Rumors About Steve Harvey’s Wife Marjorie Ruining His Previous Marriage Have Only Brought Them Closer

Steve Harvey was married to his first wife, Marcia, from 1981 to 1994. The real reason Marcia and Steve Harvey divorced has been long speculated to be due to Steve’s infidelity. The “Steve Harvey Show” star’s second marriage to Mary Shackelford ended in a messy divorce that cost him $30 million and nearly left him penniless in 2005. Two years later, Harvey would marry his third wife.

But despite the two-year gap between his second and third marriages, Harvey insists that Marjorie had nothing to do with his divorce from Mary. “Y’all quit talking about ‘she was in my other marriage and ruined it.’ She didn’t. She was nowhere around that,” Harvey said on his radio show. “I got divorced in 2005.”

Harvey wouldn’t stand for any claims that Marjorie married him for his money, either. The comedian said he “had nothing [then]. This woman got in the hole and built this with me. She didn’t steal nothing. And I’m tired of y’all talking about my girl because my girl is one of the best women I’ve ever met.” The couple celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary in July 2023, with Harvey posting a video montage of him and his wife on his Instagram with the caption, “Still going strong.”