Billy Evans: Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Breaks Silence on You Can See Everything

Billy Evans, the partner of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has broken his silence about You Can See Everything, the A24 documentary that turned him into one of the most talked-about figures of the autumn. Evans gave his first broadcast-network interview to CBS Sunday Morning, with the full conversation airing on Sunday 15 November 2026, and preview clips released on Friday 13 November have already set off a fresh round of debate about his role in the film.

Holmes, 42, is serving an 11-year and three-month federal prison sentence after being convicted of defrauding Theranos investors. Evans, 34, has spent the weeks since the film’s release on 16 October 2026 answering his critics in public, first in an open question-and-answer session on X on 2 November and now on network television. In a preview of his CBS Sunday Morning interview, he said he still loves the filmmakers behind the documentary, even though it casts him as the villain.

Billy Evans — Quick Reference Profile

A San Diego Hotel Fortune and a Meeting in Early 2017

Evans is the heir to Evans Hotels, a family-owned group of hotels in the San Diego area. He met Holmes in early 2017, when he was 25, after the collapse of Theranos had already made her one of the most famous defendants in Silicon Valley. The pair became engaged in 2018.

Whether they are married is genuinely unclear in the public record. Vanity Fair reported in June 2019 that the couple had married in a private ceremony, but Holmes said in 2025 that they had not yet married. Evans himself told the All-In podcast on 14 October 2026: “Yes, Elizabeth Holmes is my wife, and best friend, and partner.” Outlets now describe him variously as her husband, fiancé and partner.

Two Children and a Family Rebuilt Around a Prison Sentence

Holmes gave birth to their son, William, in July 2021, weeks before her fraud trial began. Their daughter, Invicta, was born in February 2023, three months before Holmes reported to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas on 30 May 2023. Before her imprisonment the family lived in the Mortimer Fleishhacker House in Woodside, California.

Evans has said he is raising the two children while building a business and trying to secure his wife’s release. “It’s hard because I’m building a business and I’m trying to free my wife from prison and I’m raising two kids,” he told the All-In podcast. Holmes was convicted in January 2022 of defrauding investors, and she and former Theranos president Sunny Balwani were ordered to pay $452 million in restitution. She maintains her innocence.

The Today News has also profiled other partners of famous figures, including Barbara Palvin, Dylan Sprouse’s wife, and Erin Darke, Daniel Radcliffe’s partner.

Power of Attorney, Social Media and the Question of Control

In the documentary, Evans is shown holding power of attorney over Holmes’s affairs and managing her social media accounts while she serves her sentence. The portrayal has driven much of the criticism of him since the film’s release.

Evans addressed the issue directly in his 2 November session on X. “We talk about everything, including X. Nothing happened behind her back,” he wrote. “The POA was simply the legal mechanism that allowed me to act on her behalf while she’s incarcerated. It was not a substitute for her consent.” Asked for the biggest misconception in the film, he answered: “That I somehow control Liz.”

Not everyone accepts that account. Amanda Seyfried, who played Holmes in the 2022 Hulu series The Dropout and appears in the documentary, confronted Evans on camera about his management of Holmes’s X account. In a Rolling Stone interview published 11 November, she said she did not like the way he was using Holmes “as a tool”. Evans has also said in the film that he wants revenge on those he believes wronged Holmes. “I’m going to ruin their lives… I’ve got vengeance in my heart,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

The Shower Scene: Two Conflicting Accounts of One Moment

The most argued-over scene in You Can See Everything shows Evans naked in the shower in the film’s opening stretch. Evans says he never agreed to it appearing in full. “I did not give consent to do that,” he told CBS Sunday Morning’s Matt Gutman, adding that he knew cameras were filming him in the shower but did not expect the footage to show his entire body. He says he contacted the filmmakers before release and asked them to pixelate or remove the scene.

Co-director Lance Oppenheim has told a different story. Speaking to GQ in October, Oppenheim said the idea came from Evans himself, recalling Evans asking: “Want to film me showering?” Oppenheim said he offered to film in a way that avoided showing Evans’s genitals, but Evans said he did not care about being seen naked.

The two accounts cannot both be complete, and neither side has produced footage or messages that settle the question. What is not in dispute is that the scene has become the film’s most discussed moment, and that Evans has called reports that he wanted it included a “false narrative”.

Haemanthus: The Blood-Testing Startup Some Call “Theranos 2.0”

In 2024 Evans founded Haemanthus, a blood-testing startup. Forbes reported in October 2026 that Holmes is said to be advising Evans on the venture from federal prison, although a company statement denied any involvement on her part. The company was co-founded with Lauren Friedman Stat, a college friend of Holmes.

The parallels with Theranos have not gone unnoticed, and the venture has been called “Theranos 2.0” in coverage of the documentary, a label Evans himself has used. Details of Haemanthus’s products, funding and customers have not been publicly verified.

Why He Is Talking Now — and What Sunday’s Interview Could Settle

Evans told CBS that Holmes herself encouraged him to speak. “You gotta learn really painful lessons sometimes in life,” he said. “And with Elizabeth going through everything she did in the press, the lesson that was ingrained in us is you can’t lose your voice.”

He accepts the film’s portrait of him, up to a point. “I would have preferred for that not to be the case, but it’s entertainment,” he said of being cast as the villain. “I didn’t get to control the edit.” His stated aim was simpler: “My goal was to have people see Elizabeth. And when I watch that movie, I see the person that I love and exactly who she is.” He doesn’t mind playing the villain in the documentary, he told CBS, because the film shows Holmes as she really is.

The full interview airs on CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday 15 November 2026 at 9:00 AM ET. It is his first broadcast-network interview, and it lands five days before You Can See Everything opens in UK cinemas on 20 November 2026, a release that will put Evans’s version of events in front of a new audience.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Billy Evans married to Elizabeth Holmes?

The public record conflicts. Vanity Fair reported a private ceremony in June 2019, Holmes said in 2025 that they had not married, and Evans called her his wife on the All-In podcast in October 2026. Outlets describe him as her husband, fiancé or partner.

How old is Billy Evans?

He is 34, according to Parade in November 2026. His exact date of birth has not been publicly verified.

What is Billy Evans’s net worth?

Not publicly verified. He is an heir to Evans Hotels, a family-owned hotel group in the San Diego area, but no reliable public figure exists for his personal wealth.

Did Billy Evans consent to the nude shower scene in You Can See Everything?

He says he did not, and says he asked for it to be pixelated or removed. Co-director Lance Oppenheim says Evans himself suggested filming the shower. The two accounts conflict.

What is Haemanthus?

A blood-testing startup Evans founded in 2024. Holmes is reported to be advising him from prison, which the company denies. Its products, funding and customers have not been publicly verified.

Two common mix-ups are worth clearing up. Billy Evans is not the baseball umpire of the same name who died in 1956, and he never worked at Theranos — he met Holmes after the company had collapsed.