Editing Phil Hartman (section)

==Personal life==
Hartman married Gretchen Lewis in 1970 and they divorced in September 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Basilan|first=Rebelander|date=2020-05-04|title=Inside Phil Hartman's All-Too-Brief and Incredibly Tragic Life|url=https://news.amomama.com/206445-phil-hartmans-all-too-brief-incredibly-t.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=news.amomama.com|language=en}}</ref> He married real estate agent Lisa Strain in 1982, and their marriage lasted three years. Strain told ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine that Hartman was reclusive off screen and "would disappear emotionally ... he'd be in his own world. That passivity made you crazy."<ref name="surface" /> In 1987, Hartman married former model and aspiring actress Brynn Omdahl<!--She took the surname Hartman after her marriage, thus, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#People_with_the_same_surname, is referred to by name as "Brynn" to distinguish her from "Phil".--> (born Vicki Jo Omdahl, April&nbsp;11, 1958&nbsp;– May&nbsp;28, 1998), having met her on a blind date the previous year.<ref name="bookof" /><ref name="surface" /> They had two children, Sean and Birgen Hartman. The marriage had difficulties; she was reportedly intimidated by his success and was frustrated that she could not find any on her own, although neither party wanted a divorce. She was reported to have been jealous and often verbally or physically abusive, even sending a letter to his ex-wife, threatening to "rip [Strain's] eyes out" if she spoke to him again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/09/brynn-hartman-5-fast-facts/|title=Brynn Hartman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|first=Valerie|last=Thompson|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=November 8, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108072820/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/09/brynn-hartman-5-fast-facts/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hartman considered retiring to save the marriage.<ref name="surface" />

Hartman tried to get Brynn acting roles, but she became progressively reliant on alcohol and narcotics, entering [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]] several times. On multiple occasions, he removed their children from the household to stay with friends or family because of her drug- and alcohol-fueled outbursts.<ref name="bookof" /> Because of his close friendship with ''SNL'' associate [[Jan Hooks]], Brynn "joked" on occasion Hooks and Hartman were married "on some other level".<ref name="hooks">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1998/06/02/1998-06-02__snl__co-star_remembers_her_.html|title='SNL' Co-Star Remembers Her Hartman|access-date=October 12, 2008|date=June 12, 1998|author=Bianculli, David|work=[[New York Daily News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113044046/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1998/06/02/1998-06-02__snl__co-star_remembers_her_.html|archive-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref> Brynn had written threatening letters addressed to Hooks, warning her to not get close to her husband, but they appeared to have never even been sent, being discovered in her belongings following her death.

[[Stephen Root]], Hartman's ''NewsRadio'' co-star, said few people knew "the real Phil Hartman", as he was "one of those people who never seemed to come out of character", but he nevertheless gave the impression of a family man who cared deeply for his children.<ref name=must>{{cite book|title=The Show Must Go On: How the Deaths of Lead Actors Have Affected Television Series|year=2008|author=Snauffer, Douglas|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3295-0|page=162}}</ref> Hartman befriended [[Joe Rogan]] during his time on ''NewsRadio'' and confided his marital problems to him. Rogan said that he encouraged Hartman to divorce Brynn five times, but "[Hartman] loved his kids and didn't want to leave".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377185.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003316/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377185.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2017|title=Pal urged Hartman to dump 'loser'|first1=Gayle|last1=Fee|first2=Laura|last2=Raposa|date=14 June 1998|newspaper=The Boston Herald|access-date=3 February 2016|url-access= }}</ref>

Hartman stated in 1997 that, though a non-practicing Catholic, he displayed a sense of religiousness.<ref name="Rember">{{cite web | title=Rembering Phil Hartman | date=September 2, 2015 | first=Mark | last=Pattison | work=National Catholic Reporter | url=https://www.ncronline.org/books/2017/08/rembering-phil-hartman | access-date=July 20, 2020 | archive-date=July 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720043317/https://www.ncronline.org/books/2017/08/rembering-phil-hartman | url-status=live }}</ref> In his spare time, he enjoyed driving, flying, sailing, marksmanship, and playing the guitar.<ref name="ew" /><ref name="bookof" />