{"id":30837,"date":"2026-08-07T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30837"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:54:29","slug":"moving-on-my-kitchen-rules-star-gianni-romano-hard-launches-his-twenty-something-girlfriend-after-months-of-speculation-following-his-split-with-wife-zana-pali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30837","title":{"rendered":"Moving on! My Kitchen Rules star Gianni Romano hard launches his twenty-something girlfriend after months of speculation following his split with wife Zana Pali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">My Kitchen Rules star Gianni Romano has well and truly <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-5376727\/MKR-star-Zana-Pali-pregnant-child.html\">moved on from his ex-wife Zana Pali after their split in 2024 following 10 years of marriage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gianni, 37, hard-launched his new girlfriend, socialite Gracie Stewart, who is believed to be in her 20s, last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The lawyer posted a gallery full of photos of what his year was like in 2025, captioning it: \u20182025 was a Hail Mary\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It featured a loved-up selfie of him and Gracie, which showed her kissing him on the cheek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The gallery also included a video of the pair kissing and cuddling on the beach at sunset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The two were first spotted together at the star-studded JW Foundation Starry Night gala in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/melbourne\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f6e787a0-9200-11f1-9ac0-f933ded13e62\">Melbourne<\/a> in September last year, which his former wife Zana also attended.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f9869733a431cbff\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/07\/02\/110489543-16018353-image-a-1_1786066010564.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Gianni Romano, 37, hard-launched his new girlfriend, socialite Gracie Stewart, who is believed to be in her 20s, this week\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Gianni Romano, 37, hard-launched his new girlfriend, socialite Gracie Stewart, who is believed to be in her 20s, this week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4393955e3193714a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/07\/02\/110489557-16018353-image-a-2_1786066017012.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"He has well and truly moved on from his ex-wife Zana Pali after their split in 2024 following 10 years of marriage\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">He has well and truly moved on from his ex-wife Zana Pali after their split in 2024 following 10 years of marriage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Gianni&#8217;s clearly smitten,&#8217; a friend was quoted as saying at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He loves the attention and Gracie doesn&#8217;t mind being spoiled.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The source added that Gianni and Gracie had been friends for a while before things turned romantic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Their age-gap romance was said to have turned heads around Brighton, where both he and Zana reside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Any speculation about Gianni and Gracie&#8217;s relationship was put to rest thanks to his romantic post over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zana, 35, also confirmed to the Daily Mail that her ex-husband has a new partner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Yeah, he&#8217;s re-partnered&#8230; I&#8217;m really happy for him,&#8217; <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BFqjlISG0Ec&amp;list=PLBSFaaqLV0FE&amp;index=1&amp;t=2089s\">Zana told Savanna Young on The Debrief.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;And she&#8217;ll help him as well. You know, for the support. Because it&#8217;s not easy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-embed\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zana Pali: Her shock split, tradwives and masculinity red flags\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFqjlISG0Ec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f4994854436e5b4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/07\/02\/110489545-16018353-image-a-3_1786066027254.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Zana, 35, also confirmed to the Daily Mail that her ex-husband has a new partner during an interview with Savanna Young on The Debrief\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Zana, 35, also confirmed to the Daily Mail that her ex-husband has a new partner during an interview with Savanna Young on The Debrief<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Going through a divorce is probably the worst time of your life. So, yeah, when I heard he moved on, I was like, &#8220;That&#8217;s great.&#8221; I was like, &#8220;Good. Nice.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zana also went on to talk about her sudden divorce from Gianni, saying she was the one who decided to end things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When asked who called off their 10-year marriage, Zana admitted bluntly: &#8216;I did. I left&#8230; I think, for a woman, you check out many, many years earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It takes us a long time, especially with children, young kids. You know, you always stay for the family. Stay for the children.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zana and Gianni co-<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-6041575\/MKRs-Zana-Pali-Gianni-Romanos-baby-nursery-filled-Italian-designer-brands.html\">parent two sons, Leonardo, seven, and Romeo, six, but their love for their boys wasn&#8217;t enough to keep them together.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;But it got to a point where I was like, I&#8217;m actually&#8230; depressed,&#8217; she continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;There were days where I couldn&#8217;t get out of bed. I was like, &#8220;What am I doing? I&#8217;m not happy. I&#8217;m living with a roommate.&#8221; That&#8217;s how I felt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I got married so young. I was 21 when I got engaged and 23 when we married and had kids not long after that. So my 20s were given to marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e79291851ecefd67\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/07\/02\/110489547-16018353-image-a-4_1786066053899.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Zana also went on to talk about her sudden divorce from Gianni, saying she was the one who decided to end things\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Zana also went on to talk about her sudden divorce from Gianni, saying she was the one who decided to end things<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-channel=\"tvshowbiz\" data-mol-fe-xpmodule-join-debate=\"{&quot;env&quot;:{&quot;brand&quot;:&quot;dailymail&quot;,&quot;channel&quot;:&quot;tvshowbiz&quot;,&quot;geo&quot;:&quot;us&quot;,&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;mol.web.desktop&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\/tvshowbiz\/article-16018353\/mkr-gianni-romano-new-girlfriend-gracie-stewart-zana.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=1490&quot;,&quot;environment&quot;:&quot;production&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;mol-fe-xpmodule-join-debate-default@1&quot;,&quot;version&quot;:&quot;1.3.3&quot;,&quot;xForwardedHost&quot;:&quot;www.dailymail.com&quot;,&quot;zkConfig&quot;:{&quot;bundle-versions&quot;:{&quot;default&quot;:{&quot;bv&quot;:&quot;18.6.0&quot;,&quot;vbv&quot;:&quot;7.18.0&quot;,&quot;fesbv&quot;:&quot;16.19.1&quot;,&quot;feabv&quot;:&quot;11.95.0&quot;,&quot;abv&quot;:&quot;13.8.0&quot;,&quot;expire-after&quot;:31536000,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;fe_desktop_default&quot;}},&quot;bundle-versions-mobile&quot;:{&quot;default&quot;:{&quot;bv&quot;:&quot;12.6.0&quot;,&quot;vbv&quot;:&quot;7.18.0&quot;,&quot;fesbv&quot;:&quot;16.19.1&quot;,&quot;feabv&quot;:&quot;11.95.0&quot;,&quot;abv&quot;:&quot;13.8.0&quot;,&quot;expire-after&quot;:31536000,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;fe_mobile_default&quot;}},&quot;games-platypuzz-build-version&quot;:&quot;15.0.15&quot;}},&quot;question&quot;:&quot;Is it fair for parents to move on quickly after divorce if young kids are involved?&quot;}\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"app--s6cJU\">\n<p><span class=\"titleText--LYcWe\">Join the discussion<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"questionContainer--fpHYN\">\n<p class=\"questionText--qEDdN\">Is it fair for parents to move on quickly after divorce if young kids are involved?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You&#8217;re a very different person as a woman in your 20s to your 30s and then post being a mother as well. So I think we just really grew apart.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I got to a point where I&#8217;m like, &#8220;I&#8217;m not in love with this person, so I can&#8217;t do this anymore.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zana said that she decided to pull the plug on her marriage during their 10-year anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Ten-year wedding anniversary was my light-bulb moment where I was like, &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this,&#8221;&#8216; she confessed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Because it was 10 years and I&#8217;m like, &#8220;What am I doing? Ten years of marriage and I&#8217;m not happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;And I&#8217;m like, &#8220;I just can&#8217;t do it anymore. I&#8217;m not in love with you anymore.&#8221; So that was it&#8230; Not long after that, I moved out.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zana said Gianni was blindsided by the separation. In her words, he was &#8216;oblivious&#8217; to the fact she had &#8216;checked out&#8217; of the relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Men are very oblivious&#8230; They don&#8217;t realise when a woman has checked out. You know, when we stop fighting for the relationship, when we stop even talking,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1e9ae1fb2d7b7014\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/07\/03\/110489555-16018353-Zana_and_Gianni_co_parent_two_sons_Leonardo_seven_and_Romeo_six_-a-30_1786070191933.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Zana and Gianni co-parent two sons, Leonardo, seven, and Romeo, six,\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Zana and Gianni co-parent two sons, Leonardo, seven, and Romeo, six,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They think it&#8217;s like, &#8220;Oh, she&#8217;s a robot. She cooks, she cleans. She&#8217;s quiet. Great. Less headaches.&#8221; It&#8217;s very different for a man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They don&#8217;t realise when we&#8217;re quiet [that means] there are problems.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mother of two revealed that Gianni did attempt to salvage the relationship, but admitted she was already &#8216;done&#8217; and there was no going back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;When I&#8217;m done, I&#8217;m done. I can&#8217;t go back [after] I made that decision in my mind. I feel like, for women, we get to a point where we&#8217;ve tried everything,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I was so miserable. I felt nothing for him anymore. I mean, he&#8217;s a great person. He&#8217;s a great dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He&#8217;s going to make another [woman] very happy. He&#8217;s a nice guy, but there was just nothing between us anymore, so I couldn&#8217;t do it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zana confirmed she is still single, adding that she is looking for someone who is &#8216;a good influence and a good person&#8217; to be around her sons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While news of Zana and Gianni&#8217;s split <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-14891369\/Gianni-Romano-Zana-Pali-react-split.html\">made headlines in the middle of last year<\/a>, they had ended their marriage months earlier, quietly setting tongues wagging in Brighton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">By the time the Mail broke the news of their break-up, the former couple were living separate lives: Zana, then in her influencer era, was enjoying a European summer with her children, while Gianni <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15098443\/Gianni-Romano-Zana-Pali-attend-gala-split-Brighton.html\">continued working in Melbourne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Daily Mail caught up with Gianni, a partner at the law firm Best Hooper, last July and noticed that the father of two wasn&#8217;t wearing his wedding ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He did not deny splitting from Zana at the time, and when pressed for further details of what happened, simply said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to talk about it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Their marital home on Brighton&#8217;s &#8216;Golden Mile&#8217; \u2013 complete with a basement nightclub and lift access \u2013 sold after they separated for about $10 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The property sits on a stretch of millionaires&#8217; row that is a magnet for ritzy Melbourne socialites, with famous locals including Bec and Chris Judd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gianni and Zana made a name for themselves among the neighbourhood&#8217;s glamorous elites when they moved in with their sons Leo and Romeo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former couple wed in November 2014 on Hayman Island and went on to welcome sons Leo and Romeo in 2018 and 2020, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Kitchen Rules star Gianni Romano has well and truly moved on from his ex-wife Zana Pali after their split in 2024 following 10 years of marriage. 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