He married a man from the city of Somerton in England, divorced eight times, and decided to marry for the ninth time, but at the last minute he abandoned this idea and broke off the engagement.

Ron Sheppard's first marriage was in 1966. It lasted one year and ended in divorce. After that he got married seven more times and all ended in divorce as well. The man has eight children.

His last marriage was in 2004 to a woman named Wing and ended in 2016 as well with divorce.

Last November, although they never met, Sheppard, 71, offered to marry Rose Hanes, 30, a year after they got to know each other on the Internet.

It was agreed that the marriage would take place on Friday, December 13th. However, Sheppard broke the courtship and said, explaining, that Hans was pressuring him, which made him feel that marrying her is not correct, because he actually does not like her.

Shepherd announced that he intends to write a book on gender relations, "because he has extensive experience in this field
".