Simon Halls is a Hollywood publicist. Halls has worked behind the scenes for years and has helped advance the careers of many television stars, including Neil Patrick Harris, Jude Law, as well as director Ryan Murphy, and many others. In the media, however, Halls is best known as the husband of white-collar star Matt Bomer. Follow us as we investigate their relationship and some lesser-known facts about Simon Halls.
Simon Halls, Relationship with Matt Bomer, Kids
Halls has accompanied Matt Bomer since the early 2000s or even further back. However, they never confirmed their sexuality to the public, as it was always considered an open secret. That ended in 2012 when Bomer Halls honored Halls at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Award ceremony.
“I would like to thank my beautiful family in particular: Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry,” said the Last Tycoon actor. “Thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest achievement. God bless you.”
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Simon later responded to the open proclamation that Bomer made in his heart “I was in the audience, and I didn’t think any more than it was very sweet,” he told OUT magazine. I was proud that my husband up there received an award, and I was touched that he thanked us.
Sources have claimed that Simons met Matt while working as a PR manager. However, in an interview with the 2015 Hollywood Reporter, Matt stated that he had his own publicist.
“Like any partner in a relationship, I seek advice, but I have my own publicist. We have three children under the age of 10, so we don’t have time to talk about [the work]. We are more concerned with making lunch and getting everyone to school on time.
While the media thought that Simons only went out with Bomer, the latter revealed to OUT magazine in 2014 that they had married in 2011.
“It was very chilly. Very small – just our nearest and dearest,” Bomer told OUT magazine about her wedding. “There is a certainty, a validity, to know that it is legal. It’s hard to put it into words. It’s probably just a feeling – something about making a vow in front of the people around you who love and support you. I think it was good for our family.”
Simons and Matt started making babies back in 2005. The couple has three sons together, all born through surrogacy. Their first son Kit was born in 2005 and twins Walker and Henry were born in 2008.
Simon Halls Wiki/Biography
Simons Halls was born on 12 January 1964 and is of Canadian descent. Halls graduated from the University of Southern California in 1985 according to his LinkedIn profile.
He attended the Crescent School in Toronto. According to his USC Annenberg bio, Halls began his PR career at Warner Bros. His next job took him to Russia, where he worked for two years as a PR manager for the very first McDonald’s restaurant in the country before returning to the United States.
In the USA, Halls quickly got a job as an account manager at BWR Public Relations. At SWR, Halls managed the advertising campaigns of stars such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening, Jude Law, and others.
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Halls and his partners founded the boutique agency Huvane Baum Hall in 1995. The company quickly became one of the most successful in Hollywood. Its success even attracted the giants of Madison Avenue. The company was sold to the Interpublic Group in 2001.
Simons and his partners then merged their agency with PMK to form PMK/HBH Public Relations. He became the CEO of the new merger. Under Hall’s leadership, the agency achieved an average annual turnover of $15 million. He led the Oscar campaign for films such as Gladiator, American Beauty, Hidden Dragon, and others.
In 2010 Simon and his partners parted ways with the merger and founded SLATE PR. The agency now has over 450 clients, including Ryan Murphy, Ridley Scott, and others. SLATE has received at least 54 Oscars and 200 Emmy nominations.
