After his career took off on television, Zimmern, a straight man raised by gay parents, left his restaurant business and started a career in food media. Initially, he thought the transition would help him spend more time with his wife and son.
However, once his show gained traction, the opposite happened. He needed to travel to countries, make content and host multiple food-related shows. "I wasn’t there for my wife, and I wasn’t there for my son," Zimmern told New York Times via an email in 2018.
The 60-year-old became candid about the adverse effects his flourishing career had on his personal life and shed light on the reason behind his divorce.
As per his accounts, his wife gave him many chances to make it all right. But he admittedly underestimated his ambition in the wake of his stardom, "the merry-go-round of being a public person."
He only realized the gravity of the price after his marriage came to an inevitable end. In consequence, he parted ways with his wife amicably in 2018.
