Overview
- Speaking on the Nov. 17 Broad Ideas podcast, Gayheart described navigating co‑parenting and caregiving as “super complicated” and said she is focused on showing up for her family with dignity and grace.
- She said Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, are her priority, and she is working to facilitate time with Dane so they do not later feel they missed chances to be with him.
- Gayheart revealed she ended a two‑year relationship because, in her words, “the girls really need me even more now.”
- The pair have been separated for eight years but remain legally married after Gayheart dismissed her 2018 divorce filing in March 2025.
- Dane disclosed his ALS diagnosis in April; by June he reported losing function in his right arm with his left hand weakening, and he has since taken a public advocacy role with I Am ALS and efforts tied to ACT for ALS reauthorization.