Despite many years in the limelight, first for his accomplishments in football and then in the culinary world, the Food Network star has managed to keep his personal life pretty private. In 2015, after he was crowned the winner of Food Network Star, Eddie opened up to TV Line for the first and only time about how his girlfriend encouraged his culinary pursuits.
He said that he was watching television soon after moving to Houston when he saw the call to be on the show. He turned to his girlfriend and said, “I think I can do that,” to which she responded, “Then do it!” Eddie went to the audition and the rest, as they say, is history.
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At the time, Eddie and his girlfriend have a strong relationship and the couple doesn’t allow Eddie’s work in the public eye to affect them. When Eddie was on Food Network Star, his food wasn’t the only focal point for the judges. Many of them, especially the women, had a lot to say about Eddie's impressive physique.
But for all the attention that Eddie got on the show, he said that his girlfriend remained impressively “laid back” about being in the spotlight. It’s unclear whether Eddie and his unnamed love have since married but given how well she seemed to handle the fame and recognition from Eddie’s early successes on the Food Network, it would have probably been a wise move for him to put a ring on that finger.
