According to Parade, a pre-fame Steve Harvey married first wife Marcia Harvey back in 1981. Steve was struggling to break into comedy at the time, and working as an insurance salesman in Ohio. The couple ultimately split, in fact, reportedly because he was spending too much time on the road touring. They divorced in 1994 and Marcia went on to become a published author. Otherwise, the “Family Feud” host’s first wife stays firmly under the radar.
Vizaca notes Marcia is an Ohio native who also founded her own fashion business at one stage, while juggling raising three children as a single parent too. Steve was rumored to be living with second wife Mary Lee Harvey before their divorce was even finalized, and he was ultimately ordered in court to pay $36,000 in restitution to Marcia. These days, the businesswoman and author is estimated to be worth anything from $1 to $10 million. Marcia stays off social media, aside from popping up in her children’s posts every now and then.
Although it didn’t work out between them, in a 2019 interview with eNCA (via YouTube), Steve argued that without failure, there’s no path to success. “If you’ve never failed, what do you know? You know nothing,” he reasoned. The former standup then added, with a knowing chuckle, “You’ve got to get a divorce to find the right chick. I know a little bit about that.”
