But rumors around his marital life and its ending did not stop there. He was said to claim the house on the grounds that he wanted to stay near his golf course along with his then girlfriend, Hilary. He also said that it was his house and he could not imagine June living in it. He even refused to pay his son’s bill not to mention that he never looked at June during the whole court session, according to the reports of June’s brother.

What’s more interesting – and spicy for that matter – is that according to some other reports, the famous journalist and sportscaster cheated on his first wife approximately 50 times, which gave June the right to claim not only his house, but also half of his legal assets and an additional 1.5 million dollars per year. Bryant however, did not want to part with his cash and so he said that he would just pay her $250 per month till he was proved to be an adulterer. It was said that after the separation, he bought himself, a 10-million-dollar house, but, did not even bother to send his children Christmas presents. For four years, he just paid them, $250 per month and June had to use her savings for the legal proceeding and also to take care of the children. His daughter worked as a nanny, to make ends meet. He never commented on why he was not there for his children. Soon after his separation, Gumbel married his longtime girlfriend in a private ceremony of just 25 people. His daughter and son and a few of his friends were seen in the ceremony.

He did not comment on any of the separation settlements. The trail went for nearly four years and he never commented on it, a single day. June’s brother once said that he was a bad excuse for a human. Bryant did not comment on that either. Rumor has it that that the seemingly womanizer moved in with Hilary before even June filed for the separation. He started living together with Hilary when he was in a relationship with June. He was also said to have a lot of mistresses and cheated on June, for most of her marital life and she could not bear the fact that he moved in with another woman. Thus, she filed for a separation. June described Hilary as a leggy blonde.

A more personal and interesting aspect of Gumbel’s personal life is his struggle with lung cancer. More specifically, the successful sportscaster underwent a painful surgery in November 2009 in order to remove to remove a malignant tumor from his chest.