Golnesa Gharachedaghi is single and somewhat ready to mingle. The Valley: Persian Style cast member explained her position during the January 23 episode of Scheana Shay’s Scheananigans podcast, confirming she had just applied to a well-known dating app.
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“I joined Raya, but I’m on the waiting list,” she told the Vanderpump Rules alum, adding it was the first time she had tried a dating app. “Jeff Lewis kind of threw it in my face. He’s like, ‘Why are you single?’ And I was like, ‘Well, I don’t know how to date. Where do I go to date?’”
Scheana Shay gives Golnesa Gharachedaghi dating advice
Scheana expressed shock that Raya had waitlisted Golnesa, but she encouraged her to look for love outside of Los Angeles.
“You go to San Diego. That’s where I found mine,” Scheana said, referring to her husband, Brock Davies.
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“Scheana, you didn’t share this with me,” Golnesa said. “So San Diego’s where it’s at? Well, that’s where I’m going then.”
Golnesa Gharachedaghi explains her hesitation to re-enter the dating scene
Although she has taken steps to find romance, the mother of one admitted she wasn’t “really the relationship type.”
“I’m not afraid of saying that,” she told Scheana. “I think a lot of women think they have to get married and follow this path. And it was never really painted for me, that path. It was a little bit different. I always wanted to be the boss of my life, you know, in control of the direction. I got a [sperm] donor, so I don’t have to have any connections to anyone from my own kid.”
Golnesa — who conceived her 5-year-old son, Elijah Javad Gharachedaghi, via IVF — said her dating experience had “been hard,” but at the end of the day, she “would like to be in a relationship.”
“I’m ready to start looking,” she said, before breaking down the kind of partner she’s looking for. “I want someone who’s just really busy with their own life, so consumed with their own business… I know that about myself. I’m a Sagittarius. Like, I need space. I need space to thrive.”
Inside Golnesa Gharachedaghi’s relationship history
It’s no secret that Golnesa has endured her fair share of relationship drama. Roughly five years after her brief engagement to Omid Kalantari, she married her first husband, Shalom Yeroushalmi. The couple exchanged “I do’s” in early 2017 and finalized their divorce almost two years later.
Fast-forward to November 2024, when Golnesa married her longtime friend/business partner Dennis DeSantis. However, the marriage was short-lived. About 10 days after their Las Vegas elopement, Golnesa and Dennis had an annulment.
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Golnesa spoke about her relationship with Dennis in The Valley: Persian Style Season 1, Episode 3, claiming Dennis became romantically involved with one of her friends shortly after their split.
“When I found out that Dennis was hooking up with one of my friends, I was, yeah, hurt,” she told a producer. “But I’m no f–kin’ angel. I didn’t really want to marry Dennis, so it’s kind of like karma’s a bitch. Regardless of that, his actions were f–ked up, point-blank.”
Get more details about Golnesa and Dennis’ dynamic and their heated exchange during a cast trip to Palm Springs.
