Maureen E. McPhilmy Biography

Maureen E. McPhilmy is a public relations executive from the United States. She is best known for being the ex-wife of an American television host and author Bill O’Reilly.

Early life and education of Maureen E. McPhilmy

Maureen E. McPhilmy was born as Maureen Elizabeth McPhilmy in 1966, May 3 in Chittenango, New York, USA to American parents. She belongs to white ethnicity and has an American nationality.

Maureen’s father worked in a market while her mother was a Gardner. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. Maureen enrolled at the local St. Peter’s School and completed her graduate degree.

Maureen E. McPhilmy Career

After completing her education, Maureen started working at a restaurant as a waitress. In 1992, she became a public relations executive, but was unable to achieve success.

Maureen is also responsible for promoting, managing and maintaining the public vision of the person, organization, product or service.

Maureen works with individual clients, business executives, or both to determine exact advertising-related goals.

Maureen E. McPhilmy Net Worth

Maureen’s current net worth could be double the millions. The couple own a $4 million home on Long Island. It is also rumored that she obtained a large divorce settlement from her ex-husband Bill O’Reilly, estimated at around $10 million.

The personal life of Maureen E. McPhilmy

Maureen married Bill O’Reilly on November 2, 1996, at St. Brigit Parish located in Westbury. She was 30 years old at the time.

The couple first met on a show called ‘A Current Affair’ in 1992, where Bill was the host of the show and Maureen worked as a PR executive at the same location. They became friends and later began dating.

Bill O’Reilly is a popular television talk show host and political commentator. Maureen and Bill have two children named Madeline, born in 1998 and Spencer, born in 2003.

However, the relationship did not last long, and they filed for divorce on April 2, 2001. Finally, on September 1, 2011, they officially separated.

Maureen claimed that her ex-husband Billy O’Reilly physically assaulted her multiple times in front of their children, which was the main reason for the divorce.

Their seventeen-year-old daughter Madeline claimed she witnessed the physical assault that took place in the couple’s apartment in Manhasset, New York. However, Bill released a statement calling the allegations ‘100 percent false’ in May 2015. The statement read:

All the accusations against me in these circumstances are 100% false. I will respect court-imposed confidentiality to protect my children and will not comment further.

In April 2015, her three years of custody on the Nassau County Supreme Court judge finally ended where custody of her children was awarded to Maureen.

Maureen married a second time to Jeffrey Gross. Her current husband is a Nassau County Police Detective, who was also previously married to Kathleen McBride and has two children. Later, his wife died of cervical cancer in 2006.