Giada De Laurentiis Celebrates Grad with Ex and New Love

 posed with both her ex-husband and new beau for the first time.

The 55-year-old chef was at her 18-year-old daughter Jade Marie De Laurentiis-Thompson's high school graduation on Thursday when she was .

In one image, she The cook and the fashion designer were together for 25 years total and married from 2003 until 2015.

Also seen was the star, her kid and her new boyfriend, Shane Farley, who works as a television producer.

They have been together since 2015 but have never gotten married.

'She did it! What an unbelievable milestone for our girl, our world changer, our graduate. Keep shining Jadey, we love you more than you will ever know✨,' wrote De Laurentiis in her Instagram caption.

Thompson added, 'Wow! Can’t believe we have a Graduate! ❤️❤️❤️ I am so Proud of our Jade!'

Jade also sang at the ceremony as she is in a band called The Hours.

The chef frequently shares snaps with her only child on her social media.

In 2024 she

She was burnt out as she told Rebecca Minkoff on her Superwoman podcast two years ago.

'I would switch gears without knowing it every seven years,' she explained. 

'So I did Everyday Italian for seven years, then I got pregnant, and I was like, "OK, I can’t do that show anymore. I’ve got to do a reincarnation of the show because I’m now pregnant. I’m a different person,”' she said of having Jade in 2008.

She joined The Food Network in 2002 and over the years put out the shows, including Everyday Italian, which won her a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lifestyle Host, Giada's Weekend Getaways, Giada at Home, Giada Entertains and Giada in Italy.

And walking away from all of that terrified her. 

'It took a while for me to make this decision because I was very fearful of leaving Food Network,' she said. 

'Because when you’re a big fish in that pond and then you get out, who knows what’s gonna happen next? But I really started to become interested in the entrepreneurial sort of journey. And I realized I couldn’t do both.'

De Laurentiis cited her 2015 divorce, her busy work schedule and being a single mom as reasons she was burnt out and 'felt like the world was crumbling around me.' 

'So about two and a half years ago, I finally was like, "okay, I'm gonna make the jump, and I'm gonna put my energy in Giadzy."'

And so far at least, she doesn't miss it, which surprises her.

'I know, I should say yes. I think it’s because I got burnt out. I really worked so hard for so long. I got burnt out and I couldn’t see a path that was exciting anymore. I need excitement. And if I’m getting bored, my viewers are getting bored,' she explained.