Search this question online and you’ll find a surprisingly messy tangle of conflicting names — some sites will tell you Karen McCollum, others Kerry Kennedy, others Martha Ruf or Kathleen Brennan, describing supposed early marriages that ended in divorce after a year or two. Nearly all of this is unreliable, recycled content with no real sourcing behind it, and it doesn’t match the documented facts of Chris Cuomo’s life.

Chris Cumo’s One and Only Wife

Chris Cuomo has only been married once. His wife — and only spouse on record — is Cristina Greeven Cuomo. The two met in the late 1990s and married in November 2001 in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Southampton, New York. There is no credible evidence that Chris Cuomo was married to anyone before Cristina; the “first wife” framing that circulates online is misleading, since Cristina is, in fact, his only wife.

Who Is Cristina Greeven Cuomo?

Cristina Greeven Cuomo built her own career well before and alongside her marriage. A graduate of Cornell University, she moved into magazine publishing, working as an editor at Manhattan magazine under Modern Luxury, one of the larger luxury media companies in the U.S. She later expanded into wellness and lifestyle media, founding her own platform and becoming a recognizable figure in that space independent of her husband’s television career.

Family Life

Chris and Cristina Cuomo have three children together: daughters Bella and Carolina, and son Mario. The family has maintained residences in both Manhattan and Southampton, New York, over the years.

Their marriage drew heightened public attention in March 2020, when Chris Cuomo announced he had tested positive for COVID-19 while covering the early pandemic — a period during which his brother, then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, was delivering high-profile daily briefings on the state’s response. Cristina revealed shortly afterward that she, too, had contracted the virus, and the couple spoke publicly about their recovery.

Why the Confusion Persists

Chris Cuomo comes from a high-profile political family — his father Mario Cuomo was a three-term Governor of New York, and his brother Andrew Cuomo also served as governor. That level of public scrutiny tends to generate a lot of speculative or poorly sourced content online, and “who was [public figure]’s first spouse” is a common clickbait framing even when the premise itself doesn’t hold up. In Chris Cuomo’s case, the honest answer is straightforward: there is no first wife to speak of. Cristina Greeven Cuomo is his one and only marriage.