Tom Arnold says he’s ready to fall in love again after nearly a decade without dating. The 67-year-old actor and comedian said recently that he’d like to love someone and have that feeling returned.
For years, Arnold brushed off suggestions that he date someone his own age, joking that people in their 60s were “freaking disgusting.” But while touring with his comedy show, “My Crazy X-Wife,” he met women who changed his mind. He said he’d come to realize there are plenty of funny, intelligent and attractive women in their 60s.
Arnold has been married four times. His first marriage, to Roseanne Barr, lasted from 1990 to 1994.
Barr recently came to Arnold’s defense after television producer Chuck Lorre wrote in his memoir that “Roseanne” writers had been encouraged to put Arnold’s name on scripts as though he had written them. Arnold denied the claim, and Barr said he was telling the truth—a rare moment of agreement between the former spouses. She thanked him, adding that it was the first time in his life he had done something right by her.
Arnold responded on social media that “hell finally froze over.”
After his marriage to Barr ended, Arnold married hairstylist Julie Lynn Champnella, Shelby Roos and Ashley Groussman. Those marriages lasted from 1995 to 1999, 2002 to 2008, and 2009 to 2020, respectively.
Arnold and Groussman have two children, Jax, 13, and Quinn, 10. They had been separated for several years before their divorce was finalized.
Arnold said he isn’t sure women are eager to date someone who once had a lot of money and now has two young children. For now, he’s content spending time with his kids and friends. He said he loves his children deeply, and added that after four marriages, he believes he’ll be all right.
