Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband Kris Humphries turned a post-NBA pivot into a franchise bet in 2022, joining Dave's Hot Chicken with his family and planning 18 restaurants across Minnesota. The move keeps him out of the entertainment cycle and puts his name on a multi-unit expansion in his home state.
2022 Dave's Hot Chicken deal
In 2022, Humphries and his family became franchise partners with Dave's Hot Chicken, and he used Instagram to make the pitch in his own voice: “Super excited to bring @daveshotchicken to Minnesota with my family. This is the best chicken ever! Get ready Minnesota.”
That line does more than announce a restaurant deal. It shows a former NBA player turning a celebrity profile into a local operating strategy, with Minnesota as the target market instead of another round of television attention.
North Loop and 18 stores
Alex said Minneapolis' North Loop fit the brand because “The mix of historic preservation and modern innovation in the North Loop creates a unique atmosphere that we believe is ideal for Dave's Hot Chicken.” The location logic is straightforward: the family is not testing one vanity storefront, but a district that can support a broader rollout.
The Humphries family planned 18 Dave's Hot Chicken restaurants across Minnesota, which is the scale that turns a personal endorsement into a development pipeline. For customers, that means the concept is meant to spread beyond a single opening and become part of the state’s everyday restaurant mix.
In 2023, Humphries posted a table loaded with chicken and sides and wrote, “It's Go Time Baby!” He has also kept sharing videos of food creators visiting Dave's Hot Chicken locations on Instagram, a reminder that he has stayed visible even after disappearing from the celebrity spotlight.
From 72 days to family business
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries began dating in late 2010, he proposed in May 2011 with a 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond ring, and they married three months later in Montecito, California, in the E! special Kim's Fairytale Wedding. Kardashian filed for divorce 72 days after the wedding, citing irreconcilable differences.
That history still hangs over Humphries, but his current public identity is clearer than the old tabloid version: a 41-year-old former NBA player working a restaurant rollout with his family. The unanswered part is the money side — what financial stake or ownership level he holds in the Dave's Hot Chicken expansion.
