Victor Webster’s personal life stayed in the frame as he heads into Hallmark Channel’s first Christmas movie of the season, Tis the Season for Setups. The 53-year-old actor split from Shantel VanSanten in early 2023 after marrying her in 2021, and he has not shared details about a new girlfriend.
That timeline matters because Webster’s on-screen rollout now lands beside a relationship history that has stayed unusually quiet for a Hallmark lead. He plays ski instructor Ridge opposite Amanda Schull’s party planner and single mom Lexi, with the movie set to debut on Friday, October 16.
Victor Webster and Shantel VanSanten
Webster and VanSanten met on the set of Love Blossoms in 2017, married in 2021 and split in early 2023. They cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup. A year later, a report surfaced about their custody arrangement for their dog, Nova, which kept the post-split arrangement in the public record even as Webster kept most personal details off the page.
Webster has stayed fairly private in recent years, and that leaves a simple but useful read on his current status: there is no public girlfriend detail to point to. For readers tracking his off-screen life, the practical takeaway is that the marriage ended, the split is old news, and the present relationship question remains unanswered in the public record.
Tis the Season for Setups
Friday, October 16 gives Hallmark Channel a new lead-in with Webster at the center, and the casting keeps him in the lane that made him recognizable through Days of Our Lives, Charmed and Workin’ Moms. He also appears in The Wedding Veil movies, which keeps his Hallmark presence steady while his personal life stays out of view.
The cleanest conclusion is that Webster’s career remains publicly defined by Hallmark while his relationship status does not. For anyone following the story, the only firm answer is that he split from VanSanten in early 2023 after a 2021 marriage; everything beyond that has been left private.
