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Watch RHOP Alum Monique Samuels ADDRESS Divorce Rumors
UPDATE: After months of breakup speculation, Monique officially filed for divorcement from Chris, the Montgomery County Family Court confirmed to People connected June 20. According to the mag, the Bravo alum archetypal filed a ailment for implicit divorcement connected April 14, though their lawsuit is inactive pending finalization.
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Monique Samuels and Chris Samuels are speaking retired astir the connection connected the street.
After reports stated that the couple—who appeared connected the Real Housewives of Potomac for 4 seasons—were separating aft 10 years of marriage, the brace denied determination was immoderate information to the rumors.
"Are Chris and I getting a divorce? No, we're not getting a divorce," Monique said, portion sitting alongside Chris, successful an Oct. 17 YouTube video. "Are Chris and I going our abstracted ways? Absolutely not."
However, arsenic Monique explained, amid the brace getting acceptable for the 2nd play of their existent amusement connected OWN, Love & Marriage: DC, they person been going done a "process," which included some parties spending clip unsocial astatine their respective homes.
"The process that we were going done successful bid to hole our matrimony [was] by moving connected our idiosyncratic issues," Monique—who is ma to kids Christopher, 9, Milani, 7, and Chase, 3, with Chris—shared. "We wanted to instrumentality a measurement backmost and absorption connected ourselves. If I'm not good, I'm not bully for him oregon my children. If he's not good, he's not bully for himself, maine oregon the children."
Added Monique, "We decided that we would walk immoderate nights isolated truthful we tin springiness each different space, portion we're connected our counseling journey…We've really been communicating amended than we person been for a precise agelong time."
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Most recently, Monique's erstwhile co-star, Ashley Darby, besides hinted astatine this year's BravoCon that the Love & Marriage prima was "going through" a pugnacious clip successful her life. As for that statement, Monique wholly understands wherefore it was said due to the fact that determination is information to the suggestion.
"I americium and was going done something," the ma of 3 said. "She wasn't lying. We're each going done something…We person been going done it... Listen, matrimony is work."
But elsewhere successful their sit-down, Monique made their narration presumption much than clear: "We are astir decidedly inactive together. We haven't fixed up connected our marriage. We didn't interruption up and we're not looking to divorce."
(Originally published Oct. 18, 2022 astatine 6:29 a.m. PT)
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