By all accounts, Michelle Mangan is one woman whose fame came as a result of her love affair with a prominent person. In her case, she is known as the wife of Johnny Damon, an American former professional baseball player who played for Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians among other teams. On her own, she has been able to appear on the TV screen of the show Glow: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in 1986, and POWW: Powerful Women of Wrestling (1987).
Her journey as the wife of Johnny Damon started in 2004 after his first marriage with Angela Vannice failed in 2002. Keep reading to find out everything about their love life.
How They Met
The presently 51 years old Johnny Damon and his wife Michelle Damon have kept a lot about their relationship lives under wraps. This makes it difficult to say how they met. Nonetheless, they became married in 2004.
However, there are claims that the couple may have met before his divorce to Angela Vannice. In a revelation of Damon, he had already started cheating on his ex-wife with other women when he felt that she no longer wanted him. He further claimed that he cheated on her with 3 women and was not sure which one of them to choose. As a result of this, it became popular news that she may be among one of the women
Johnny Damon Lasted 10 Years Married To His First Wife
The Asian America Hall of Fame inductee became married to his high school love, Angela Vannice in 1992. As his wife, she saw the earliest years of his career right from when he made his MLB debut in 1995 with the Kansas City Royals to his career with the Boston Red from 2002.
10 years later, however, the former couple headed for a divorce. According to Damon in his book Idiot: Beating ‘The Curse’ and Enjoying the Fame of Life’, his ex-wife was the course of their divorce. In her defense, however, Mangan claimed that he wrote things about her to gain the publicity that perhaps playing could not have gained him.
They Married a Year Before He Left Boston Red Sox
Following his career with the Oakland Athletics in 2001, Damon moved to Boston Red Sox in 2002. In 2004 while still playing for the team, he became married to Michelle. A year into the marriage in 2005, he left the team for the New York Yankees from 2006-2009. In 2010, he moved to Detroit Tiger, Tampa Bay Rays (2011), and Cleveland Indians in 2012.
Throughout the period that they were married, he received awards such as:
- Baseball America 2nd-Team All-Star, Al All-Star (2005)
- TYIB Award: Best Postseason Moment (2009)
- Asian American Hall of Fame (2017)
- Prior to that, he won other awards such as:
- Midwest League All-Star OF (1993 )
- Carolina League All-Star Royals Minor League Player of the Year (1994)
- Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star, KC Royals Minor League Player of the Year, Texas League All-Star & Most Valuable Player, AA All-Star, and AA Player of the Year (1995)
- KC Royals Player of the Year (2000)
- All-Star (Inaugural AL All-Star Final Vote winner, 2002)
Michelle Mangan Has 6 Children from Her Marriage to Her Former Professional Baseball Player Husband
For almost 2 decades that Damon and Mangan have been married, they have welcomed 6 children together – 5 girls and a son. Among the children include twin daughters. This would make the multi-award-winning sportsman have 8 children that include 2 sets of twins from his 2 marriages.
The Couple Has an Acting Career
Apart from his sporting career, Damon also has a career showing his other talent on TV as an actor. This career however is shared by his wife who although has not appeared in many works as an actress, also has played a number of roles. Together, they appeared in The Apprentice (2015) reality series.
For Damon, some of his works include movies and reality shows like:
- Break a Bat! Where Baseball Meets Broadway (2020)
- Below Deck Mediterranean (2019-2020)
- WWE Raw (2009)
- TNS Impact! Wrestling (2007)
- Rome is Burning (2007)
- Fever Pitch (2005)
- Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004)
Works Michelle Mangan Featured in
- The Apprentice (2015)
- POWW: Powerful Women of Wrestling (1987)
- GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (1986)
They Were Arrested For Driving Under Influence and Resisting Arrest
In February 2021, the couple was involved in a police case when they were together and Damon was driving under the influence of alcohol which was later discovered that he had the legal limit of .30 and not up to the legal limit of .80. Michelle Mangan on her own part, was arrested for resisting arrest.
