Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis poses for first time with BOTH her ex-husband and new boyfriend at daughter’s graduation
Giada De Laurentiis posed with both her ex-husband and new beau for the first time.
The famed chef, 55, was at her 18-year-old daughter Jade Marie De Laurentiis-Thompson’s high school graduation on Thursday with her former spouse and new squeeze.
In one image, she smiled next to her teenager and her ex, Todd Thompson. The chef and the fashion designer were together for 25 years total and married from 2003 until 2015.
Also pictured was the Food Network star’s current partner, Shane Farley, who works as a television producer.
They have been together since 2015 but have never gotten married.
‘She did it! What an unbelievable milestone for our girl, our world changer, our graduate. Keep shining Jadey, we love you more than you will ever know✨,’ wrote De Laurentiis in her Instagram caption.
Giada De Laurentiis posed with her ex-husband Todd Thompson when at her daughter Jade Marie’s high school graduation on Thursday
And she also posed with her new beau Shane Farley, who is a television producer
Thompson added, ‘Wow! Can’t believe we have a graduate! I am so proud of our Jade!’
Jade, who is in a band called The Hours, also sang at the ceremony.
De Laurentiis frequently shares snaps with her only child on her social media.
In 2024 she retired from The Food Network after 21 years as one of the network’s biggest stars.
She was burnt out as she told Rebecca Minkoff on her Superwoman podcast two years ago.
‘I would switch gears without knowing it every seven years,’ she explained.
‘So I did Everyday Italian for seven years, then I got pregnant, and I was like, “OK, I can’t do that show anymore. I’ve got to do a reincarnation of the show because I’m now pregnant. I’m a different person,”’ she said of having Jade in 2008.
She joined The Food Network in 2002 and starred in multiple shows, including the Emmy-winning Everyday Italian, Giada’s Weekend Getaways, Giada at Home, Giada Entertains, and Giada in Italy.
‘She did it! What an unbelievable milestone for our girl, our world changer, our graduate. Keep shining Jadey, we love you more than you will ever know,’ wrote De Laurentiis
The 18-year-old graduate also sang with her band, The Hours
The Food Network star – who had sinus surgery earlier this year – shares Jade with her ex-husband, fashion designer Todd Thompson
But she says that walking away from her TV career terrified her.
‘It took awhile for me to make this decision because I was very fearful of leaving Food Network,’ she said.
‘Because when you’re a big fish in that pond and then you get out, who knows what’s gonna happen next? But I really started to become interested in the entrepreneurial sort of journey. And I realized I couldn’t do both.’
De Laurentiis cited her 2015 divorce, her busy work schedule and being a single mom as reasons she was burnt out and ‘felt like the world was crumbling around me.’
‘So about two and a half years ago, I finally was like, “okay, I’m gonna make the jump, and I’m gonna put my energy in Giadzy.”‘
And so far at least, she doesn’t miss it, which surprises her.
‘I know, I should say yes. I think it’s because I got burnt out. I really worked so hard for so long. I got burnt out and I couldn’t see a path that was exciting anymore. I need excitement. And if I’m getting bored, my viewers are getting bored,’ she explained.