Steve Howey may have done the biggest 180 after “Reba.” Four years after starring as the goofy Van Montgomery, he landed the role of Kevin Ball on the risqué series “Shameless.” From a family-friendly sitcom to doing nude scenes, it’s safe to say Howey is a well-rounded actor. On starring in the Showtime drama, he told Hey Beauti, “It was a huge deal for me. I auditioned on the Warner Brothers lot in John Levy’s office and then came back for the producers … That’s where I met Shanola [Hampton] — Shanola and I had worked together when she guest starred on Reba … so that was pretty cool.” After his 10-year run on “Shameless,” Howey starred in the movie “Day Shift” with Jamie Foxx and then the 2023 series “True Lies.”
In 2021, Howey and his ex-wife Sarah Shahi officially divorced after separating the year prior, per Us Weekly. The two share joint custody of their three children, William, Violet, and Knox. Howey and Shahi were married for 11 years, and the “Sex/Life” star told People, “We were together for a very long time. We were together for 18 years. That’s not a failure. That was a long time. But the last 10 years we really did struggle.”
Unfortunately, “True Lies” was canceled after just one season, but Howey will undoubtedly pivot into another big role. As for whether he’d like a “Reba” reboot, he shared with Us Weekly, “I don’t know if I would wanna play Van again.”
