{"id":38082,"date":"2026-08-11T06:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38082"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:29:41","slug":"who-is-craig-melvins-wife-lindsay-czarniak-inside-their-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38082","title":{"rendered":"Who is Craig Melvin&#8217;s Wife Lindsay Czarniak: Inside Their Love Story"},"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 data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1434076\/craig-melvin-breaks-silence-on-today-show-intruder-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Craig Melvin<\/strong><\/a> talks for a living, but he forgot his words for a second when he met his future wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1425799\/todays-craig-melvin-on-meaning-behind-earring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lindsay Czarniak<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/today\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>co-anchor knew who Czarniak was when he joined Washington, D.C.&#8217;s NBC affiliate WRC-TV in 2008, where she already worked as a sportscaster, but she had been in Beijing covering the Olympics when Melvin started at the station. 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