Who is Melissa Rivers’ fiance Steve Mitchel?

TV star Melissa Rivers has reportedly been engaged to boyfriend of almost two years Steve Mitchel.

The daughter of late comedian Joan Rivers was spotted wearing a diamond engagement ring, but who is her fiance and what does he do for a living? Here’s all we know.

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Who is Melissa Rivers fiance Steve Mitchel?

The romantic status of the actress has been kept away from the spotlight after a string of failed marriages.

But the star has confirmed she is now engaged to boyfriend Steve Mitchel after years of dating.

Sources said the lovebirds met at a Didi Hirsch Mental Health and Suicide Prevention event.

Months later, Steve popped the question to Melissa while they were on holiday at a Resort in Mexico in October 2023.

The actress told PEOPLE: “It’s a big step for both for us and I’m still in complete and total shock, even a month later, but beyond happy.

“And more importantly, my mom would have approved of the ring. Oh yeah, and of Steve too!”

The bride-to-be said she is enjoying the fiance stage but the couple isn’t rushing into a wedding anytime soon.

“We’re taking baby steps. We haven’t planned anything yet. If we do a ceremony and party I can’t imagine it being any time before 2025.

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“I can guarantee it will be nothing like my first wedding or anything on that level,” she said. 

What does Steve Mitchel do for a living?

Mitchel is removed from the Hollywood spotlight and has his own career as an attorney based in Los Angeles.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he specialises in various areas of law – including civil litigation, arbitration, construction law and dispute resolution.

He is reportedly a Managing Partner of The Mitchel Law firm in Brentwood, California.

Was Melissa Rivers married before and does she have any children?

Melissa was previously married horse trainer John Endicott in 1998 for five years until their 2003 split.

She has a 22-year-old son from that marriage, Edgar Cooper Endicott, born in 2000.

After her failed marriage, the star said she’d never tie the knot again.

The star later dated Jason Zimmerman and Mark Rousso before meeting her now-fiance Mitchel.

In her 2021 book ‘The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation’ she wrote that she would like to have another child, but didn’t think she needed to be married to do it.

During her podcast ‘Behind the Velvet Rope’ she said: “A lot of people told me how incredibly difficult it would be for me to do.

“I’m over 50. I’m a single person, I’m sure I could make it work, but I’ve really come to the conclusion that I’m not sure it would be fair to a child.”