Kym Douglas, 66, Reveals Her ‘Second Chance’ Miracle: ‘It Happened When I Met Tim’ (Exclusive)

Television host, best-selling author, beauty and lifestyle expert and now-podcast cohost, Kym Douglas always has a smile on her face. But behind her effervescence, Kym has known deep heartache. On her podcast with Dyan Cannon, Tracey Bregman and Christine Avanti-Fischer, God’s Table Hollywood, the four dynamic women often share their personal stories. 

Several years ago, Kym underwent grueling eight-hour chemotherapy sessions for Stage 3B breast cancer following her diagnosis after a routine mammogram. “My unwavering faith in God and my determination to be present helped me through,” says Kym as our Woman’s World cover girl (get your copy here!). “I battled. I fought. I healed.” But life wasn’t done testing Kym.

Soon after her recovery, her husband of 37 years, The Young & the Restless star Jerry Douglas, was diagnosed with cancer. It was a five-year struggle before his passing, but Kym was determined to be there for their son, Hunter.

After enduring these profound losses, Kym gradually opened her heart to the possibility of love again. In March of last year, Kym married Tim Robertson, the son of the late Pat Robertson (founder of Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club). “The fact that our first marriages ended when we both lost our beloved spouses makes this union a second chance at love for both of us,” Kym shared. “It’s never too late…there is always hope and belief in second chances. It happened when I met Tim.”

These heartaches and joys inspired her upcoming book, Love After Loss: The Hope of Second Chances, and Kym hopes to help other women find happiness again. Here, Kym gives readers a look into how she found purpose through her strong faith and second chances.

Woman’s World: Congrats on your marriage and growing family. What would you say you’ll be doing differently in 2026 than you have done these past few years?

Kym Douglas: Everything. I went from being an only child to having an only child. Then I went from Jerry and myself trying many times to having more children—we both had infertility issues—and we finally got Hunter after 13 years of marriage. I prayed and so did Jerry that we would have a few more kids but it never panned out. But I kept praying that if it didn’t work out, then maybe we could adopt or foster a child. It went down to even an exchange student—God, could I even get that? 

But I kept praying and found out years later, the day before marrying Tim, Hunter and I were talking about the changes in our lives and I told him my story. And he said, “Mom, I never wanted to tell you this because I never wanted to make you feel bad, but for as long as I can remember, I would go to bed and hope that I would get a brother or sister. And now, tomorrow, I’m getting 17 nieces and nephews and 10 stepbrothers and sisters.” The moral of the story is never give up. Maybe our timing isn’t God’s timing, but boy, He will come through and then some.

WW: What’s something new that you’ve learned after turning 60?

KD: So much. I’ve learned that seeking fame, accolades, adoration is really futile. That it doesn’t fill you up. When I was laying in that room for eight hours for 18 and a half weeks getting chemo infusion, it didn’t matter that I had hundreds of thousands of followers. It didn’t matter that people were commenting I had a pretty dress…none of that had any bearing at all. 

I was sick, I was alone, I was sad, and I then flipped the switch and I said, “I cannot talk about pink lipstick anymore or orange shades for winter.” It was not enough anymore; I had to have more purpose in my life. 

That’s when I knew I had to go into a little bit more depth in my life and I turned more to my faith. I turned to changing my friendships and relationships with girls, especially to women, who had much more depth and purpose and meaning in their lives. I wanted to start giving back because I felt so wonderful that I was still alive. 

WW: When was this epiphany?

KD: First, the recovery from cancer, and then getting hit with Jerry getting cancer and his 5-year battle, and after I lost him, that’s when I got the epiphany. I was 22 years old and met the man of my dreams. He sweeps me off my feet. Sends me 200 long-stemmed roses the day after we met, and we get engaged 6 weeks later. Obviously, I have a pattern. I meet Tim, he sweeps me off my feet, and 3 months later, we’re married!

WW: You’ve said, ‘We make plans and God laughs.’ What do you think God had in mind for you?

KD: After I lost Jerry, and because we had been a couple my whole life, a lot of my couple friends changed. If they were going on trips, Jerry and I used to go along with them—you’re not going to bring that one friend along now. Everything was two by two. Suddenly, I wasn’t included in trips, dinner parties. So, that changed. 

I started seeking out single girlfriends. Between Dorothy Lucey who I worked with on Good Day L.A., Jillian Barberie, Lisa Breckenridge, I kind of got this stable group of girlfriends that were single and either had gone through divorce, loss or were not married. All of a sudden, I have these great girlfriends. We’re going to dinners, we’re going to retreats, going on hikes, doing detox days and I’m living my best life. 

WW: You’ve said it’s never too late—that there is always hope and to believe in second chances. Is this a daily mantra of yours?

KD: I had a beautiful love story with Jerry and we had a beautiful marriage for 37 years. He was a great husband, a great father. I felt maybe that’s all we deserve…we get one chance. So I didn’t want to be greedy or want more. 

But God does want what’s best for us and He doesn’t have limitations. So when Tim literally fell into my life through mutual friends—Tim had hired Cristina Ferrare and Tony Thompolous because he owned The Family Channel. There was a show called Home and Family, and I was a host on it with Cristina. Tim and I had never met each other and never knew of each other. He was happily married for 47 years to the love of his life, with five children, a great marriage and I’m with Jerry and everybody is happy. All these years later, we meet through this divine introduction.

WW: What are you looking forward to most in the coming year?

KD: I’m most looking forward to—and don’t throw up when I say this—to being the best wife I can be to Tim and the best mother I can be to Hunter while trying to give back to others. That’s what Tim is all about. He is one of the most philanthropic men I have ever met in my life. He’s always looking at charities and thinking how he can give to them. And he’s very intentional about where his money goes. He doesn’t just write a check. We actually were with the Maasai for about a week, seeing what they needed.

WW: With an expanded family, a book coming out, a podcast and being a broadcast journalist, what does it take both mentally and physically to keep up the active schedule you have?

KD: I don’t know where my toothbrush is. I wish I could tell you I’m so organized, but it’s the opposite. I lose my underwear, I lose my toothbrush, I shove everything into suitcases and just cross my fingers. At the same time, I can’t believe I am this fortunate and that I get to travel around doing new things. I’m 66 years old! Who gets to do that?

When you are grateful and you think about the things that you are grateful for specifically, it cannot exist at the same time in your brain as depression or anxiety. It doesn’t compute. So if you’re thinking of all your grateful things, it’s impossible to have anxiety or depression. I do that every day. I think of how grateful I am for everything.  

WW: I remember you told me that you journal to relieve stress. Do you still?

KD: I do. I journal or I read a lot of daily devotionals. Tim and I have our daily formula. Every morning, we get up and do some kind of motivational or positive or inspirational devotions and we read through that. We read through the Bible or some book that we have together and then we go on to our day. It’s not a big sit-down or heavy-duty. Sometimes it’s just five minutes.

WW: Any favorite books that you veer towards?

KD: We have a few favorites that we read with our morning coffee. One is Jesus Calling, and that’s one we do every single morning. And my other one is Walk With Me Jesus: Daily Words of Hope and Encouragement by Marie Chapian. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey just gave me Bringing Heaven Here, and it’s taking word by word the Lord’s Prayer and breaking it down to everyday life and work and living.

WW: You had described your life to me as pre-cancer and post-cancer when it came to your self-esteem and confidence. How do you divide your life now to keep up your confidence and self-esteem?

KD: I think that Tim really, really makes me feel extremely safe and secure. Not just literally, but in every way. I think if we women feel really safe and have a solid foundation, you get more confident. 

I was raised in a home where I was constantly seeking approval. My mother was a former beauty queen and she just kept telling me I had to be pretty and people have to think you’re pretty and if you don’t, you’ll never make it in life. If you are, then you’ll have opportunities. So it was constantly about other people’s approval and opinions. It’s exhausting. 

When I got with Tim and moved to Virginia Beach—I mean, I love LA and it’s my home—but I found here people were looking a bit more at your character, your integrity and that’s who Tim surrounded himself with, so it didn’t matter all that much what I was wearing. I started getting more and more secure going out without any makeup. I just put on my Amazon $10 leggings and a T-shirt.

WW: You always look so put together, no matter whether you have makeup on or not. Who was your fashion inspiration when you were a teen?

KD: Farrah Fawcett, Donna Mills, Raquel Welch, Tracey Bregman…all the soap opera glamour queens. Do you remember Jeanie Cooper? She would wake up in the morning in a caftan with ostrich feathers and that was for waking up and having coffee. That was my mother. My mother would put on full makeup, have a manicure and put on her diamonds to go to the mailbox in Detroit. In Detroit! “Mom, the beauty pageants are over, you live in Detroit, what are you doing?” But she did it for herself. And that was very normal to me.

WW: What do you hope readers will take away from your book ‘Love After Loss: The Hope of Second Chances?’

KD: It’s not about the numbers, the followers, the readers. For Tim and me, we were both in the depths of despair with our former marriages. His wife died within 90 days and I can remember bringing a bucket in after a dinner party because Jerry couldn’t keep food down. Tim and I never thought our lives would turn around. People lose friends, lose jobs and lose homes as in the recent fires, but you know, there are really second chances. Just giving people hope that there are second chances and God does have what’s best for us in store. Never give up.

WW: Your podcast, ‘God’s Table Hollywood,’ launched in January with three other dynamic women over the age of 60. How do you hope your topics of humor, faith and wisdom will inspire hope and find purpose?

KD: No matter who you are or where you are in your life, we’re hoping that we give inspiration. Dyan, Tracey is a several-time Emmy winner, Christine and myself, we all got success, but we never gave up our faith. What we want to show other people is sometimes you need to surround yourself with girlfriends who pray behind your back.