Zak Bagans keeps his private life quiet, which has left plenty of room for rumours. Some of them are simply wrong.
Here is the record as it stands: Bagans has never been married, and he has no children. His best-documented relationship is with Holly Madison. Before that, he was linked to Christine Dolce.
Everything else in this article is either clearly labelled as a report or left out because it could not be verified.
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Who Is Zak Bagans?
Zak Bagans is an American paranormal investigator, television host, author, and museum owner.
He is best known as the host and executive producer of Ghost Adventures, which began on the Travel Channel in 2008. In October 2017, he opened The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, in the historic Wengert Mansion.
His work, not his dating life, is what he talks about most in public. That is one reason his relationship history is short on detail.
Quick Facts
- Full name: Zachery Alexander Bagans
- Known for: Ghost Adventures, The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas
- Marital status: Never married
- Children: None
- Best-documented relationship: Holly Madison, 2019-2025, on and off
- Earlier link: Christine Dolce
Is Zak Bagans Married?
No. Bagans has never been married.
No wedding record, no confirmed marriage announcement, and no wife has ever been identified by a reliable source. Reports that he married Christine Dolce in Las Vegas are not supported.
Does Zak Bagans Have Children?
No. Bagans has no children.
This point needs care because it is where the old version of this article went badly wrong. It claimed Bagans had a daughter with Holly Madison, then gave two different names for that daughter in different sections.
Neither claim is true. Madison has two children, Rainbow and Forest, but their father is her ex-husband, Pasquale Rotella, not Bagans. Madison and Bagans did not start dating until 2019, years after Rainbow was born in 2013.
Zak Bagans and Holly Madison: The Full Timeline
This is the relationship most people mean when they search for Bagans’ dating history.
How they met
Madison and Bagans had met before, but they were both with other people at the time. They reconnected when Madison visited Bagans’ Haunted Museum in Las Vegas in May 2019.
TMZ reported the romance in June 2019, shortly after Madison’s divorce from Pasquale Rotella was finalised in February 2019.
2019 to 2021: the first run
The couple dated for about two years. They kept the relationship largely private and rarely posted together.
In February 2021, reports said they had split. Neither made a long public statement at the time.
2023 to 2025: back together, then a final split
Bagans and Madison reconciled in 2023. Their relationship remained on and off.
In March 2025, Madison confirmed on her podcast, Girls Next Level, that they had broken up again. This time, she said, it was “for good, for good.”
She pointed to a telling detail: they had unfollowed each other on social media, something she said they had never done during earlier breaks.
Bagans told TMZ around the same time that he would not go into details, that they had shared many good memories, and that he was dating again and moving on.
What was said after the split
In May 2025, Madison posted on social media alleging that she had found out her ex had been unfaithful with multiple other women.
That is an allegation made by Madison, not a confirmed finding. Bagans did not publicly answer the details. This article reports what Madison said without presenting her claim as proven fact.
As of the latest reliable updates, Bagans has not gone public with a new long-term partner. A brief TMZ comment that he was dating again is not the same as a confirmed new relationship, so no new girlfriend is named here.
Zak Bagans and Christine Dolce
Before Madison, Bagans was linked to Christine Dolce, known as “ForBiddeN” and once called the Queen of MySpace.
Dolce was a model, makeup artist, and early social media star. Reports place their link in the early 2010s, with some sources saying 2010 and others saying 2013. The exact dates of the relationship are not reliably confirmed, so this article does not present one year as settled.
What is confirmed is sadder and clearer: Dolce died on 6 February 2017, aged 35, from liver failure. Bagans posted a public tribute at the time, saying she would be missed and asking that she rest in peace.
They were never married, and no wedding took place.
The 2014 Engagement Post: What It Does and Does Not Prove
On 1 April 2014, Bagans posted on Twitter about an engagement, sharing a photo with a woman named Ashley Mallett.
No marriage followed, and later reporting states that Bagans has never been engaged or married. The date of the post, 1 April, and the absence of any wedding or further confirmation mean this should not be treated as a confirmed engagement.
This article mentions it only to explain why the rumour exists. It does not list Ashley Mallett as a confirmed fiancee.
Rumours This Article Leaves Out
The old version of this article listed a long string of famous names as Bagans’ girlfriends. Those claims could not be verified from reliable reporting, so they are not repeated here as fact.
That includes claims linking Bagans to Cara Delevingne, Amanda Cerny, Brittany Furlan, Joanna Krupa, Alycia Lane, Mercia Andrews, Chandler Powell, Kristen Stewart, Britney Spears, and Kendall Jenner.
A rumour appearing on a gossip blog is not the same as a confirmed relationship. If reliable reporting confirms any of these in future, the list can be updated then.
Zak Bagans Dating History at a Glance
| Person | Period | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Dolce | Early 2010s, exact dates unconfirmed | Linked; Dolce died in 2017 |
| Holly Madison | 2019-2021, then 2023-2025, on and off | Confirmed; final split in March 2025 |
| Ashley Mallett | April 2014 social media post only | Unconfirmed engagement claim; no marriage followed |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Zak Bagans married?
No. He has never been married.
Is Zak Bagans dating anyone now?
No new long-term partner has been publicly confirmed since his final split from Holly Madison in 2025. He told TMZ at the time that he was dating again and moving on, but he has not named a new girlfriend in reliable reporting.
Did Zak Bagans and Holly Madison have a child together?
No. Madison’s two children are from her marriage to Pasquale Rotella.
Did Zak Bagans marry Christine Dolce?
No. They were linked, but they were never married.
Why is Zak Bagans’ dating history so short?
He keeps his private life private. The two names with real reporting behind them are Christine Dolce and Holly Madison. Other names circulating online lack reliable confirmation.
Bottom Line
Strip away the rumours, and Bagans’ dating history is straightforward: a private man, never married, with no children, whose most serious public relationship was a six-year, on-and-off romance with Holly Madison that ended for good in 2025.
Anything beyond that needs better evidence than a gossip post before it belongs in an article like this.
