{"id":169288,"date":"2025-09-30T00:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/169288\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:36:14","slug":"chris-rock-sparks-romance-rumors-with-brazilian-actress-and-entrepreneur-karmel-bortoleti-after-his-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/169288\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rock sparks romance rumors with Brazilian actress and entrepreneur Karmel Bortoleti after his divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-1221\/justin-enriquez.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  14:21 EDT, 29 September 2025   |  Updated:  16:13 EDT, 29 September 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/chris-rock\/index.html\" id=\"mol-1378c060-9d5f-11f0-84a7-6b8ce029f7b9\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Rock<\/a> may be ready to for love again nearly a decade after his divorce from wife of two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 60-year-old comedian &#8211; who was <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-10982207\/Chris-Rock-seen-two-romantic-dates-Santa-Monica-actress-Lake-Bell.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most recently linked to actress Lake Bel<\/a>l &#8211; sparked romance rumors as he was seen with stunning Brazilian actress and entrepreneur\u00a0Karmel Bortoleti, 45, in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/new_york\/index.html\" id=\"mol-13a96d50-9d5f-11f0-84a7-6b8ce029f7b9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Karmel gave a peek at her toned tum as she sported a black cropped sleeveless top and baggy pants combination along with light brown flat shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She accessorized with a pink leather designer bag, chain necklace featuring a large pendant, and multiple bracelets around her wrist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her brunette tresses were worn down as she let her natural looks shine by wearing minimal make-up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chris donned a green plaid flannel over black T-Shirt, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-15024959\/Seven-best-jeans-high-street-tried-tested.html\" id=\"mol-13a5eae0-9d5f-11f0-84a7-6b8ce029f7b9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">jeans<\/a>, white sneakers, a baseball cap, and eyeglasses.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9c8b29d67c4466db\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102548945-15145661-Chris_Rock_60_sparked_romance_rumors_as_he_was_seen_with_stunnin-a-57_17591766954.jpeg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chris Rock, 60, sparked romance rumors as he was seen with stunning Brazilian actress and entrepreneur Karmel Bortoleti, 45, in New York City\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chris Rock, 60, sparked romance rumors as he was seen with stunning Brazilian actress and entrepreneur Karmel Bortoleti, 45, in New York City\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Karmel is a actress, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, model, and author.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She grew up in Recife, Brazil when she began her professional modeling career at age 14 for high fashion brands including Chanel and Prada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The stunner went on to transition from modeling to acting with her first role in 2022&#8217;s Retribution: Veganza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has also produced several films including\u00a0Hallway Night (2023) and Unfelt (2023).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Karmel is also a single mother of three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Back in December 2022, she and her son Joao &#8211; who was 12-years-old at the time &#8211;\u00a0 released a book titled Lucid Dreams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The book is centered around a young boy with cerebral palsy and his challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, back in August 2016, Chris finalized his divorce from wife of 20 years Malaak Compton-Rock.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-824619426d0577b0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102548947-15145661-Karmel_gave_a_peek_at_her_toned_tum_as_she_sported_a_black_cropp-a-54_17591766950.jpeg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Karmel gave a peek at her toned tum as she sported a black cropped sleeveless top and baggy pants combination along with light brown flat shoes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Karmel gave a peek at her toned tum as she sported a black cropped sleeveless top and baggy pants combination along with light brown flat shoes<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2b28a927ea44aa40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102550241-15145661-Karmel_is_a_actress_producer_entrepreneur_philanthropist_model_a-a-55_17591766954.jpeg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Karmel is a actress, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, model, and author who grew up in Recife, Brazil when she began her professional modeling career at age 14 for high fashion brands including Chanel and Prada\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Karmel is a actress, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, model, and author who grew up in Recife, Brazil when she began her professional modeling career at age 14 for high fashion brands including Chanel and Prada<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1981e635bf7408a8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102548605-15145661-Meanwhile_back_in_August_2016_Chris_finalized_his_divorce_from_w-a-56_17591766954.jpeg\" height=\"941\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Meanwhile, back in August 2016, Chris finalized his divorce from wife of 20 years Malaak Compton-Rock (the former couple are seen in 1994)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Meanwhile, back in August 2016, Chris finalized his divorce from wife of 20 years Malaak Compton-Rock (the former couple are seen in 1994)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The comic actor and his wife &#8211; who had been separated since 2014 -have two daughters\u00a0Lola Simone, 23, and \u00a0Zahra Savanna, 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After his split with Malaak, the comedy legend moved on with actress Megalyn Echikunwoke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He most recently was romantically linked to actress Lake Bell in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Chris Rock sparks romance rumors with Brazilian actress and entrepreneur Karmel Bortoleti after his divorce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR Published: 14:21 EDT, 29 September 2025 | Updated: 16:13 EDT, 29&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9548,6491,29611,76359,97,96,478,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-169288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-brazil","tag-celebrities","tag-chanel","tag-chris-rock","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-tvshowbiz","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}