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Monica Garcia revealed the place she stands with estranged husband Mike Garcia throughout an interview on Monday.
As she teased the surprising purpose for his or her second divorce, the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star, 39, opened up about her 18-month affair together with her brother-in-law, defined why she shared the connection on the present, and spoke of her expertise with the Mormon church as new particulars about her previous and present divorces from Mike have been shared.
In courtroom paperwork obtained by The U.S. Sun on September 15, it was famous that Monica and Mike have been first married in 2009 and break up in 2013 after welcoming their now-13-year-old daughter Jaidyn.
At the time of their breakup, Monica, who additionally has an older daughter, Bri, 17, from a earlier relationship, was awarded sole bodily custody of Jaidyn, and Mike was granted visitation. According to paperwork, Monica was making over $4,500 per thirty days once they divorced. And though Mike was making much less, he was ordered to pay $399 per thirty days for baby help.
Following the break up, nevertheless, Monica and Mike mended their relationship and appeared to remain collectively for eight years earlier than Monica filed for divorce on June 12 of this 12 months.
Although Monica’s second submitting has been sealed from the general public, it was famous that neither get together can “harass, intimidate, or disturb the peace of the other party.”
They can also’t “use the other party’s name, likeness, image, or identification to get credit, open an account for service, or obtain a service.”
As RHOSLC followers have seemingly heard, Monica, who lived in a $425,000 dwelling owned by Mike throughout their marriage, labored as Jen Shah‘s assistant for a period of time and has been quite candid that her life is less extravagant than her castmates. She’s additionally spoken of life as a single mother to her 4 daughters, who embrace West, 6, and Kendall, 5.
As Monica continues to open up about her life on the present, she says followers can be stunned to be taught the explanation she and Mike referred to as it quits for a second time.
“You guys are going to be shocked when you discover the real reasons why we’re actually getting a divorce now,” Monica informed E! News on October 2. “Because it’s not because of the affair.”
Although Monica hasn’t shared the explanation fairly but, she mentioned that she and her estranged husband are “great co-parents.”
“He is a wonderful dad and provider and we just weren’t good together and that’s OK,” she said. “He calls and checks on me. He’ll see something in the news and he’ll get defensive and be like, ‘That’s not even true!’ I am the mother of his children and we’ll always love and respect each other because of that.”
After admitting to her affair together with her sister-in-law’s husband, which resulted in her being excommunicated by the Mormon church, Monica mentioned she didn’t hesitate to return clear on digital camera.
“Hopefully I get the chance to clear things up and explain timelines, but the people in my life have already known about this,” she defined. “They’ve already known about the affair, they’ve already known about the excommunication and we’ve all had the time to process this information already.”
“It is something that I’m telling these women for the first time but it was not something that I was nervous sharing,” she continued. “Because, as you’ll see throughout the season and hopefully at reunion, you’ll be able to put pieces together and I understand more so why it’s easier for me to discuss.”
Also in the course of the interview, Monica mentioned that regardless of her unfavorable experiences with the church, she is just not towards the thought of her daughters embracing faith.
“This is a very personal decision,” she famous. “I had religion forced on me growing up as a child and young adult and I’m taking a different approach with my children in regards to that and just supporting their feelings and how they want to do it. If they want to participate and it’s important to them, then I support that. If it’s something that they disagree with or don’t align with, then I support that as well.”
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