Bachelor vet Shayne Lamas announces divorce from Nik Richie after 11 years of marriage

Shayne Lamas announced on Monday that she is set to divorce her husband of 11 years, journalist Hooman Karamian, who goes by the name Nik Richie.

The news was shared on Instagram by the former Bachelor star, 35, who said they had grown apart.

‘Friends & Family, after 11 years together Nik and I have come to a loving conclusion to get a divorce, we have nothing but love and respect for one another and will,’ she began her note.

Done: Shayne Lamas announced on Monday that she is set to divorce her husband of 11 years, journalist Hooman Karamian, who goes by the name Nik Richie. The news was shared on Instagram by the former Bachelor star, 35, who said they had grown apart

Hard to say goodbye: 'Friends & Family, after 11 years together Nik and I have come to a loving conclusion to get a divorce, we have nothing but love and respect for one another and will,' she began her note. Seen in 2013

Hard to say goodbye: ‘Friends & Family, after 11 years together Nik and I have come to a loving conclusion to get a divorce, we have nothing but love and respect for one another and will,’ she began her note. Seen in 2013

The blonde beauty then added: ‘We will cherish the years shared, memories made, and the children we are so proud of. 

‘This is just the situation of two people growing apart. We ask everyone to respect our privacy as we navigate our new normal within our family.’ 

Together they have kids: Press Dahl Lamas Richie, nine, and Lyon, five.

Not all bad: The blonde beauty then added: 'We will cherish the years shared, memories made, and the children we are so proud of.' Seen in 2012

Not all bad: The blonde beauty then added: ‘We will cherish the years shared, memories made, and the children we are so proud of.’ Seen in 2012

The reality TV star and the blogger – who runs the site The Dirty – had wed in 2010. 

She had won the Bachelor season 2008 with Matt Grant whom she became engaged to; they split after a few months.

After her daughter was born, Shayne tried to have a second child but miscarried.

Bachelor days: She had won the Bachelor season 2008 with Matt Grant whom she became engaged to; they split after a few months. Seen in 2008

Bachelor days: She had won the Bachelor season 2008 with Matt Grant whom she became engaged to; they split after a few months. Seen in 2008

Shayne was unable to have children after a near-fatal ectopic pregnancy in 2014. 

In February 2014, Shayne lost her baby after experiencing a rare uterine rupture which required a hysterectomy to save her life. ‘When I found out I could never have kids again, I screamed at the top of my lungs,’ said the star. ‘My world shattered, my world was over. It was the worst moment of my life.’

Fortunately for Shayne and Richie had options.

Shawna generously offered to carry the couple’s child as a special surrogate. ‘Shawna’s not just my stepmother, she’s like a soul sister,’ shared Shayne. ‘She’s an angel that blessed my whole family, including my father.’

Shawna ‘works for a fertility agency that connects couples who can’t get pregnant with egg donors and surrogates and realized she could help Shayne and Nik. Shayne was really broken [after losing her child], but she didn’t understand her options. That’s my world – I understood her options,’ she explained.  

Famous pops: Her father Lorenzo, 63, was best known for the TV series Falcon Crest with Jane Wyman. He was also on the series Renegade. Seen in 2009

Famous pops: Her father Lorenzo, 63, was best known for the TV series Falcon Crest with Jane Wyman. He was also on the series Renegade. Seen in 2009

She is the exact same age as her stepmother, who offered to carry her child. Shayne has described Shawna as ‘more like a soul sister’ and her ‘angel’.  

‘My wife is going to give birth to a child that we’re not going to bring home,’ Lorenzo said in 2015. ‘But it’s my grandchild, so we are going to have a great relationship with him and see him a lot,’ admitted Lorenzo, who has six children of his own. ‘Our whole family is onboard. I am looking forward to being a grandparent again – we are going to have fun with this little guy,’ added the Renegade actor.

‘It is weird,’ admitted Shayne at the time about the unusual pregnancy plan. ‘Somebody else carrying your baby is weird. But I lost my son, and now Shawna is carrying my son. I have just been given the biggest blessing in the whole world and I will always be grateful.’ 

Unusual: Shayne's stepmother Shawna, far right, was surrogate for her second child. Lorenzo and Shawna have since divorced. From left, Nik, Shayne, Lorenzo and Shawna in 2011

Unusual: Shayne’s stepmother Shawna, far right, was surrogate for her second child. Lorenzo and Shawna have since divorced. From left, Nik, Shayne, Lorenzo and Shawna in 2011

Nik added: ‘This new child is a blessing. Someone to strengthen the family.’

‘The new bundle of joy arrived via water birth,’ a source told Closer Weekly in 2015. ‘Everyone is healthy and happy.’ 

Lorenzo and Shawna split in 2018 after seven years of marriage.    

Lorenzo, 63, is best known for the TV series Falcon Crest with Jane Wyman. He was also on the series Renegade.

His parents were famous too: his dad was movie star Fernando Lamas of the films Dangerous When Wet and the Merry Widow and his mother Arlene Dahl of Journey To The Center Of The Earth and The Outriders.