24-04-2025
Comedian Fortune Feimster separates from wife Jacquelyn Smith after four years of marriage
Fortune Feimster has reportedly separated from her wife Jacquelyn 'Jax' Smith after over four years of marriage.
The 44-year-old comedian has been telling friends they split recently and she's planning to file for divorce, according to TMZ.
Fortune (born Emily) and Jax did not have any children, but they'll have to figure out who gets custody of their beloved Pomeranian rescue dog, Biggie.
On Thursday, Feimster Instastoried a cute snap of Biggie sleeping as she 'tread water for an hour' in her swimming pool.
'I got a little down time, which is nice,' the Handsome Podcaster - who boasts 2.7M social media followers - said Thursday.
'I have the whole weekend off! I love that. We went hard in April. May's not too bad. It's a pretty good amount of downtime there too, so yeah!'
Fortune and Smith were last pictured together on March 2 attending Elton John AIDS Foundation's 33rd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood.
'It was love at first sight' when Feimster first met the former kindergarten teacher in a parking lot at a Chicago Pride event in 2015 - the day after the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was legal in all 50 states.
The You're Cordially Invited actress and Jax - who came out in 2005 and 1995 - initially bonded over watching NBC's Dateline before getting engaged during a romantic getaway to Big Sur in 2018.
The lesbian ex-couple tied the knot during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in the backyard of a rented a seaside home in Malibu in front of 'a couple' of their closest friends and more via Zoom.
On October 23, Fortune and Smith even celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary with a lavish trip to Greece.
