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Alexia Nepola‘s ex-husband, Todd Nepola, went on a prolonged rant towards Actual Housewives of Miami producers in a video shared to his Instagram web page on Friday.
On the heels of Alexia, 58, declaring that they hadn’t spoken for a month and a half, and suggesting she was completely satisfied to be “free,” Todd, 52, took purpose at producers, accusing Bravo of slander and defamation as he spoke of an impending court docket battle and revealed what pushed him over the sting when it got here to his portrayal on the present.
“Sufficient is sufficient,” Todd wrote within the caption of his August 15 submit on Instagram. “Your lies, bullying, and behind-the-scenes extortion techniques have gone too far.”
In accordance with Todd, he tried to take the excessive highway, regardless of “wildly false and deeply manipulated” claims that “crossed a line.”
Along with slamming producers for focusing their seventh season on the assaults aimed toward Guerdy Abraira, 47, who he famous was a “most cancers survivor,” Todd mentioned his character was focused with accusations of not caring about Alexia’s youngest son, Frankie, who suffers from a mind damage stemming from a automobile crash he was concerned in years in the past. This, he defined, “hit a nerve.”
“You’ve allowed gang-style pile-ons, bodily violence, gaslighting, microaggressions, and racially charged feedback to go unchecked,” he continued. “You’ve enabled cruelty, inspired hate, and turned mean-spiritedness into leisure.”
He additionally slammed the Bravo “model” and took purpose at its rankings.
In his accompanying video, Todd declared, “The largest mistake I’ve made in my grownup life was agreeing to take part within the Actual Housewives of Miami.”
“I used to be not one who actually wished to surrender my privateness and turn out to be a actuality star. That was by no means for me, and I definitely by no means loved filming, and I’m certain that’s apparent to anybody who ever watched the present. However the last straw, the breaking level, got here when lies began being advised,” he defined.
One main concern Todd had with manufacturing was the sharing of Adriana De Moura‘s suggestion that he was struggling financially and couldn’t pay lease.
“It was an actual blow to me, and I couldn’t imagine individuals would make these sorts of lies up. I used to be very mad at her for mendacity on TV … and I used to be madder at Alexia for getting me concerned on this mess. However I used to be essentially the most mad at producers, who knew the story wasn’t true,” he went on.
On the time Adriana’s declare was made, Todd was not solely not struggling, however he had “simply purchased a $24 million procuring middle.”
“I spotted I couldn’t reside on this world anymore, and the girl I beloved couldn’t reside with out it. So I needed to decide to go away,” he said.
Whereas Todd was led to imagine that if he continued to take part within the present, he’d obtain an apology from Adriana, none got here. As a substitute, producers dealt him with extra “slander and defamation of character” as his relationship with Frankie was criticised.
“There’s not an individual on this Earth that’s carried out as a lot for him, apart from his dad and mom, than me,” Todd insisted, sharing that he hung out with Frankie and supplied for him by placing a roof over his head and designer garments on his again.
Todd additionally spoke of his once-strained relationship with Alexia’s older son, Peter, saying that they made amends and that he assured Peter he’d at all times “be there for him.”
Whereas Todd famous that Peter was additionally utilized by producers, he suspected he solely agreed to color a false image of him “for the paycheck.”
Because the clip continued, Todd mentioned he was heartbroken that Alexia didn’t warn him and that she “allowed this to occur,” as he confirmed they reconciled in January and have been “doing nice for months.”
Because the video got here to an finish, Todd advised producers he was taking their “a**es to court docket.”
“You’re gonna have a courtroom to carry out in, and also you’re not going to should persuade the general public you’re gonna should persuade an actual choose and an actual jury in the event you had the suitable to make use of me on TV and lie about me on TV while you knew it was a lie,” he said. “[And] I’m gonna win some huge cash, and after I do, I’m gonna give it to teams that work with individuals which can be bullied, cyberbullied, bullied in particular person, attacked on-line by individuals such as you who cover in these rooms and destroy lives.”
Todd’s submit got here simply days after Alexia revealed she minimize off communication with him throughout an August 13 interview with Entry Hollywood’s Housewives Nightcap.
“We’re not speaking. It was my choice to go no contact. Zero contact. I actually do imagine in it. To this point, it’s working. It’s been like, over 45 days. It’s nice and it’s the one method,” Alexia shared.
In accordance with Alexia, she hopes to be an inspiration to different girls who’ve seen her and Todd’s relationship play out on RHOM.
“If I may flip my ache into function or proceed to be inspiring in any method, perhaps, that’s not what I wished my story to be. He actually handed me my story, and as you’ll be able to see, I didn’t actually wish to share it. I used to be actually protecting, like I mentioned, however I needed to do what was greatest for me. I had no different possibility. I gave all the things I may give,” she famous.
Alexia was even going to go away RHOM.
“I used to be even gonna give up the present for him. So it’s been a journey. I’ve discovered so much about myself, and proper now I’m simply specializing in my youngsters and simply my household and myself. I’ve peace. I’m completely satisfied. I be happy and I’m simply enthusiastic about my subsequent chapter, no matter it might be,” she concluded.
The Actual Housewives of Miami season seven airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
