Personal Life:

David Alan Grier married his first wife Maritza Rivera in 1995 but the union would be short-lived and the pair divorced in 1997. Grier married a second time in 2007 to Christine Y Kim with whom he had a daughter named Luisa Danbi Grier-Kim on January 10, 2008, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles. A year after their daughter was born, Kim divorced Grier due to irreconcilable differences. Rumors circulated during the ensuing legal battle that Grier denied paying spousal support to Kim and wanted shared custody of their daughter.

During an episode of "Loveline", Grier eluded to the fact that a girlfriend cheated on him with "almost half of Hollywood". The actor cited an alleged affair between his spouse and three other actors but he "coughed" as he pronounced the names to avoid any legal issues. A recording specialist rewound and played back the interview in slow motion and was able to determine two of the three names Grier mentioned. The incident occurred in 2002 when he was hosting "Loveline" and the actors' names he accused of having an affair with his spouse were Colin Farell and Tom Sizemore, a third name could not be identified. Fans of the show did some detective work of their own and guessed that the third name Grier mentioned was likely Cuba Gooding Jr. Grier has neither confirmed nor denied his "muffled" allegations.

Other love interests Grier pursued during his career include Shakara Ledard who before his first marriage to Rivera. In 1994, Grier dated Lori Petty and in 2005 he dated Chelsea Handler for less than a year. As far as how he spends his free time, Grier enjoys motorcycles and owns three rare Yamaha YZF-R1 Limited Editions. He is also an avid cook and even started a food blog during the run of the theater production "Race". James Spader even helped critique the recipes Grier shared on his blog.

Grier is also a black belt in taekwondo and was able to showcase his skills in the 1994 film "Blackman" where he played Kevin Walker. He also showed off how particularly adept he is in martial arts in "The Other Guy". Grier showed off his multi-talented skills when he branched off into writing and released his first book "Barack Like Me: The Chocolate Covered Truth" which was published by Touchstone and Simon & Schuster on October 6, 2009. In his book "Barack Like Me: The Chocolate Covered Truth", Grier expounds on politics, culture, and race while telling his own life story in his edgy, timely, timeless, and hilarious memoir. The book also threads all things Barack Obama into Grier's life experiences.