Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler have been married since 2009—nearly two decades together—and they won 'Skating With Celebrities' as partners. Whatever drama surrounded their early courtship is ancient history now, and the couple has built a lasting life together with their child.
Insiders on the set of 'Skating With Celebrities' say the chemistry between Eisler and Swanson was obvious to everyone present. A source told People at the time: 'Everyone knew there was something going on. It was obvious they were together.' Meanwhile, Eisler's then-wife Marcia O'Brien was eight months pregnant when her husband was hopping into bed with another woman—and eventually jumping out windows to hide it.
Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler met while filming Fox's 'Skating With Celebrities' in early 2006, where they were paired as partners and ultimately won the competition. Eisler's then-wife Marcia O'Brien was eight months pregnant when the affair occurred; he moved out of their home in November 2005. The couple married in 2009 and remain together today.
Twenty years later, this story reads like a deleted scene from a soap opera—but for Eisler's pregnant wife at the time, this wasn't entertainment. It was her life unraveling while her husband allegedly scrambled out a window to hide his infidelity.
Jillian Barberie is spilling details that even hardened Hollywood gossips didn't see coming—and trust me, I've heard plenty of wild stories in my time reporting on celebrity chaos. On Tuesday's episode of "Hollywood & Divine," the former "Skating With Celebrities" co-star revealed new specifics about the infamous Kristy Swanson-Lloyd Eisler affair, including one detail that sounds more like a slapstick comedy bit than real life: Eisler allegedly jumped out of a second-story window to avoid being caught by Swanson's then-boyfriend. Barberie didn't hold back. "I'm just gonna tell it like it is," she said, explaining that Swanson was dating someone at the time while Eisler was married—and his wife Marcia O'Brien was eight months pregnant with their second child back in Canada. According to Barberie's account, Swanson's boyfriend pretended he was in San Diego but actually showed up at her Hollywood residence. "He called Kristy, she was with Lloyd in bed," Barberie recalled. Here's where it gets cinematic: the building staff knew the boyfriend had stayed over before, so they gave him a key card to get in. He put the card in the door... only to discover that Swanson had flipped the extra lock. The boyfriend could hear rustling inside. Meanwhile, on the second floor, Eisler made what Barberie described as a split-second decision. "Lloyd jumps out of the window and lands on a car," she said. An Olympic bronze medalist—someone who built his career on grace, precision, and perfect landings—reportedly chose a two-story leap onto an automobile over facing Swanson’s boyfriend. I don't know about you, but that's not the kind of athleticism they teach in figure skating. The affair itself was already public knowledge by 2006, when "Skating With Celebrities" aired on Fox. Show sources told People at the time that "everyone knew there was something going on" between Eisler and Swanson during filming. O'Brien reportedly felt something was off when she visited the set. After confronting her husband about his infidelity, Eisler moved out of their home in November 2005—while his wife was still pregnant with their child. He wasted no time moving openly into a relationship with Swanson, and they had a child together just one year later. The couple eventually married in 2009 and remain together nearly two decades after that dramatic window escape. Representatives for both Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler did not respond to Page Six's request for comment on these latest revelations. But here's what I know for certain: you can run from a boyfriend, jump out of windows, abandon a pregnant wife—but apparently, you can't escape a determined Jillian Barberie with a podcast mic. The receipts don't lie, and neither does the timeline.
