Glenn Villeneuve is a survivalist and a reality TV star who was born on 18 March 1969 and is now 55 years old. He was on Life Below Zero from 2013 until his shocking departure in 2019. The reality star revealed that he was abruptly dropped from the show without words or farewells.
5 years after he left the show in which he established himself as a fan favorite, Glenn is still mentioned in relation to the reality show. That said, he continues to maintain a very private life with his wife and kids. Here is a look at what truly happened to him and what he is now up to.Summary of Glenn Villeneuve’s Biography
- Full name: Glenn Villeneuve
- Gender: Male
- Date of birth: 18 March 1969
- Glenn Villeneuve’s Age: 55 years old
- Ethnicity: White
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Pisces
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christianity
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Glenn Villeneuve’s Partner: Tricia
- Glenn Villeneuve’s Children: Willow Leaves, Wolf Song, and Agatha
- Glenn Villeneuve’s Net worth: $500,000
- Famous for: Appearing on Life Below Zero
How Old Is Glenn Villeneuve?
Glenn Villeneuve was born on March 18, 1969, which means he is now 55 years old. Although he has made a living for himself in Alaska, it was in Burlington, Vermont, that he was born.
While there is not much information about his parents and siblings, he revealed that hiking and outdoor activities have been a part of his life since he was a little child. He started hiking even before he was 10 and got to climb a very tall mountain in Mansfield, where he was raised in Vermont when he was 9.
By the time he was 12, Glenn and his uncle tried walking from Massachusetts to Canada but they failed. When he was 13, he convinced his mother to drive him to the point where he stopped with his uncle and he continued the walk.
As regards his education, Glenn did not spend more than a year in high school. He called it quits by the time he was 13 and although he went back several times, he always continued to drop out. He didn’t go beyond 9th grade and was unable to get a GED.
Glenn Villeneuve dropped out of high school in order to continue doing his thing in the wild. The reality TV star made it known that the only true education he got was all from himself through self-teaching as he loves learning.
In his 20s, Villeneuve took jobs as a freelance courier because he realized it was one way that he could get to travel around the world. Traveling was something he had a knack for since he was a little kid.
Glenn Villeneuve Was Already Living In The Mountains Before Life Below Zero
Glenn became famous as a result of his appearance on National Geographic’s Life Below Zero, but he had already started his outdoor lifestyle many years before the show, and he had already begun life as a primitive hunter-gatherer.
Initially, what he wanted to do was to become a bush pilot and live in the wild. He said he had plans to start an air taxi service. This led him to get a private license and he flew planes for a few years before he made up his mind to retire to the wild in Alaska. He sold off his plane and walked into the wilderness where he had already prepared a place with food supply.
Later, he thought of making a living from his life in the mountains and he soon started bringing cameramen with him. Living in the mountains has been rather dangerous as he revealed that he has come across many dangerous animals, including moose, wolves, and bears.
How Glenn Villeneuve Joined Life Below Zero
Glenn revealed that he was in the wilderness for more than four months all alone, without seeing a human being. And then one day, the executive producer of Life Below Zero flew in to meet him after he reached out more than eight months ago about making a documentary.
Villeneuve and the producer of the show spoke for a while before they came to meet him in order to start a reality TV show. At the time, Glenn had never known what a reality TV show was since he had not seen TV in a very long while.
He made his first appearance on Life Below Zero in 2013. 85 episodes later, he left the show in 2019 after he grew to be one of the most loved characters of the show, thanks to his humility and sense of humanity.
What Happened to Glenn Villeneuve from Life Below Zero?
Glenn was on the show for more than five years and then in 2019, his contract was renewed. According to him, after just an episode following the renewal of the contract, he didn’t hear from the producers of the show again. He made it known that they had a fallout but he is not aware of what the fallout was since he was not told.
However, he speculated that he tried to tell stories and push the boundaries with his stories because he wanted to do more than what the producers wanted. He faced some resistance along the line and he feels that it might as well be one of the reasons why he was dropped from the show.
Is Glenn from Life Below Zero married?
Glenn is currently not married, but he is in a relationship with his partner, Trisha Kazan, with whom he has a daughter who was born in 2017 and is named Agatha.
Before Tricia, the former Life Below Zero star was previously married to a woman known as Silvia Daeumichen. Details regarding how they met are not available, but it is no secret that Glenn and his former wife got married in 2001. Silvia was an opera singer in Berlin, Germany, before she met Glenn. She loved his way of life and they lived in the woods together with their two kids. Sadly, their union ended in divorce in 2013.
While they were still together, Glenn revealed that when he started his life in the mountains, he lived alone for a period of four months before he went and brought his wife to stay with him. They were there in the wilderness together for years and would go to the city and come back several times a year.
It was after their marriage ended that he met and fell in love with his current partner, Tricia. They maintained a long-distance relationship for some time before Tricia made the decision to come and start living with him in the woods as well. She loved the life in the wilderness and has since left her job as an attorney in Boston. Tricia and Glenn are now blessed with a child together.
What is Glenn Villanueva Doing Now?
Since his disappearance from the TV screens, Glenn has continued to live a rather quiet life together with his partner and three kids. His oldest child is Willow Leaves, followed by Wolf Song, and then Agatha.
Glenn revealed that he lives with his family in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he continues living the life of a hunter-gatherer. More so, he has taken part in several podcast shows over the past years.
Through his successful career on TV as well as his other engagements throughout the year, he has a net worth that is now estimated to be around $500,000.