Who was Amber Ruffin’s husband? All about Dutch artist Jan Schilmeijer

Comedian Amber Ruffin is in the news due to the recent cancellation of her scheduled performance at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA). According to a report in NPR, the event is scheduled to take place on April 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

The decision was announced by WHCA President Eugene Daniels on March 29. The cancellation follows comments from White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich over Ruffin's past remarks about President Donald Trump.

According to her Instagram, the Late Night with Seth Meyers writer came out as queer on June 30, 2024, the final day of Pride Month.

“In what will come as a shock to exactly zero people, I’m using the last day of PRIDE to come out!” She wrote.

The 46-year-old was married to Jan Schiltmeijer for 13 years. The two tied the knot in 2010 and finalized their divorce in 2023 at the Rockland County Supreme Court in New York, according to a report in Distractify. Jan Schiltmeijer is a painter from Amsterdam and currently resides in New York, per his official website.

Interest in Ruffin's life has surged after the cancellation of her WHCA performance. Here are more details about her relationship with Schiltmeijer.

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Here is everything we know about Amber Ruffin’s ex-husband, Jan Schiltmeijer

Amber Ruffin’s former husband, Jan Schiltmeijer, was born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, as per his official website, which added that he joined a three-year art direction course in Amsterdam. After studying the course for two years, he became a full-time painter in 2004.

“So in 2004, I started and noticed fairly quickly that I was able to make people very happy with my work. Before I married my wife and came to the United States, I built up quite a clientele without ever having a website,” the bio on his website reads.

In a 2022 interview with Today, Ruffin spoke about her marriage with the Dutch artist. Recalling how and when they met, she said:

"My husband and I met in New York while we were both living in Amsterdam, and he is a Dutch person and I was performing with a theater called Boom Chicago, which is a theatre of Americans in Amsterdam, but we were on tour in New York." The comedian added: "He was just on vacation in New York. And I was outside of a bar downtown smoking a cigarette and he walked down the street.”

She further revealed they never celebrated their wedding anniversary. Recalling an incident from her past, she said:

"Three days after, I think it was our third anniversary, we were like 'our anniversary,' and we had completely missed it... and every year since, we keep missing it. It's truly like two 14-year-old boys found each other and two days after every anniversary, we high five."

Before his marriage with Ruffin in 2010, Schiltmeijer moved to New York, his website states. The couple reportedly met in 2008 and dated for two years before taking the leap in their relationship.

According to a report in BBC, it is not confirmed whether President Trump will attend this year’s White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner.