Cameron Mathison went on the I Do, Part 2 podcast on November 7 and talked openly about girlfriend Taelyr Robinson. According to E! Online, the General Hospital star told hosts Daisy Fuentes and Richard Marx he was surprised to find love again so soon after his marriage ended.
Two years. That is the gap between the end of one chapter and this one. Mathison and Vanessa Mathison announced their divorce in July 2024 after 22 years of marriage. They share two children.
On the podcast, Mathison sounded like a man still slightly amazed at his own luck.
He Describes Taelyr Robinson as ‘Incredible’
Mathison ran through a long list of words for Robinson on the podcast. Kind, sweet, smart, fun, adventurous, supportive, encouraging. Then he summed it up: “It’s just incredible.”
He also said they have a lot in common. He admitted he never expected to share that much with anyone again after being with Vanessa for 22 or 23 years.
Shared interests sound like a small thing. After two decades with one person, they are not. A long marriage builds a private language of habits, jokes and routines. Starting over at 57 means wondering whether anyone else will ever speak it. Mathison’s surprise is about exactly that, and he said so plainly.
The Couple Went Instagram Official in September
Raya brought them together in April. By September, Mathison and Robinson were Instagram official.
Going public took some adjusting, and Cameron Mathison was candid about it. He told the hosts he is usually more private, and that Robinson is younger than he is. He said being Instagram official matters more to younger generations, and that he is learning to compromise. He added that he is open and happy to share the relationship.
He has followed through. On October 29, he posted a photo carousel for Robinson’s birthday with the caption “Beautiful inside and out, and somehow even more so on the inside.” He wished her a happy birthday and wrote that the world was lucky to have her, and so was he.
Couples with an age gap often find the friction lands in odd places. Not values. Not chemistry. Something as ordinary as whether a relationship belongs on a phone screen. Mathison is a soap star who has spent his career in public and still preferred to keep this part quiet. He chose to meet her halfway.
Mathison Reflects on Dating After His Divorce
Dating apps were not an easy fit. Mathison told the podcast he met many impressive women, but realized casual dating was not for him and mostly served as a “distraction.”
He had been with Vanessa for roughly 25 years, counting the years they dated. Being single again was “messy and odd and surreal,” he said. He was 55 and on a dating app.
Being a devoted, loyal partner suits him better than playing the field, Cameron Mathison said. Plenty of people leave a long marriage assuming freedom will feel like relief. Some discover the opposite. The swiping, the first dates, the constant newness can feel less like freedom and more like noise. For a man who spent his entire adult life in one partnership, a single steady person may simply feel like home.
Mathison told the hosts the relationship is still relatively new. He did not say where it goes from here.
Sources: E! Online
