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As rumors swirl about their standing, Monique Samuels and Chris Samuels have clarified that they haven’t separated — however admit that they’re going by way of a troublesome time of their 10-year marriage.
The previous Actual Housewives of Potomac stars launched a prolonged YouTube video on Monday, October 17, after seemingly laughing off a Folks journal report that they’d break up over the weekend.
“It’s no secret that Chris and I’ve been struggling in some areas of our marriage and anyone who watched Love & Marriage: DC final 12 months, y’all noticed the arguments, y’all noticed the whole lot that was happening,” Monique, 39, started with Chris, 45, by her aspect. “It was plenty of confusion, it was loopy constructing as much as that 10-year marker of our marriage and once you’ve been married that lengthy and when you have got issues that you just’re like, ‘Hear, that is being unmet or I’ve been unheard’ you begin to get annoyed and it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, is that this what life goes to be? I can’t take it anymore.’ So what y’all noticed on Love & Marriage: DC final season, it was my cry for assist.”
Monique and Chris wed in 2012 and share three youngsters: Christopher, 9, Milani, 7, and Chase, 3. She famous on Monday that the pair have been in particular person remedy to work “on their private points,” however denied a number of occasions that they’d break up.
“With out additional rationalization, everybody is aware of that once you say the phrases separation, that insinuates a divorce. Are Chris and I getting a divorce? No. We aren’t getting a divorce. Are we going our separate methods? Completely not. … Have we filed a authorized separation? No. Have we filed for divorce? No. Is there any doc that proves any divorce filings? No. Have we separated to the extent of breaking apart? No,” the previous Bravo star declared.
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Monique added that she already sees a distinction by way of counseling, noting that season 2 of Love & Marriage: DC will doc their progress.
“We determined we have been going to spend a few nights aside whereas we have been on our counseling journeys. We’ve been speaking quite a bit higher than we have now in a very long time,” she defined. “We’re most positively nonetheless collectively, we haven’t given up on our marriage, we didn’t break up and we’re not trying to divorce. We’re merely making an attempt to be higher.”
Chris, for his half, merely famous that it was “very disappointing and it’s a disgrace that individuals would put stuff out with out fact-checking.”
Earlier than signing off, Monique addressed her former costar Ashley Darby seemingly confirming the break up at BravoCon, telling followers at a panel over the weekend that Monique informed her she was “going by way of some private issues” after they just lately had lunch.
“Lots of people have been making an attempt to throw Ashley below the bus. Ashley is harmless, go away her alone,” Monique stated. “She didn’t begin these things.”
