{"id":265862,"date":"2026-09-29T19:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/kristi-noem-files-for-divorce-following-husbands-cross-dressing-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:12:11","slug":"kristi-noem-files-for-divorce-following-husbands-cross-dressing-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/kristi-noem-files-for-divorce-following-husbands-cross-dressing-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem Files For Divorce Following Husband&#8217;s Cross-Dressing Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in March, folks on social media had a good laugh over reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/kristi-noem-husband-cross-dressing-bimbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryon Noem\u2019s alleged cross-dressing fetish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems that Bryon\u2019s wife, former South Dakota governor and former Department of Homeland Security secretary, failed to see the humor in the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Kristi filed for divorce from Bryon on Monday, September 28, according to court records obtained by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kristi-noem-files-for-divorce-from-husband-bryon-11941872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 03, 2026 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-563946 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2264608400-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kristi cited \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d as the reason for the split.<\/p>\n<p>And while the filing may have arrived this week, rumors about trouble in the Noems\u2019 marriage have been circulating for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>Kristi and Bryon married in 1992 after meeting as teenagers in South Dakota. They went on to have three children \u2014 daughters Kassidy and Kennedy and son Booker \u2014 and are now grandparents to four grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>But their seemingly long-running marriage came under intense scrutiny earlier this year after reports surfaced about Bryon\u2019s alleged participation in online fetish forums.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail reported in March that Bryon had allegedly spent more than $25,000 communicating with performers in \u201cbimbofication\u201d chatrooms, a type of role-playing centered around exaggerated femininity.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet also published photos that allegedly showed Bryon wearing feminine clothing and oversized fake breasts.<\/p>\n<p>Kristi\u2019s representative responded to those reports by saying that she was \u201cdevastated\u201d and that the family had been \u201cblindsided.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd4WTgSE_sj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Bryon did not deny participating in the online chatrooms at the time, although he disputed some of the claims made about his conversations and his marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy came as Kristi was dealing with major changes in her own career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/donald-trump-fires-kristi-noem-amid-endless-controversies-in-deparment-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Donald Trump removed her as Homeland Security secretary<\/a> in March and reassigned her to another role. Around the same time, Kristi was questioned publicly about longstanding rumors involving Trump ally Corey Lewandowski.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kristi and Lewandowski have denied having a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned under oath about whether she had a sexual relationship with Lewandowski, Kristi declined to give a direct answer and dismissed the questions as \u201ctabloid garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kristi\u2019s mother, Corinne Arnold, indicated in July that the divorce was coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been difficult, but we knew this was coming, that they were going to get divorced,\u201d Arnold told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, however, no divorce paperwork had been filed publicly.<\/p>\n<p>That has now changed.<\/p>\n<p>After 34 years of marriage, Kristi and Bryon\u2019s relationship has officially reached its final chapter \u2014 and considering everything that has unfolded around the couple in 2026, it has certainly been a very public one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/kristi-noem-files-for-divorce-following-husbands-cross-dressing-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in March, folks on social media had a good laugh over reports of Bryon Noem\u2019s alleged cross-dressing fetish. But it seems that Bryon\u2019s wife, former South Dakota governor and former Department of Homeland Security secretary, failed to see the humor in the situation. 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