Carmella Garcia’s personal life, including her relationship with her boyfriend and her dynamic with her ex-husband, has all been discussed at length so far on this season of The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20. And during RHOC Season 20, viewers got the answer to the question — who is Carmella dating? Several episodes into the season, Carmella introduced fans to her boyfriend, Danny.
During RHOC Season 20, Episode 6, the mom of four opened up about the couple’s struggles in the past. “It’s been about four years since Danny’s infidelity. And, admittedly, I do have a wall of resentment,” she explained in a confessional during the episode. “But I do love him, I do want to live life with him, I do need to know how to forgive, and not just for him, but for myself. I just have to figure out how to do it.”
Danny admitted to Carmella during the episode that he wanted to bring back those old feelings they felt when they first started dating. “I just want you back to where you felt like the way you did in the beginning,” Danny told her during the episode. “I understand you can’t get there, but.”
“I’m not getting over it. I made it through it, but I’m not getting over it,” Carmella told him.
Learn more about Carmella’s love life below.
Who is Carmella Garcia dating?
Carmella Garcia is dating her boyfriend, Danny, a general contractor whom she has been dating “on and off for 10 years,” as she recalled to Bravo Insider. Although she introduced him on the show, Carmella tends to keep her relationship very private by not posting about him on her Instagram account.
Who was Carmella Garcia married to?
Carmella Garcia was married to former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia, with whom she has four children. Together they have two daughters, Presley, 18, and Faith, 14, and two sons, Jason, 17, and Jax, 15.
“Jeff and I don’t have a custody agreement,” she explained during RHOC Season 20, Episode 1. “We share them. And if one of them needs their mom and it’s 11 o’clock at night, I’m going over to Jeff’s, and I’m picking them up. And then we spend, like, the holidays together.”
What to Know About RHOC Season 20
The Real Housewives of Orange County is officially back for its milestone 20th season. New episodes air Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and stream the next day on Peacock.
The cast for RHOC Season 20 includes Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti, and Carmella Garcia.
This season, RHOC fans expect Vicki’s long-awaited return to shake up the group, especially as she works to reunite the Tres Amigas amid Shannon and Tamra’s fractured friendship. Elsewhere, Heather finds herself at odds with both Emily and Shannon, and several relationships come under scrutiny — including Vicki’s romance with Michael Smith, Emily’s marriage to Shane Simpson, and Gina’s future with fiancé Travis Mullen. Add in cast trips to Las Vegas and Tokyo, appearances from RHOC OGs, and plenty of friendship drama, and Season 20 is shaping up to be one of Orange County’s most emotional and explosive yet.
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When did Carmella Garcia get divorced?
Carmella and Jeff are not “legally divorced” due to their children, even though they are separated. She opened up about their current relationship during RHOC Season 20, Episode 1.
“You know, in California, it’s like 50/50 custody, and I would have died,” she explained. “They were three, four, five, and six, and I was unwilling to lose my children for part of that time. I hated his guts, but then at a certain point you self-sacrifice.”
While they are still married, Carmella admitted that Jeff currently lives in a house that they own with his girlfriend. “I like her. She’s nice to my kids,” she noted.
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