'I'm his girlfriend': Rev. Al Sharpton dating 35-year-old stylist after 24-year marriage

Published: 09:58 EST, 17 July 2013 | Updated: 13:29 EST, 17 July 2013 159 View comments Reverend Al Sharpton has been seen with an attractive young woman on his arm at various recent events and according to the woman herself, they're dating.

  • Sharpton, 58, has been seeing 35-year-old Aisha McShaw
  • McShaw told reporters that she is Sharpton's girlfriend at an event on Monday
  • The activist and preacher was divorced in 2004

Published: 09:58 EST, 17 July 2013 | Updated: 13:29 EST, 17 July 2013

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Reverend Al Sharpton has been seen with an attractive young woman on his arm at various recent events and according to the woman herself, they're dating.

Sharpton, 58, attended the New York County Democratic Committee Award Ceremony on Monday night accompanied by Aisha McShaw, a 35-year-old from Westchester, New York.

It's the first relationship Sharpton has made public since the demise of his 24-year marriage to Kathy Jordan in 2004.

New couple: Sharpton and McShaw were pictured together in February this year

New couple: Sharpton and McShaw were pictured together in February this year

McShaw told reporters at Monday's event that she is a 'personal stylist'.

The New York Daily News reports that when the attractive younger woman was questioned about her relationship to Sharpton, she said, 'I'm his girlfriend,' before being steered away from the reporter by Sharpton.

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McShaw was wearing a form-fitting black-and-white gown to the ceremony and certainly looked the part of a stylist, though her LinkedIn page describes her as a personal banker at Wells Fargo.

Looking sharp: Rev. Al Sharpton cosies up with Aisha McShaw (right) and a friend

Looking sharp: Rev. Al Sharpton cosies up with Aisha McShaw (right) and a friend

Sharpton's new squeeze comes in the wake of his 2004 divorce and 125lb weight loss in 2010. 

The charismatic activist and preacher scoffs at the idea of a 'reinvention', though.

'I don't evolve, I'm "reinvented",' he told Roland Martin in 2010. 'Like it's part of some slick strategy.'

Amicable: Sharpton and his ex-wife Kathy Jordan, pictured here in 1998, divorced in 2004

Amicable: Sharpton and his ex-wife Kathy Jordan, pictured here in 1998, divorced in 2004

Sharpton attributes his dramatic weight loss to a change of diet and says he doesn't eat meat, but has fish twice a week and lots of fruit and vegetables.

He and McShaw have been seen together at black-tie events around the country over the past few months.

Sharpton, Dominique and Ashley news conference outside the U.S. Justice Department while discussing planned "Justice for Trayvon" vigils in 100 cities across the United States this weekend

Evolved: (left) Sharpton with his daughters in 2004 and (right) discussing planned 'Justice for Trayvon' vigils in 100 cities across the U.S. yesterday after the acquittal of George Zimmerman

The well-coiffed host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation is usually outspoken but has remained tight-lipped about his love-life.

After the decline of Sharpton's marriage, a spokesperson said he and ex-wife Jordan had simply grown apart. The split was said to be amicable.

Sharpton has two grown-up daughters with his ex-wife, Dominique and Ashley.

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