Melissa McKnight is the first wife of Matthew Steven LeBlanc well known as Matt LeBlanc who is an American actor. He garnered global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends and its spin-off series, Joey. For his work on Friends, LeBlanc received three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Who is Matt LeBlanc’s ex-wife, Melissa McKnight, and why divorce?
Matt LeBlanc was married to his ex-wife Melissa McKnight for three years from 2003 to 2006. The two were introduced to each other by McKnight’s friend Kelly Phillips who is the wife of actor Lou Diamond Phillips. Matt LeBlanc proposed to Melissa McKnight a year later and left happily. Their marriage was blessed with a daughter.
Matt LeBlanc and Melissa McKnight divorced in October 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.
Before Melissa McKnight got married to Matt LeBlanc, she was a divorced single mother of two children, in May 2003. She was married to Anthony Esposito for six years from 1990 to 1996. As of now, she is not known to have been in any relationship.
Matt LeBlanc also met actress Andrea Anders in 2004 while she was co-starring as his friend and eventual love interest on Joey and the pair eventually embarked on a relationship which was confirmed in 2006 following LeBlanc’s split from his wife Melissa McKnight. After over eight years as a couple, LeBlanc announced at the start of 2015 that he and Anders had been broken up for several months.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
