“Down Home with the Neelys” star Patrick Neely is getting ready to stay home with his new wife and baby.
The Food Network star secretly wed Taimka Parks on October 7, 2017, and now they are expecting their first child together, according to The Blast. Parks celebrated her baby shower in late May, per her Facebook page.
Neely, 53, and his ex-wife Gina tied the knot in 1994 and hosted “Down Home With the Neelys” and “Road Tasted with the Neelys” together in the late 2000s. They also wrote three cookbooks together prior to their 2014 split, at which point communication between the former high school sweethearts came to an end.
“I remember leaving with my purse and my duffle bag, and I was out of there,” Gina, 52, told People earlier this year. “I haven’t spoken to Pat in four years.”
“I don’t wish him any harm, but he’s never reached out to me… I guess he’s well? Our girls [Spenser, 29, from Gina’s previous marriage and Shelbi, 23] are older so we’re not really co-parenting or anything.”
Gina recently attempted to find love again on Bravo’s “To Rome For Love.”
Neely’s rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment.