Ivana Trump found the perfect shopping companion on Monday morning in the person of her ex-husband Rossano Rubicondi.
The Czech-born former model, 68, was spotted taking a stroll on Madison Avenue side by side with Rossano, 45, fending off the chilly New York City temperatures in a warm, black and white coat.
Rossano, a native of Rome who now does business in the US, tied the knot with Ivana in April 2008, before the pair announced their divorce in December of that same year.
Duo: Ivana Trump was seen on Monday morning shopping on Madison Avenue in New York City with her ex-husband Rossano Rubicondi
Past: Rossano, now 45, and Ivana, 68, tied the knot in April 2008 and divorced in December of that same year
Ivana kept the rest of her outfit simple with a black scarf and matching pants and flats.
She did, however, wore her signature beehive hairdo, looking very polished during the outing.
While she and Rossano crossed the street together, Ivana flashed a bright smile in direction of the cameras, looking very joyful, while Rossano too seemed in high spirits.
Rossano bundled up too, and wore a short puff jacket underneath his knee-length coat, which he left open.
The Italian businessman’s outfit otherwise matched Ivana’s, since he donned slim-cut black pants as well as coordinated shoes. He kept his shoulder-length hair tied at the back his head and carried a small plastic bag during the shopping session.
Ivana, meanwhile, seemed to have made a slightly more glamorous purchase, and was holding a Dior shopping bag.
Bliss: While she and Rossano crossed the street together, Ivana flashed a bright smile in direction of the cameras, looking very joyful
Once more: In November last year, Rossano and Ivana were also seen going on a friendly stroll together on Madison Avenue
Rossano and Ivana’s outing came just a few days after the two were reported to have an animated dinner together last week, while Donald Trump was giving his State Of The Union address.
The pair were at a French eatery when, as a source told Page Six, Ivana asked her ex to stop talking.
‘He kept talking to her in French, and she goes, “Can you just shut up?”‘ the source said.
Back in January, Rossano spoke at length about his affection for Ivana in an interview with Nano Press, saying they have been together for 19 years and acknowledging that he wouldn’t be where he is today without her.
‘We are still together and I want to spend the rest of my life with her,’ he said at one point.
In November last year, Ivana and Rossano were once again spotted during a friendly stroll in New York City.
Past: The pair (pictured in 2002 at a fashion show in New York City) had been dating for six years when they got married at Ivana’s ex’s Florida estate
Together: Ivana and Rossano attended many events as a couple before their split. They are picutred in 2003 at the Cannes Film Festival in France
On that occasion, Ivana rested her hand around Rossano’s arm while her ex spoke animatedly.
Ivana donned a bold orange suit, and coordinated her shoes, purse and shirt with the rest of her outfit during the outing. Her ex-husband, meanwhile, wore black from head to toe, opting for jeans, a shirt, a blazer, and unlaced sneakers.
Rossano and Ivana tied the knot after six years of dating, during a ceremony at Mar-A-Lago, the Palm Beach estate owned by none other than Ivanka’s ex, Donald Trump.
The wedding was Ivana’s fourth, and she hasn’t remarried since.
On the day of the wedding, Ivana, then 59, walked down the aisle with her sons Donald Jr and Eric, who gave her away to her 35-year-old husband, while her daughter Ivanka took on the maid of honor duties.
President Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, officiated during the ceremony, and Donald himself attended. The dinner was held in the Grand Ballroom, where he and Melania Trump had hosted their own reception three years prior.
‘I am so happy my friends from around the world came to be with me on my wedding day,’ Ivana Trump told People at the time, ahead of the ceremony.
But just eight months after the Midsummer Night’s Dream-themed glamorous day, which involved a $1 million diamond ring and a 12-foot-high wedding cake flown in from Germany, Ivana and Rossano announced their upcoming divorce.
Ivana said she had actually filed for separation three months prior, and blamed the split on her and Rossano’s different preferences for their cities of residence.
‘Rossano wants to live in Miami and work in Milan,’ she said in a statement at the time. ‘But, I am a New Yorker and my family, friends and businesses are here.’
Family: The Rome native also knows the rest of Ivana’s family, including her children Ivanka and Donald Jr, pictured at Ivana and Rossano’s engagement party in 2007
Split: Just eight months after their lavish wedding ceremony, Ivana (pictured with Rossano in August 2008 in Monte Carlo, Monaco) announced their upcoming divorce
Casual: In October last year, Ivana was spotted running errands in New York City, donning a maroon Adidas tracksuit paired with ballet flats and a $2,100 Dior purse
The couple had faced rumors that Rossano had been unfaithful to Ivana while filming the TV show Survivor in Honduras, which Ivana denied in her Page Six column just a month before announcing their divorce.
Ivana’s first husband Donald gave his take on the split at the time, telling the New York Post: ‘You can’t be overly surprised by this, it’s unfortunate it [the marriage] ever took place. The marriage was unfortunate and now it has to be unwound.’
The now-president didn’t appear to be the biggest fan of Rossano, claiming the Trump children didn’t approve of their mother’s latest union, and added: ‘I was extremely skeptical [of the marriage] and when I got to know him, I was not a fan of everything I saw.’
Rossano, however, seems to have patched things up with the Trump family. He told CNN earlier this year that he does speak the president occasionally, if he has ‘something important to say’, and that he saw the mogul in Washington, DC after his inauguration.
At that time, Rossano was planning to open a pizza place just four miles from Mar-A-Lago.