Bel-Air Bay Club which overlooks the Pacific.
Giada gets all rights to an untitled Italian cookbook and her production company, Linguine Pictures. She also gets all rights to GDL Foods, Inc. In other words, she gets to keep her brand. And get this … because there was no prenup, Giada must give Todd 50% of the unpaid advances to various cookbooks that are in the works, including a $2.5 million balance for Giada at Home/Weeknights with Giada, $2.3 million for Giada Feel Good Food, and $757,000 for Everyday Pasta/Giada’s Kitchen.
They’re dividing up various bank accounts, with a total balance north of $2 million. And of course, he gets to keep his Porsche and she gets to keep hers.
No one’s getting spousal support, because they’re both rich. His estimated worth is $15 million … hers is $20 million.
They’ll share joint custody of their 7-year-old daughter, Jade Marie.
That’s interesting that they’re both rich. I knew that he owned his own business and stuff but I didn’t know he was worth that kind of money. My guess – and I’m being generous – is that there’s such an equitable asset split because Todd and Giada really were together for a very long time. They were married for 11 years, but they were together for YEARS before they married (she’s 45, he’s 52). They really did have community property and I guess it’s nice that Giada didn’t put up too much of a fight about splitting their assets.
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