Who is ESPN’s Elle Duncan’s Husband Omar Abdul Ali and How Many Kids Do They Have?

Omar Abdul Ali is Elle Duncan’s husband. Elle Duncan has been married to Omar Abdul Ali since 2016.  The couple have two children together, a daughter and son named Eva and Xander respectively. Omar Abdul Ali is also a college-educated disc jockey or DJ in his own right.

Elle Duncan and Omar Abdul Ali have been married for many years and happily so; they have built a family together and have created a fine balance between the responsibilities that come with having a family and the demands of their careers.

Elle Duncan has been active since 2003 and reportedly kick-started her career as an intern in Atlanta with syndicated sports talk radio show called the 2 Live Stews.

Duncan has spread her wings to other facets of the media and is now known in some quarters as an actress, writer, and producer. In all of these, she is mostly admired for her works as a sports anchor and host.

She got the “Girl Dad” hashtag trending in January 2020, a day after Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others perished in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. While hosting ESPN’s flagship program SportsCenter, Elle related an impassioned tale about a conversation she had with the late NBA star who told her that he was a girl dad.

So, Elle isn’t someone that needs much of an introduction. But can the same be said of her husband, Omar Abdul Ali?


Biography and Profile Summary of Omar Abdul Ali

  • Full Name: Omar Rashad Abdul Ali
  • Date of Birth: January 21, 1984
  • Age: 40 Years Old
  • Nationality: American
  • Ethnicity: African American
  • Father: Ahmad Abdul Ali
  • Mother: Deborah Abdul Ali
  • Sibling: Anisha Shareen (Older Sister)
  • Wife: Elle Duncan (Lauren Jade Duncan)
  • Duration of Marriage: July 9, 2016 – Present
  • No. Of Kids: Two (Eva and Xander)

Elle Duncan’s Husband Was Born and Raised In East Point, Georgia

Elle Duncan’s career is the only reason she is popular and her fame has rubbed off on people around her, especially her husband Omar Abdul Ali. While the couple wouldn’t chase clout and have largely lived their lives away from the spotlight, they haven’t been able to completely evade the attention they get. The sports anchor, as you would easily find, was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where she was born on the 12th of April 1983. Many things are yet to be learned about her early life and family background; this is also so with her husband Omar.

For a long time, nothing was known about Omar apart from the fact that he is Elle’s husband. But time has always been faithful in exposing some facts. As such, we have been able to learn that he was born on the 21st of January 1984 in East Point, Georgia, where he spent most of his childhood. From what we gathered, Omar was born to Ahmad Abdul Ali and his wife of many years, Deborah Abdul Ali. Reports have it that he is not their only child. Before him, they had Anisha Shareern, Omar’s older sister. It is yet to be confirmed if he has other siblings just as details of his upbringing and what his parents did for a living have remained a mystery to the public.


Based on the aforementioned date of births, one can tell that the sports anchor is older than her husband by about nine months. But as you would soon learn, this has not had any negative impact on their relationship, at least to the best of our knowledge.

Omar Abdul Ali Makes a Living As a Disc Jockey

Unlike her personal life, you wouldn’t have to search hard to find details of what Elle Duncan does for a living. As she works in a field that has had her deal with the public, facts about her career journey are easily accessible for anyone who cares for it. For instance, it’s no secret that before she joined ESPN, she worked as a traffic reporter with WXIA-TV, an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Atlanta. She later worked for the New England Sports Network (NESN) before ESPN came calling.

All of such details are hard to come by when it comes to her husband’s career. What we know so far is that he is a college-educated disc jockey. It is said that Omar Abdul Ali, after high school, attended Vanderbilt University. If these reports are true, he studied Computer Engineering at the private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated in 2006. At some point after college, he took to DJing and it seems that’s what he does professionally.


The Couple Met Through Mutual Friends and Got Married On The 9th of July 2016

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Q Parker, Tyrese Gibson, Elle Duncan and her husband (Photo- Ray Cornelius)

Elle Duncan was once named on the 50 Most Beautiful Atlantans list by Jezebel Magazine. A lot of people find her attractive and wouldn’t mind having her as a romantic partner. The sports anchor has been married for half a decade to Omar Abdul Ali and based on what she shares online, one can conclude she has found her soul mate. How the couple met has been a tale half-heartedly told which means crucial details like the year they met and what attracted them to each other are missing.

Nonetheless, they reportedly dated for several years before they got married. As the story goes, the two met at a party organized by a mutual friend. They talked and subsequently became friends after they met several times. Their friendship would later morph into a romance and they became lovers. They took a vacation together in 2015 and the DJ proposed to the sports anchor at the bank of Atlanta’s river.

The following year, Elle Duncan and Omar got married at the Villa Caletas Hotel in Costa Rica; it was a beautiful ceremony witnessed by their close friends and relatives.

Elle and Omar Have Been Happily Married Since Then and Are Now Parents To Two Kids


It has been half a decade since the couple got married and there has never been any report of them having marital issues. The sports anchor and the DJ celebrated their first marriage anniversary in Japan. In July 2021, when they attained five years in marriage, Elle took to Instagram to celebrate their union and appreciate her husband. She thanked him for letting her be who she is and for loving her. Earlier in June, she wished him Happy Fathers Day, describing him as the epitome of patience, love, and passion.

The couple are now parents to two adorable kids. They had their first child, a daughter named Eva on the 26th of July 2018. In December 2020, they welcomed their second child, a son named Xander.

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