Does Gloria Gaynor have children? What is known about her descendants and partner?

This month, Gloria Gaynor returns to Madrid, Spain, at 81 years old to perform at the WiZink Center on October 12, which has led her fans to wonder about her children and partner.

However, the disco diva was only married once in her life, in 1979 to Linwood Simon , her former manager. Although they had problems over time, the singer confessed to People that she felt safe with him.

The American actress lived with a completely absent father. In fact, it was her mother who had to raise her seven children alone after Gloria’s father abandoned the family when she was born.

Even so, the couple had some very interesting moments, however, everything started to go out of balance, since Gloria Gaynor wanted to be a mother, while Simón was not interested and the artist let it go.

Does Gloria Gaynor have children?

In that sense, Gaynor never managed to have children , but she always made it clear that she wanted to be a mother: ” Having children was something I always wanted, but my ex-husband was never interested. It’s funny, I was the only one of my siblings who always wanted to have children, but I’m the only one who didn’t have them. I’ve already accepted that and besides, I wouldn’t have wanted to raise them in a broken marriage .”

It was the ‘I Will Survive’ singer who decided to end her relationship with Simon due to questionable behavior, as the artist suffered a severe migraine for the second time and she claims that her husband did not want to take her to the hospital.

Why didn’t he remarry?

In early 2024, Gloria Gaynor gave an interview to Closer US, where she admitted that she cannot have a relationship even if she wants to, assuring that the men did not want to be friends.

” Of course I would date someone. I love men. I grew up with five brothers and I prefer male company. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to really want to be friends. I have a couple of gay friends ,” she explained.