News broke early in November that Food Network chef Giada De Laurentiis, who had just recently gone through a divorce, was dating producer Shane Farley. At the time, rumors started to go around that Farley and his personal trainer wife, Jennifer Giamo, were in the process of getting a divorce and technically still married, as HNGN previously reported. Apparently, Giamo, who was "devastated" when she learned about the romance, is reportedly claiming that the celebrity chef might have swooped in and taken her man from her while they were still very much together.
Giamo learned about her ex-husband's new fling from tabloid reports and, ever since, has been consoled by Stephanie March, who is superstar chef Bobby Flay's ex-wife. Flay and De Laurentiis were once also romantically linked together, but both denied that anything was going on. De Laurentiis' reps insist that she and Farley only began dating months after he filed for divorce from Giamo in March, but Giamo and March reportedly recently shared a teary conversation over the exes last week and talk of De Laurentiis being dragged into the divorce court battle even came up, a spy told Fox News.
"Jen was with Stephanie March having high tea at the Gotham Bar at the Peninsula," the spy explained. "They were having a royal bitchfest, and there was lots of advice and tears happening. [They were discussing] Giada having to be brought into court because [she and Shane] were having an affair."
Giamo's lawyer, Barry S. Guaglardi, has weighed in. "My client has elected to take the high road," he told Page Six. Farley's attorney, Stuart F. Gartner, also said, "The judge has ruled that discovery and depositions are over and it's time to resolve the matter."
"Jen's been reaching out to all Shane's acquaintances through Facebook," a source close to Giamo also told Page Six. "She's trying to see if Shane started dating Giada while she was still with him."
Meanwhile, De Laurentiis and Farley don't seem too bothered by all of the drama as they were spotted leaving Los Angeles International Airport for Mexico on Monday with huge smiles on their faces, according to E! News. They were then spotted again in Mexico on Tuesday getting cozy with the same big smiles.
