• Damon Bayles is a clinical psychologist living and working in Manhattan.
• He is married to Clinton Kelly, a TV personality, lifestyle consultant, and author.
• They were in a relationship for two years before marrying in 2009.
• Damon’s hobbies include travelling, reading, and watching films and TV series.
• Damon is a writer and Clinton is the host of multiple shows, including “The Chew” and “Spring Baking Championship”.
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Who is Clinton Kelly’s husband? Damon Bayles Wiki Bio
Damon Bayles was born in the USA at the beginning of the ‘70s; he holds American nationality and is a psychologist who rose to prominence after he married Clinton Kelly, a TV personality.
Early life and education
Damon grew up in the US, raised by his mother who was a housewife, and his father who was a police officer. He attended a local high school, where he first came to realize that he was gay, but still kept this to himself for fear of being rejected by his friends as well as his family. After matriculation, he enrolled at Brown University, and graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in arts and English literature.
He continued his education at Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology in New York City, from which he obtained his clinical psychology doctorate.
Career as a psychologist
Damon launched his career as a psychologist shortly after graduating, and began working at St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital in New York. From there, he worked at Columbia University Medical Center before switching to New York Presbyterian Hospital, and eventually to the Addiction Institute of New York. Damon has worked at several other places over the course of years, such as Bellevue Hospital, Polytechnic Institute of New York University College Counseling Center, as well as New York Foundling Hospital.
Today, Damon is a respected clinical psychologist who is living and working in Manhattan, New York City. He is specialized in working with people suffering from depression and anxiety, those who have problems in their relationships and marriage, as well as those with addiction to drugs and alcohol. He is also known to be working with people who have human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). He occasionally does group therapies with some of his patients.
Love life and marriage with Clinton
Clinton and Damon were introduced by a mutual friend at a party in 2007, and began dating shortly afterwards.
They were in a relationship for around two years before marrying in 2009, at a small ceremony held at their home in Connecticut, which only their closest friends and family attended. Both Clinton and Damon are busy due to their demanding careers, but still find time to spend together, and as they are both keen on travelling, they often spend their holidays at attractive, remote or exotic locations.
There were rumors circling the internet that the two were planning on adopting a child, but this still hasn’t happened and they are parents only to their Jack Russell terrier pet dog Mary, who is a rescue dog and is often featured in their pictures on Instagram.
Hobbies and other interests
Damon is a big lover of animals and had several pet dogs as he was growing up, his family had two when he was a teenager, and now he takes care of his dog Mary together with Clinton. His main hobby is travelling and he and his husband have been all over the world together and have visited some of the most popular destinations such as Iceland in 2016, the land of volcanos and freezing weather in Europe, The Great Wall of China, Asia, as well as the pyramids in Egypt. Damon has read numerous books over the years, most associated with psychology, while he is also keen on books written by philosophers such as Aristotle, Rene Descartes, and Plato.
Damon is a fan of the film industry, and often watches movies and TV series with his other half. His favorite actor and actress are Neil Patrick Harris and Anne Hathaway, the movies he likes watching the most are “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Lord of the Rings” franchise, while his favorite TV series is “The Big Bang Theory”.
Appearance and net worth
Damon has short brown hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, and weighs around 165lbs (75kgs). His net worth is estimated at over $2 million, while Clinton’s is reputedly over $4 million, as of mid-2024..
Who is Clinton Kelly, Damon’s husband?
Clinton Kelly was born in Panama City, Panama (then) USA on 22 February 1969 – his zodiac sign is Pisces and he holds American nationality. Damon is a TV personality, lifestyle consultant, and an author, best known for hosting “The Chew” American cooking-themed talk show.
Clinton was raised in Port Jefferson Station on Long Island, as his parents moved there shortly after he was born. He studied at Comsewogue High School in New York before enrolling at Boston College, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications in 1991.
He wanted to become a novelist while he was a teenager, but was afraid of ending up with no money, so focused on journalism instead. He enrolled at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and graduated in 1993.
Clinton became a freelance writer and editor for several New York newspapers after graduation, and wrote about a variety of topics such as relationships, training, and travelling. He went on to become a fashion writer for the international monthly magazine “Marie Claire”, and then became the executive editor of the “Daily News Record” fashion trade journal.
While he was working for “Daily News Record”, he was invited to star in TLC’s show “What Not to Wear” alongside an American stylist and author Stacy London. The goal of the show was to help people refresh their wardrobes, to help them create a new style for themselves, which would also make them feel better. In 2011, he became the moderator of ABC daytime show “The Chew”, which talks about food, entertaining and lifestyle topics, but mostly depends on the chemistry between its hosts. He won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host in 2015 shared with other hosts of the show such as Michael Symon and Carla Hall.
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He has recently been chosen to host the fifth season of the “Spring Baking Championship” Food Network seasonal cooking competition show in 2019.
Damon is a writer, and is best known for publishing his memoirs in a series of essays in 2017, entitled “I Hate Everyone, Except You”. He released several books before that, such as “Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That’s Right for Your Body” in 2005, “Freakin’ Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally be Better than Everyone Else” in 2008, and “Freaking Fabulous on a Budget” in 2013 among others.
