Trump advisor Scott Adams’ career influenced by passionate love affairs

The article says Scott Adams’ romantic relationships influenced his personal life and career, including his move into cartooning and his adjustment to fame. Its author, who was writing Adams’ biography with his involvement, says these relationships revealed a more private side of the political commentator and Dilbert creator.

Adams dated Pam Okasaki for 15 years as his career took off; she encouraged him to socialise and accept a television cameo. He later married his assistant, Shelly Miles, in 2006 and became stepfather to her two children; they eventually separated but remained close, and she cared for him near the end of his life. The author also describes Adams’ college sweetheart as his first love and heartbreak, and says Adams was sceptical about marriage.