{"id":2084052,"date":"2025-10-11T15:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2084052"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:56:26","slug":"criss-angel-and-ex-shaunyl-benson-trade-shots-on-social-media-amid-messy-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/criss-angel-and-ex-shaunyl-benson-trade-shots-on-social-media-amid-messy-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Criss Angel and Ex Shaunyl Benson Trade Shots On Social Media Amid Messy Split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are two sides to every story. On Friday, Criss Angel took to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPoog1QElFx\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> to ask his fans to unfollow his partner of 12 years, Shaunyl Benson. But just an hour later, those who went to her page to do so found the lengthy video she posted in response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTo my fans and friends, I\u2019m sure by now you recognized that I\u2019m going through something personal. Today I stopped following a narcissist \u2013 somebody who destroyed a beautiful family in pursuit of another man,\u201d wrote the 57-year-old magician. He asked fans to \u201cfollow my lead,\u201d and unfollow Benson, whom he married in 2015. The pair divorced one year later, but eventually got back together, reports the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/10\/celebrity-news\/criss-angel-claims-narcissist-partner-shaunyl-benson-destroyed-a-beautiful-family-in-pursuit-of-another-man\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>celebrity.land<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0 In 2023, Angel proposed to Benson again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In her own <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPovgY3kX9B\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">video<\/a>, Benson elaborated on the on-and-off nature of their relationship, saying that despite \u201cinfidelity\u201d being \u201cvery present,\u201d she \u201cturned a blind eye\u201d and stayed for the couple\u2019s three children, Johnny, 11, Xristos Yanni, 6, and Illusia, 3. She said that \u201cabout four years ago,\u201d she learned that \u201cthere were young girls having to send really intense things, really personal, disgusting\u2014not disgusting, just really heart shattering\u2014things to their boss.\u201d After learning this information \u201cI started to detach,\u201d she revealed. \u201cI should\u2019ve left then.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">KWKC\/MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Benson then explained that the \u201cother man\u201d Angel referred to is \u201ca rockstar\u201d she DMed with because she was \u201clonely.\u201d According to her, that man is now in another relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMe leaving now has nothing to do with anybody else,\u201d said Benson. \u201cI want to change my life and nobody\u2019s going to do that for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/criss-angel-and-ex-shaunyl-benson-trade-shots-on-social-media-amid-messy-split\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Criss Angel and Ex Shaunyl Benson Trade Shots On Social Media Amid Messy Split;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Criss Angel and Ex Shaunyl Benson Trade Shots On Social Media Amid Messy Split<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Globe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>Globe<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>Globe<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two sides to every story. On Friday, Criss Angel took to Instagram to ask his fans to unfollow his partner of 12 years, Shaunyl Benson. But just an hour later, those who went to her page to do so found the lengthy video she posted in response. \u201cTo my fans and friends, I\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2084053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[365351,392134,392135,392136],"class_list":["post-2084052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-benson","tag-criss-angel","tag-shaunyl-benson","tag-there-are-two-sides-to-every-story"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Criss-Angel-and-Ex-Shaunyl-Benson-Trade-Shots-On-Social.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2084052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084054,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084052\/revisions\/2084054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2084053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2084052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2084052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2084052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}