From Blind Date to Divorce: Steve Guttenberg's Seven-Year Love Story Ends

Sometimes the sweetest beginnings don’t guarantee a forever ending. Actor Steve Guttenberg and Emily Guttenberg’s love story—which started with a carefully orchestrated blind date in 2014—has officially come to a close, with their divorce finalized this month after just six years of marriage.

The timeline reads like a romantic comedy setup: Scott Rapoport, a WCBS-TV colleague of Emily’s, spent months trying to set the two up before they finally connected over drinks. That first hour together? Instant chemistry. By 2015, they were living together. By December 2016, Steve had proposed right after Christmas. In May 2019, they exchanged vows in an intimate Malibu ceremony with Rapoport in attendance—the same person who’d brought them together five years earlier.

Back in 2017, Steve gushed about his then-girlfriend to the Daily Beast, describing her as someone who made him“up my game.”He praised her class, her value system, her character and integrity, her sense of humor—basically painting a picture of a partnership built on genuine admiration and respect. They attended red carpets together, enjoyed date nights at film festivals, and seemed to be living the life many would envy.

But what looked solid from the outside clearly wasn’t holding up behind closed doors. In April 2025, Steve filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences and notably leaving the date of separation blank—just“TBD”on the paperwork. The split became public confirmation that sometimes even the best starts don’t forecast the ending.

The finalized divorce came through in May 2026, with a settlement agreement reached in March. The terms included a $700,000 spousal support buyout paid to Emily, with joint accounts to be split equally. It’s a clean financial break, at least—the kind of arrangement that suggests both parties wanted to move forward without prolonged legal warfare.

What makes this split particularly poignant is how public and enthusiastic Steve had been about his love for Emily. He wasn’t a celebrity coasting through marriage with indifference; he seemed genuinely invested. Yet investment and lasting compatibility aren’t always the same thing. Sometimes people change. Sometimes the pressures of life reveal cracks that weren’t visible during the honeymoon phase. And sometimes, despite the best intentions, two people simply grow apart.