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The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Cynthia Bailey, 55, dished about what was the ultimate straw in her marriage through the Oct. 31 episode of the Two T’s In A Pod podcast. She instructed the hosts, RHOC alum Tamra Judge, 55, and RHOBH alum Teddi Mellencamp, 41, what finally led to her emotional resolution to dissolve her relationship with Mike Hill, 52. “I felt like we weren’t friends anymore,” Cynthia mentioned across the 10.40-minute mark. “I felt like it was just going toward we’re just not going to be friends if we didn’t pump the brakes.”
Cynthia then went on to handle the truth that this isn’t her first marriage to finish, as she was beforehand married to Peter Thomas from 2010 to 2017. “This is not my first rodeo. I think friendship just has to be there in a marriage,” the TV star continued. “Like, love is great, but friendship has to be there. I truly want to be with my best friend.” She additionally instructed Teddi that attending this 12 months’s BravoCon “helped” her get by some powerful days. “I love our fans, I didn’t even think about it [the split] for three days because I was too damn tired,” the mom-of-one quipped. Cynthia additionally confirmed to the 41-year-old that she did really feel love-bombed in her relationship with Mike. “Yeah, but I like a good love-bomb, but I just want it to continue,” she laughed. “I want to be love-bombed for the rest of my life.”
After telling Tamra that she was with the sports activities journalist for about 4 years, Cynthia talked about feeling like a failure when her first marriage ended. “Going into this unfortunate divorce, I don’t want to ride it out – I’m 55 years old,” she went on. “I deserve to be happy and at peace, I want my man to be happy and to have peace. And if we’re not able to achieve that together then we shouldn’t be together.” The mannequin additionally addressed how she is feeling post-split. “I do have good days and bad days,” Cynthia instructed the hosts.
She additionally dished that she and Mike don’t remorse their selection to finish their two-year-long marriage. “I don’t think either one of us regret our decision to move forward in the way we have decided to move forward,” Cynthia continued. “It’s not final yet. We’re still going through the process, so we’re still technically married. For me, there’s still just a lot of respect stuff on my end that I still feel like he’s my husband.” In addition, she shared that she eliminated her marriage ceremony ring on the day they publicly introduced the separation. “I took my ring off the day of the announcement but until then, I had it on all this time. Although, we were going through some things,” she added. “It’s just weird, you guys. It’s just weird.”
Mike and his estranged spouse took to Instagram on Oct. 12 to inform their followers the information of their divorce, per CNN. “LOVE is a beautiful thing,” they wrote in a since-deleted Instagram selfie. “While we both will always have love for one another, we have decided to go our separate ways.”
The caption of the previous couple went on to say that neither of them blame one another. “No one is to blame and we are grateful that we remain good friends. We will always cherish the many memories we’ve shared together as husband and wife.” Mike and Cynthia additionally thanked everybody for his or her assist. “Many of you have been on this journey with us from the very beginning, and we appreciate our family, friends and beloved fans for your positive support as we move forward and start new chapters,” the assertion concluded. Cynthia and her ex had been married from Oct. 10, 2020, and cut up on Oct. 12, 2022. She is the mom to at least one daughter, Noelle Robinson, 22, who she welcomed in 1999 with singer Leon Robinson, 60.
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