Fashion legend Rachel Zoe announced her separation from her husband of 26 years, Rodger Berman, in September 2024. In a joint statement on Instagram (via People), it read, “After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision to end our marriage. We are incredibly proud of the loving family we have created and our countless memories together.”
In July 2025, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star filed for divorce, and just a few months later, she revealed to People that she was enjoying dating again. So when the fashion designer was spotted holding hands with a mystery man on the red carpet during a film premiere, fans quickly began speculating about a new romance.
Rachel Zoe Addresses Status With Relationship Coach Sascha Haert
GettyRHOBH newcomer Rachel Zoe is addressing the latest buzz surrounding her dating life. While attending Paris Hilton’s Los Angeles premiere of her documentary “Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir” in January, Zoe walked the red carpet holding hands with a mystery man who was later revealed to be relationship coach, Sascha Haert.
The sighting comes just a few months after Zoe filed for divorce from her husband, Rodger Berman, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their separation, per People.
Appearing on Today on Feb. 10, Zoe set the record straight on her relationship with Haert. “He’s a friend,” she began with a laugh. “He is a relationship coach. He travels all over the world.”
“What happened was, he had just traveled in. We went to Paris’ premiere and foolishly thought, because I was told it was going to be intimate, a smaller thing, and got out of the car and literally walked, and there was a red carpet that looked like the Vanity Fair party. I was like, ‘Oh my god.’ I was doing the carpet, and everyone started screaming,” she detailed.
Zoe Shares Dating Has Been ‘Incredibly Fun’ After Rodger Berman Split
GettyJust before the new year, Zoe opened up to People about her newly single life and how she is having fun dating again after her 2024 split from Berman.
“It’s incredibly fun,” Zoe said, adding, “To be honest, that wasn’t hard for me to get into. It really wasn’t.”
“Anyone who comes into my life or our lives is only going to be someone that adds value in terms of making me laugh, making me smile, and really just making sense. It’ll have to feel organic and natural to who I am now,” she added.
In her interview, she called it a new “era” of “freedom.” It’s the same energy she brought going into her debut season of RHOBH. Her bio for season 15 read, “Rachel is embracing her new freedom while navigating a divorce from her husband, who also happens to be her longtime business partner. Single for the first time in her adult life, she’s ready for a hot girl summer alongside her friends. Determined to have a good time, Rachel refuses to let anything, or anyone, stand in her way.”
In the new season, she opened up about her divorce, with an episode even capturing her announcing that she filed for divorce that morning. “Just [a] typical day,” she sarcastically shared to the cameras, per Page Six.
She then went on to detail that deciding to separate from Berman was “not one thing,” adding that there was “an absolute myriad of bad decisions that have been made over the last month, the last weeks, the last [expletive] hour that would trigger me to move things forward.”
