Who Is Sara Haines’ Husband? All About Max Shifrin

Cupid’s arrow has hit the internet when it comes to Sarah Haines and her husband Max Shifrin.

View The co-host met the lawyer on a dating app after creating a profile for a segment on Good morning America. According to the TV personality, despite the challenges, she was determined to “participate” in the dating world. Haines echoed similar words years later as he sat next to Shifrin as they shared their love story.

“I believe you have to make your own luck, so I thought I’m not going to bump into my boo in the produce department or trip over him on the street like all the rom-coms told me I would, so I’ve got to add some effort here,” she said Yahoo! Lifestyle in 2019

Shifrin, who admittedly had “no idea” who Haines was, came across her profile on OkCupid and the two began dating in 2012. The couple married in 2014 and are now the parents of three children: Alec Richard, Sandra Grace and Caleb Joseph.

After the birth of their third child, Haines told PEOPLE that they were adjusting to a full house. “But within the chaos, we keep reminding each other to stop and take it all in. We feel very lucky,” she said.

So who is Sarah Haines’ husband? Here’s everything you need to know about Max Shifrin and his relationship with the talented broadcaster.

He is a lawyer

Max Shifrin and Sara Haines at the ASPCA’s 18th Annual Bergh Ball in April 2015 in New York City.

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The Brooklyn Law School student is a partner at BakerHostetler, according to the law firm’s website. Haines’ husband “resolves complex commercial disputes for global clients” and is said to devote “a significant amount of his time to pro bono work”.

Shifrin graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2010 after attending the University of Connecticut, where he earned degrees in history and political science, according to his LinkedIn.

They met on OkCupid

Sarah Haines and Max Shifrin in 2012.

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In a personal essay for GlamourThe TV personality recalled being set up with a dating profile while she was a correspondent at Today show.

“One of the producers, who was a friend, said, ‘Can we do an online dating profile for you for a segment about the dos and don’ts?’ I said, ‘Done!’ Because it was on my to-do list,” she wrote in 2017.

After the segment aired, Haines was told she could delete her profile, but she chose to keep it. Former Good morning America the co-host committed to the process and thought, “‘If I can go to the gym for an hour a day, I can spend an hour a day either looking online or on a one-drink date.’ ”

In an interview with Yahoo! lifestyle, Shifrin revealed that he “had no idea who Sara was” and that her profile did not describe what she did. “I was definitely hoping to find someone of Sarah’s caliber,” he said, adding that she was “a valuable find.”

According to Haines, they went on their first date in 2012, where she hugged and he shook hands. Soon after, they documented the beginning of their romance with a photo that she shared on Instagram almost a decade later.

He proposed to Haines in his pajamas

Sarah Haines hugs her husband Max Shifrin.

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Haines and Shifrin made their red carpet debut as a couple in March 2012 at an event in New York City. While the couple kept the details of their relationship under wraps, she wore an engagement ring Good morning America until March 2014.

Discussing the proposal with Yahoo! LifestyleShifrin revealed that he knew he was going to marry her in about six months, and he popped the question early one morning.

“I literally got up, crawled out of bed in my pajamas and got down on one knee on the floor next to the bed,” he said, adding that he had no elaborate plan.

Haines interjected, “It’s like 6:30 in the morning on a Tuesday.” Although Shifrin can’t remember what he said, he remembers his future wife laughing until she said yes. “After that, we had a nice day,” concluded the lawyer.

They got married in 2014

Sarah Haines with her husband, attorney Max Shifrin.

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Haines and Shifrin were married in November 2014 in the Bahamas, according to an Instagram reposted by the bride.

“When I married Max, I was still single [didn’t] to know if he was The One. I mean that in a blunt way,” she said in her personal essay for Glamour. “I tell Max, ‘There’s no one person.’ We both agree on this.”

Pursuit The presenter revealed that she only knew that she wanted to commit to their relationship. “It wasn’t romantic or fairy-tale like ‘I’ve been looking for you all my life.’ There was none of that,” Haines added before calling Shifrin her best friend.

They share three children

Sarah Haines and Max Shifrin with their children – Alec, Sandra and Caleb – at Walt Disney World.

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Haines and Shifrin welcomed their first child, Alec Richard, named after both of their dads, on March 5, 2016. Their second child, a daughter named Sandra Grace after Haines’ mother, was born on December 23, 2017. The couple’s third child is a boy, son Caleb Joseph, arrived on June 26, 2019, and was named after Haines’ grandfather and brother.

During a Q&A on her Instagram Story in 2020, the mom of three was asked how she manages to balance her kids with work, and she opened up about why they quickly expanded their family.

“We wanted more and I was older, so we didn’t have the luxury of time to catch our breath. We were just left in chaos,” Haines replied. “I’m still here… send help.”

Haines said she would “love 10 more” children, but three is all she “can handle” while being “the best version of each of them.”

He and Haines have the same sense of humor

Max Shifrin and Sara Haines at the world premiere of ‘Nobody’s Fool’ in October 2018 in New York City.

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Haines offered to “pay” her husband to put their children to bed. During recording Viewshe recalled turning to her husband and saying, “I’m willing to do transactional deals with you if you can just put the kids to bed, please.”

Haines added: “That’s about as romantic as the proposal was. It was like ‘I’ll pay you in other things, in another currency, if you go and put those kids to bed.’ ”

“You see it as a barter system?” co-host Joy Behar said. Haines replied, “If that’s what he needs and this is what I need, I think it sounds like a perfect solution.”

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