Whatever happened to Kim Kardashian's Australian bodyguard Shengo Deane?
From a 2010 on-screen romance to a tightly guarded private life in Sydney, Shengo Deane has kept to the fringes of the spotlight as Kim Kardashian moved on.
Kim Kardashian's 2010-era romance with her Australian bodyguard Shengo Deane drew headlines, but the relationship ended when visa issues forced him to return to Australia.
The pair met when Kardashian visited Sydney in 2010, and their professional relationship on shows such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and the spin-off Kourtney and Kim Take New York turned personal on screen. At one point, their on-camera moments included embraces and a night spent together, fueling tabloid speculation about a serious romance.
Shengo Deane later gave mixed signals about the relationship. In 2011 he told The Star that he and Kardashian were not dating, insisting they were “just friends” despite the kissing scenes captured on reality TV. The public narrative around the couple intensified after an article published in 2011 by The Star, which included claims from Shengo's ex-wife that he had left her for Kardashian. Yet the couple's status remained unclear off camera, and Kardashian moved forward with her life while Deane eventually left the United States when his visa expired.
Following the split, Kardashian pursued a high-profile marriage to Kanye West, while Deane returned to his home country. In Sydney, he began a life largely out of the spotlight. He and Sally Poulos reportedly tied the knot in a waterfront ceremony in 2014, less than two months after Kardashian and West’s own wedding. Public records and social activity from that period show Deane stepping away from the public eye, withdrawing from his social media accounts, and maintaining a low profile as he built a private life in Australia.
In the years that followed, Deane’s profile remained quiet. He reappeared online in 2023 with a private Instagram presence that offered glimpses of a quieter life, including posts that suggested he and Sally were still together and had welcomed a son. The couple’s public-facing activity has remained limited, and Sally’s account stopped appearing to follow Deane after January 2024, further underscoring his preference for privacy. Observers who tracked his occasional appearances noted he attended high-profile social events with friends and participated in charitable and fundraising activities, such as the Tour de Cure Gala in October of the previous year.
Details about Deane’s current relationship status with Sally have not been corroborated beyond those public posts, and neither party has significantly commented on their private life in recent years. What is clear is that Deane has shifted away from the glare of reality TV coverage and toward a life characterized by private travel, luxury hospitality, and a focus on family.
The arc of Deane’s public life offers a lens into how some high-profile romantic entanglements associated with global celebrities can briefly ignite intense media interest and then recede. Kardashian’s life moved on toward other relationships and ventures, while Deane’s path appears to have settled into a quiet, if periodically documented, existence in Sydney. The imagery of his 2014 wedding and his participation in charitable events a decade later mark the bookends of a chapter that remains a footnote in the wider Kardashian narrative, yet continues to fascinate fans curious about what happened to the man who briefly shared the spotlight with one of reality television’s biggest stars.