Since Jessica and Deontays’ 2009 split, the father and professional boxer has found a new love to cheer him on courtside of the ring, a woman who in contrast to his former partner, seems very comfortable standing in the public eye. Telli Swift, the well-traveled actress, model and star of American television reality series WAGS Atlanta, who was born in the Philippines before being raised in Japan and then moving to Los Angeles, has been a prominent feature at matches alongside her beau in recent years.
Telli’s impressive near half-million followers on her Instagram account show her contrasting love of the limelight and it was in fact here, in Telli’s DMs that the pair first entertained romance, after they initially met and were attracted to one another at a Los Angeles airport in 2015. Though Telli was committed from the offset, Deontay was very reluctant to jump in the deep end and felt like they might be going a bit too fast. When asked why he felt that way he said he was scared he might get his heartbroken. Telli didn’t give up though and the pair have now been engaged over two years and even have a two-year-old daughter together named Kaorii Lee, born on March 7, 2018.