{"id":43064,"date":"2026-01-16T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=43064"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:03:08","slug":"traitors-us-star-eric-nam-got-married-on-tv-10-years-ago-but-does-he-have-a-girlfriend-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/16\/traitors-us-star-eric-nam-got-married-on-tv-10-years-ago-but-does-he-have-a-girlfriend-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Traitors US star Eric Nam &#8216;got married&#8217; on TV 10 years ago, but does he have a girlfriend now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"628\">Eric Nam turning up on The Traitors US is honestly the kind of crossover my pop-culture brain lives for: K-pop-adjacent heartthrob, chaotic-socially-savvy energy, and just enough mystery to keep everyone talking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"628\">And because <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/16\/she-was-on-big-brother-before-the-traitors-so-what-is-tiffany-mitchells-whopping-net-worth\/\">reality TV<\/a> loves a \u201cwait\u2026 didn\u2019t he already get married?\u201d moment, people are rediscovering that time Eric technically had a wife on television.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"628\">So what was that about, and what do we actually know about his real-life dating situation today?<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"673\">Eric Nam was on \u2018We Got Married\u2019 in 2016<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DS7AaHJlWPE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Eric Nam \u110b\u1166\u1105\u1175\u11a8\u1102\u1161\u11b7 (@ericnam)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"1091\">If you\u2019re new to the \u201cEric Nam got married\u201d lore&#8230; it happened on the long-running Korean variety show We Got Married, where celebrities are paired in a pretend marriage and film \u201ccouple\u201d missions together.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"1091\">Eric was matched with MAMAMOO\u2019s Solar in 2016, and the pairing became a huge fan-favourite because they were sweet, funny, and surprisingly natural together.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1459\">On the show, Eric kept it pretty complimentary and low-key. In a 2016 interview reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soompi.com\/article\/880175wpp\/eric-nam-reveals-relationship-got-married-partner-solar-camera\">Soompi<\/a>, he described Solar as basically his opposite in a cute way, and said that even when they were both busy, they still contacted each other often, so it wasn\u2019t just \u201csee you next filming day!\u201d energy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1873\">But here\u2019s the less sparkly side: years later, Eric talked about how sensitive the whole thing became because some people were not okay with seeing their idol \u201cpaired off,\u201d even in a fake marriage. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaboo.com\/stories\/eric-nam-opened-downside-got-married\/\">2021 piece<\/a> quoting him on DIVE Studios\u2019 K-Pop Daebak, he said he received a lot of hate, and that the topic still made him nervous because people took it out of context.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"1928\">So yes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/15\/heres-everything-alexa-lemieux-has-been-up-to-following-her-love-is-blind-divorce\/\">TV husband era<\/a> was real\u2026 but also complicated.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"270\">Exploring Eric&#8217;s dating life since<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ct5EF2Vvjiy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ct5EF2Vvjiy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Eric Nam \u110b\u1166\u1105\u1175\u11a8\u1102\u1161\u11b7 (@ericnam)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"419\">So\u2026 is Eric Nam secretly cuffed in 2026? The short answer: there\u2019s no confirmed girlfriend, and honestly, his schedule alone might explain why.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"882\">If you take one look at his career right now, it\u2019s giving main character energy. Eric is a full-blown global star, a multilingual singer-songwriter, TV personality, and entrepreneur who\u2019s been named GQ Korea\u2019s Man of the Year and landed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericnam.com\/about\">his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"882\">He\u2019s one of the most internationally successful Korean solo artists, and he\u2019s currently in the middle of a massive sold-out world tour, headlining 59 shows across 54 cities. Casual!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1188\">In 2022, he released his first independent album, There And Back Again, which debuted in the Top 10 on US and UK Spotify charts and cracked the Billboard Top 25 for album sales.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1188\">On top of that, he hosts the #1 K-pop podcast Daebak Show, which was named one of Apple Podcasts\u2019 Best Listens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1244\">In other words: the man is booked, busy, and thriving.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1617\">While Eric has openly said in the past that he has dated, he\u2019s never been one to overshare about his love life and these days, he seems far more focused on building his empire than settling into a public relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1617\">Between touring the world, dropping music, hosting podcasts, and now playing mind games on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/09\/the-traitors-us-season-four-cast-are-all-insanely-rich-so-what-are-all-their-net-worths\/\">The Traitors US<\/a>, romance may simply be on the back burner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a decade since his pretend ceremony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734210,"featured_media":43076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1708,1990],"class_list":["post-43064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-peacock","tag-the-traitors"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/16\/traitors-us-star-eric-nam-got-married-on-tv-10-years-ago-but-does-he-have-a-girlfriend-now\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Traitors US star Eric Nam &#8216;got married&#8217; 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