EXCLUSIVETOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie reveals suicidal depression as second wife Molly Holm files for divorce 18 months after lavish wedding
Multi-millionaire TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie split from his second wife Molly Holm just 18 months after their lavish love festival wedding after confessing he had contemplated suicide, DailyMail.
Multi-millionaire TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie split from his second wife Molly Holm just 18 months after their lavish love festival wedding after confessing he had contemplated suicide, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Molly, 33, filed in a Marin County, California, court to divorce the unlucky-in-love businessman on October 21, just weeks after categorically denying rumors of their broken marriage.
The filing came a week after Mycoskie revealed on his friend’s podcast that he had been battling severe depression for the past year and even considered killing himself at his darkest moments.
Blake, 48, who is worth an estimated $400 million, has two children with his first wife Heather Lang and was helping raise Mollys six-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Ella.
DailyMail.com spoke to two sources close to the couple who said they split this summer, though Molly rubbished the claims when contacted in August, saying that they were on a beautiful journey together, love each other a lot, and were great.
They marked their one-year anniversary in June, celebrating 12 months since their lavish Utah desert wedding at a $3,700-per-night hotel, with guests flown in by private jet.
It was a spectacular and theatrical ceremony, with Blake and Molly arriving at the festivities on the backs of camels and later partying in a 70s psychedelic-themed disco.
But by the time summer 2024 came around, rumor was spreading through the couples friends that the relationship was getting rocky.
Blake Mycoskie and Molly Holm announced their engagement in 2021 but broke things off temporarily just months after moving to Costa Rica together
DailyMail.com can now reveal former model Holm, 33, has filed for divorce 18 months after the couple tied the knot at the luxurious Amangiri Hotel in Canyon Point, Utah
Molly declined to comment when asked about the divorce. Brad did not immediately respond to approaches from DailyMail.com.
Just a week before Molly filed divorce papers, Blake spoke out on his college buddy Tyler Ramsey’s podcast revealing he had been in a deep depression and even contemplated suicide.
Blake said that in June he was ‘at the lowest possible point I’ve ever been in my life’, and had been ‘struggling with a pretty serious depression for over a year’.
‘Last April I was at the end of my rope. I didn’t really know what to do. I felt totally trapped,’ he said on the Painful Lessons Podcast on October 16.
‘I didn’t feel there was anything to look forward to in life. I was really consumed with these horrible dark thoughts. It was really scary.’
He said a psychiatrist ‘misdiagnosed’ him with bipolar type two, and put him on antipsychotic, mood stabilizing and antidepressant medications that he believes led him to become suicidal.
Blake said he even tried electric shock therapy, but nothing worked.
He spent five weeks at the Alternative to Meds Center in Sedona, Arizona weening himself off his medication with the help of another psychiatrist.
The entrepreneur posted on Facebook about his struggle, saying that he was ‘not cured’ but improving.
Court records show Molly, 33, filed in a Marin County, California court to divorce the unlucky-in-love businessman on October 21, just weeks after categorically denying rumors of their broken marriage
Holm, a former model and investment fund manager, looked stunning in a lacy white wedding dress with a long veil and train and a sheer panel on its profile
The madly in love couple, pictured during their engagement party in November 2021, became engaged in September 2021 and had plans for Mycoskie to adopt Holms five-year-old daughter Ella
Pictures snapped by guests and posted on Instagram show an open-air dinner overlooking the desert sunset near the border with Arizona during the June 2023 wedding ceremony
‘Today, I feel like myself again and am committed to continuing my healing journey and rebuilding my life. While Im not "cured," Im on a path I believe will lead to lasting wellness,’ he wrote.
One person close to the Mycoskies told DailyMail.com that their children were informed of Blake and Molly separating in early August.
At the time, Molly protested that Blake was just away on a trip hiking the Grand Canyon.
The kids were told something different, but it had nothing to do with that, she told DailyMail.com.
No papers are being filed and we arent splitting up. Theres people that we think are our friends, that are spreading rumors unfortunately.
We love each other a lot. Weve been on a beautiful journey together, and were continuing that journey and we have a beautiful family.
They had been living in Costa Rica, but later moved to Marin County, California, near Mollys family.
Its definitely not Costa Rica, but its very beautiful, she said of their new home that summer.
Were near my family, and thats nice. I grew up here. Were great, were living life. Were in Marin, and its really hot.
Either way, by October, their feelings had cooled and their irreconcilable differences had got the better of them, with Molly filing court papers in Marin County.
Their divorce may lead to a tricky financial unpicking, as Blakes $10million Marin mansion was moved from his trust to being held solely in Mollys name in January last year, according to property records.
The serial entrepreneur and philanthropist founded Shoes for Better Tomorrows, now just TOMS, in 2006 after a trip to Argentina where he saw kids with no shoes and decided to donate a pair for each one sold.
By 2019 the firm had donated 95 million pairs of shoes. It was valued at $625million in 2014 when Mycoskie sold 50 per cent to Bain capital.
In 2019 he split with Heather, his then-wife and mother of his son Summit and daughter Charlie.
Within a year he was looking for love again, even taking part in TCM reality show The Sexiest Bachelor in America.
Life coach China Jones posted pictures from the event on Instagram and gushed over the incredible three-day celebration, with the main ceremony being held on a big rock mesa under the cliffs in open air
The luxury resort and venue boasts stunning views at sunset and sunrise over the canyon cliffs
The lavish celebration were held at Amangiri Hotel in Canyon Point – a favorite among A-list celebrities and where rooms start at around $3,700 per night
But he found his next partner off-screen when he started dating Molly that year. The two got engaged in September 2021.
DailyMail.com previously reported an alleged hiccup in their relationship in May 2022 when friends said Blake and Molly temporarily split after realizing they became so wrapped up in each other in a whirlwind romance that they needed to step back to concentrate on their kids.
Blake sold his Jackson, Wyoming, mansion for $65million, they moved to Costa Rica, and allegedly even planned for him to adopt her daughter Ella.
But friends said they soon found their adventure-filled life left too little time for their combined three children.
They told me, "were good friends, and we just want to concentrate on our kids, because we got so wrapped up in each other", one confidant told DailyMail.com anonymously.
They were madly in love. And I think they just excluded their kids.
He was going to adopt Ella. That probably both got them thinking about the reality of things. Like is she going to adopt his kids? Things just got weird.
I think they didnt have enough time at the end of the day for their children. And they realized, we need to put the brakes on things and be great friends and parent our kids right now, the friend added.
Speaking to DailyMail.com this summer, Molly said they put their kids first throughout the relationship.
At their June 2023 wedding they were the picture of a loving couple, surrounded by adoring guests.
Mycoskie and Holm, who began dating in 2020, often shared photos of their family adventures on social media
Mycoskie had sold his Jackson, Wyoming mansion for $65million to moved to Costa Rica with his then fiancée, and had reportedly even planned to adopt Mollys daughter Ella
The desert nuptials were kicked off with the couple arriving on the backs of two camels, their two girls wearing frilly baby blue dresses and starry crowns and Holm in a black jumpsuit embroidered with moons and stars; their friends and family gathered to greet them.
Pictures snapped by guests and posted on Instagram show a four-tiered chocolate wedding cake and an open-air dinner overlooking the desert sunset near the border with Arizona.
Holm, who says she worked as an Investment Fund Manager at Highbridge Equity Partners and studied at UC Berkeley, wore a lacy white wedding dress with a long veil and train and a sheer panel on its profile.
She wore light jewelry of two bracelets and moon-and-stars earrings. Blake wore a black tuxedo with a desert plant boutonniere.
The newlyweds posed for photos by canyon cliffs with their dog.
An insider told DailyMail.com that guests were flown in by private jet then bused to the location in 4x4s due to the rough desert terrain.
The day they arrived there was a western saloon theme, the source said. A lot of guests went horse riding over the desert. Then there was another event with a Moroccan bazaar theme.
Molly and Blake arrived for the whole event on camelback – as you do.
Mycoskie has two children from his previous marriage to Heather Lang. They are pictured together at a TOMS for Target launch event in 2014
The wedding itself was held on a big rock mesa under the cliffs in the open air.
Then there was a 70s-themed disco, complete with an illuminated dance floor. Everyone had psychedelic attire and it went late into the night.
The same month, Mycoskie had pledged $100million, a quarter of his net worth, to psychedelic therapies for treating mental health conditions.
The entrepreneur said he hoped his donation would inspire others to invest in psilocybin, MDMA and other mind-altering drugs with potential mental health benefits.
Life coach China Jones posted pictures from the event and gushed with praise for her friends.
Coming down off the most unforgettable wedding weekend love festival that will forever be a favorite memory, she wrote.
Set in the breathtaking Utah canyons, it was nothing short of incredible. From the western saloon, Moroccan bazar, remote & stunning ceremony location, art car crawl and disco after party… not one detail was overlooked.
The vision, creativity, and attention to detail was only matched by the caliber of people in attendance. I had so much fun meeting new friends and reconnecting with my lifelong crew of [mermaid emojis].
But now, just 18 months later, the fairytale has ended.
