<P> For the first few seasons of the show, Karen lives with husband Stan Walker . Karen met Stan Walker in 1985, brushing off three simultaneous relationships (with Martina Navratilova, Sultan Habibi Shoshani Padush Al - Kabir, and a man named Clayton) to be with him, only to learn that Stan was married . After going through two other marriages, she finally got together with Stan 10 years later . At some point before this, she also agreed to appear in the fetishistic porn film Next to Godliness, a dominatrix flick . Stan is an obese man who was credited with keeping Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in business, and who has worn a toupee since his teens . </P> <P> Stan was a mostly unseen character during the show's run, despite being mentioned in many episodes . His hands and legs were shown in the episode "New Will City" but his face never was shown . His two children, Mason (known to Karen as "the fat one") and Olivia ("the girl"), by Stan's previous wife were often left in the incompetent care of Karen . </P> <P> In the fourth season, Stan is jailed for tax evasion and tells Karen to date other men . She cannot bring herself to do so until she meets rich bachelor Lionel Banks (Rip Torn), but just as their affair begins, Stan is released from jail . However, after Karen catches Stan with his mistress Lorraine Finster (Minnie Driver)--a cafeteria worker at the prison--the couple separate, and Karen moves into the Palace hotel . After beginning divorce proceedings at the end of the fifth season, Stan dies suddenly . Despite cruelly mocking him for years, Karen is genuinely saddened by his death . </P> <P> During season six, Karen pursues romantic liaisons and eventually marries Lyle Finster (John Cleese), Lorraine's father . However, after 20 minutes of marriage, she asks for a divorce upon realizing that Lyle puts his own needs ahead of hers . </P>

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