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Monique Samuels accused her ex-husband, Chris Samuels, of performing inappropriately with their children and telling them she cheated throughout an interview on Tuesday.
Forward of the January 4 launch of her new e-book, Love Letters from Variations of Myself: A Memoir of Self-Discovery, Transformation, and Therapeutic, the 42-year-old Actual Housewives of Potomac star admitted that issues between her and Chris, 48, have gotten “worse” as she spoke of his alleged abuse, claimed he retains a folder of photographs of her post-split, and denied studies that she’s courting her former radio present co-host, Jason Weems.
“I stayed fairly quiet, and I attempted my finest to not bash as a result of I didn’t need it to have an effect on our co-parenting, and he obtained to the purpose the place he began saying very inappropriate issues to the kids,” Monique shared on the December 2 episode of Angela Yee’s Lip Service, through The Bravo Shade Room on Instagram. “He advised the kids in regards to the video that y’all noticed, he really described it to them, and I’m like, ‘Why are you telling’ — on the time, they had been 11, 9, and 6 — ‘Why are you telling kids this stuff?’”
“[He was] twisting the narrative of why the wedding ended, making it like, ‘Oh, your mother was having an affair, and he or she was dishonest,’” she added.
Then, when host Angela identified that Monique had written about Chris’ alleged abuse in her e-book, claiming that witnesses noticed him mainly choose her up by her throat, Monique admitted to “rationalizing issues afterward.”
“It’s like, ‘Properly, I did type of egg it on. I did type of instigate it.’ And it’s identical to, ‘Alright, I’mma simply let it go.’ And if you’re in a wedding and if you’ve seen it rising up, it’s virtually like, that is regular,” she defined. “And that was one of many greatest issues that led me to get to that time the place I used to be like, ‘I can’t do that anymore.’”
In response to Monique, it was her kids who prompted her to make a change.
“Once I began to consider the truth that my kids are witnessing me have habits that’s reverse of what I preach to them, which is self-love, they usually’re watching me run myself and deplete myself into the dust, and that is being allowed … I felt like I simply needed to maintain proving myself and proving myself,” she revealed. “And I’m like, ‘Wait. We’re married. Why ought to I’ve to show myself to an individual?’ We’re alleged to be equal.”
Monique was additionally motivated by different ladies.
“The explanation why I communicate out and I’m speaking about it increasingly more about it now’s as a result of I felt so alone going by means of it,” she famous. “I didn’t understand that there have been different those who had the identical expertise till I began speaking extra about it. After which I might have ladies DM me which might be, like, all age teams. They’re like, ‘What you’re saying, you’re describing precisely how my marriage is. I believed I used to be the one one.’”
“That was the push for me to simply, I’m like, I can’t maintain remaining silent and defending … I really feel like, as Black ladies, we’re simply rooted to guard Black males. However Black males gotta step up too,” she added.
Additionally on the podcast, after claiming Chris began a rumor that she obtained fired from radio, Monique revealed that Chris has been conserving tabs on her since their divorce.
“He has finished a lot within the neighborhood, within the streets of Potomac, and anyone that lives in Potomac that has crossed paths with him is aware of precisely what I’m saying,” she shared. “Inside 5 minutes, he’ll pull out his cellphone. My children even stated that he has a complete folder with screenshots and photos of me. It’s been unhealthy and to the purpose the place he would even inform me, ‘I obtained eyes on you.’ It’s like, ‘Dude, get pleasure from your life.’”
Monique went on to say that she’s okay with Chris courting, so long as the lady is sweet with children.
“I actually do want him nicely, however I additionally want for him to depart me alone. It’s like, ‘Let me reside my life. You’re residing your life and courting and doing no matter you wanna do,’” she reasoned.
As for her courting life, Monique confirmed she’s single.
“I’m not even courting. I’m not even to that time but. And truthfully, the way in which issues are panning out, even with that, I might hate to even carry anyone right into a scenario the place he’s performing the way in which he’s performing, and we’re making an attempt to co-parent,” she defined.
The Actual Housewives of Potomac season 10 airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.
