He has two sons from his previous marriage to Gail Winston, Simon Rich, a novelist and short-story writer who created the television series Man Seeking Woman and was a writer for Saturday Night Live, and Nathaniel Rich, who is a novelist, journalist, and essayist.
El are doi fii din prima căsătorie cu Gail Winston: Simon Rich, un romancier și nuvelist care a creat serialul de televiziune Man Seeking Woman și a fost scenarist pentru Saturday Night Live, și Nathaniel Rich, care este un romancier, jurnalist și eseist.