{"id":4604,"date":"2026-07-13T00:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4604"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:41:39","slug":"how-kim-kardashians-ex-kris-humphries-has-a-surprising-new-life-running-chicken-shops-15-years-after-72-day-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4604","title":{"rendered":"How Kim Kardashian\u2019s ex Kris Humphries has a surprising new life running chicken shops 15 years after 72 day marriage"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F6%2F2026%2F07%2Fnewspress-collage-lqx7uzrt8-1783860590529.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261783847570\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>HE was once married to the world\u2019s most famous woman \u2013 yet in 2026, the life of Kim Kardashian\u2019s ex Kris Humphries is relatively unknown. <\/p>\n<p>It was the 2011 wedding that was dubbed the \u2018real Royal Wedding\u2019 after Kim and Kris managed to get more people talking about their million dollar nuptials than that of William and Kate\u2019s wedding just months prior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679740\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Kris Humphires was once married to the most famous woman in the world<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: HULU<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679742\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>But these days Kris Humphries spends his days running fried chicken shops<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram\/ krishumphries<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over 10 million people tuned into the FOUR HOUR TV event that saw Kim and Kris say \u2018I do\u2019 in August 2011.<\/p>\n<p>But who could forget when just 72 days later, Kim opted to start the legal procedings for a <span id=\"f963b2d7-5cb0-4827-ad5d-8b5740ddc8dc\" class=\"suggested-link\">divorce<\/span> after the <span id=\"e983b169-e273-40ab-9448-065c160faf49\" class=\"suggested-link\">marriage<\/span> crumbled in front of the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--thesun aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module The Kardashians\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the <span class=\"newsletter-name theme-kardashians\">The Kardashians<\/span> newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their entire year-long romance \u2013 which ran from October 2010 to the following October \u2013 was documented on Keeping up with the Kardashians and it\u2019s various spin-offs and turned then-relatively unknown pro US basketball player Kris into a global household name.<\/p>\n<p>But following Hollywood\u2019s biggest wedding came one of the entertainment industry\u2019s most talked-about divorces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679737\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Kim and Kris\u2019 wedding was the most-talked about ceremony in recent Hollywood history<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: HULU<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679735\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Over 10million people tuned in to watch the wedding<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: HULU<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679733\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Kris has since shunned fame and spends his days working in Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679741\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>It is a far cry from his glam life with Kim<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After an 18-month legal battle over whether Kim\u2019s divorce petition should be accepted \u2013 or if Kris\u2019 requests for a marriage annulment based on fraud \u2013 they eventually legally separated in June 2013 \u2013 just 12 days before Kim gave birth to her first child, North, with then new-boyfriend, rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/kanye-west\/\">Kanye West<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But after Kim\u2019s divorce was granted and she clapped eyes on Kris for the last time in the court house, little has ever been seen, or heard of from her ex.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having a huge global platform, Kris shunned any form of being in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Now, having retired from professional sports, Kris is living a VERY normal life running fried chicken shops across Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>In a far contrast from Kim\u2019s billionaire designer life, Kris instead runs a number of Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken franchises in his home state.<\/p>\n<p>As a franchisor and investor in the business, Kris has been actively involved in the day-to-day workings of the fast-food restaurants across the state. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679743\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Kris was a relatively unknown basketball player before he married Kim<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679738\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>But their romance quickly crumbled<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He has also recruited other family members into the fast-food industry, with them also holding licenses for various Five Guys and Crisp &amp; Green eateries in the local area.<\/p>\n<p>Kris is dedicated to working full-time in the stores and litters his social media feed with snaps of his days inside the takeaway outlets.<\/p>\n<p>From sampling the menu to showing off various items that he has on offer, Kris has made it known that he is far from a silent partner and has turned running the fast-food chains into his passion.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Kris was used to being able to get a table at any restaurant he wanted in the world during his marriage to Kim, his current dining choices look very different.<\/p>\n<p>Kris has rarely spoken about his decision to shun fame but did admit in a rare interview after retiring from basketball that he was keen to avoid a showbiz lifestyle and focus on his takeaways.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cSince I\u2019ve stepped away from the game, I\u2019m trying to stay under the radar and work on a new phase of my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been developing some business ventures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then confirming the chicken shop launch a few years ago, Kris said: \u201cSuper excited to bring Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken to Minnesota with my family. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679739\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Kris chooses to keep out of the spotlight<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram\/krishumphries<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16679734\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>His social media is instead littered with his fast food chains<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the best chicken ever! Get ready Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kris has virtually never discussed his marriage to Kim since their split and the final divorce hearing in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the divorce settlement, Kim claims that Kris requested the ring he got her back.<\/p>\n<p>Kim agreed, despite claiming after the marriage that she paid 80% of the cost of the flashy diamond.<\/p>\n<p>Following the divorce, Kris auctioned it for just under $750,000 \u2013 and suggested he would donate the <span id=\"340f7fb9-40c3-4e5b-9293-e43675d12714\" class=\"suggested-link\">money<\/span> to <span id=\"0e3e8dd4-df4b-4f6b-979f-7cf5c762d386\" class=\"suggested-link\">charity<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Although there was much speculation that their marriage was merely a publicity stunt for TV, Kim has maintained she did fall for Kris but confessed in 2021 that she quickly got caught up in her own whirlwind and felt pressure to move the relationship on quicker than she should have \u2013 something she concedes led to the eventual marriage breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the final ever episode of KUWTK in 2021, Kim admitted: \u201cI thought, \u2018Okay, we\u2019re filming this for a TV show. If I leave, I\u2019m going to be known as the runaway bride forever and it\u2019s going to be a huge joke, and I think I just have <span id=\"15cdf59d-3d99-4578-900e-6eacd14e5eac\" class=\"suggested-link\">cold feet<\/span>.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was like, \u2018Okay guys, it\u2019s just cold feet, I got this, it\u2019s cold feet, we\u2019re filming the show.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim further admitted that she long-dreamed of a glitzy over-the-top wedding and reveals she spent her\u2019s and Kris\u2019 entire fees for filming the wedding \u2013 which were believed to be well into the millions \u2013 as well as the show\u2019s production money on the huge ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThe show paid us, obviously, a fee to <span id=\"0325a040-327d-4252-80e8-e26eee84596b\" class=\"suggested-link\">film<\/span> the show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took my entire fee and probably Kris\u2019 because I wanted a bigger wedding than what they were going to pay for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I used all of our production money on the wedding, right. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if that was fake, I would have saved my money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the marriage came to an end after 72 days, Kim and Kris had been living together in a small apartment in NYC with her sister, Kourtney.<\/p>\n<p>They had been filming a spin-off TV show at the time with Kim going on to admit that she \u201cfreaked out\u201d at how her married life started and later stated that she felt she handled the break-up \u201cbadly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Further adding in 2021, Kim said: \u201cHe had a size like, 17 shoes lined up around my whole room and I just freaked the f*** out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally got claustrophobic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so nervous to break up with someone, I handled it totally the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fully broke up with him in the worst way, and I couldn\u2019t, I just didn\u2019t know how to deal, I learned so much from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she felt she owed Kris an apology, Kim said she did but her efforts in the months following the divorce went unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>Kim said: \u00a0\u201cAbsolutely [I owe an apology], and I tried to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried calling him for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Kris has remained in dignified silence, the same cannot be said for many of the other Kardashian exes.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s sex tape partner <span id=\"add4e1f3-6dc4-4844-91e4-8ebc777ec0ca\" class=\"suggested-link\">Ray J<\/span> has regularly hit out at the star with Khloe\u2019s ex-husband, <span id=\"16e54290-a0d7-4e58-9de8-e6a39126ba43\" class=\"suggested-link\">Lamar Odom<\/span>, regularly appearing on TV to talk about his failed marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Rob\u2019s former fiance, <span id=\"7e8dd469-d8e7-4109-a980-0e7e467ae281\" class=\"suggested-link\">Blac Chyna<\/span>, has also never shied away from speaking about her failed romance with a member of the family.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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>HE was once married to the world\u2019s most famous woman \u2013 yet in 2026, the life of Kim Kardashian\u2019s ex Kris Humphries is relatively unknown. 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