RHOP’s Monique Samuels and Chris Samuels are separating after 11 years of marriage

Chris and Monique Samuels. Thanks to Monique Samuels/Instagram

Monica Samuels And Chris Samuels I quit after 11 years of marriage.

The Real housewives of the Potomac alum, 39, has filed for divorce from the former NFL player, 45, in Maryland, Montgomery County family court told multiple outlets on Tuesday, June 20. Monique reportedly petitioned to have the legal documents sealed. She also filed for absolute divorce in April and filed an amended complaint on June 15, according to court documents obtained by multiple outlets. The former couple will reportedly appear in court on Wednesday, June 21 to finalize their divorce.

Eight months before the couple split, Monique put a stop to divorce rumors.

“Chris, what do you have to say about this?” Monique – who tied the knot with her estranged husband in March 2012 – said via her Instagram story in October 2022, after noting that she had just returned from “walking all day.” The retired athlete responded by directing fans to his wife’s shop, “Shop Mila Eve.” The reality star laughed and showed off her diamond engagement ring.

“No better source than the actual source,” she wrote in another Instagram story. “You already know how I roll. I give my own damn exclusive stuff.

However, several days later, she clarified that she and Chris were going through a rough patch, which partially played out Love and Marriage: DC early 2022.

“It’s no secret that Chris and I have struggled in some areas of our marriage and everyone watching Love and Marriage: DC last year you saw the arguments, you saw everything that was going on,” Monique shared in a long YouTube video. “It was a lot of confusion. It was crazy building up to that 10-year marker of our marriage and when you’ve been married that long and when you have things where you think, ‘Listen, this is unfulfilled or I’m unheard of you start to get frustrated and it’s like, “Oh, my God, is this what life is going to be like? I can’t take it anymore.” So what you all saw Love and Marriage: DC last season it was my cry for help.”

After appearing in four seasons of RHOPthe pair – who share three kids: Christopher, 9, Milani, 8, and Chase, 4 – joined the cast of Love and Marriage: DC.

“Everything I went through leading up to this moment was before Love and Marriage: DC. We can really show: here is our family, here is our marriage, here we are as entrepreneurs, here we are as parents, and here we are among a wonderful circle of other people who are in the same position as us and we are all learning and grow apart, Monique told exclusively Us weekly in May 2022 on the pair’s return to reality TV. “It’s more up my alley this time. And you’ll see so many different sides of me because I feel like I was kind of pigeonholed when people first saw me on reality TV.

Monique also added how being on the new reality show was different compared to her time on the Bravo series.

“That was my reason for coming to reality TV. The platform I was on before didn’t really fit that dynamic. I feel like everything is divinely laid out and I had to go through what I went through to get to this point. I’m very passionate about family, I’m passionate about my marriage and people get to see the full picture,” she said. “Not only do they see me in a girl group, but they see me, how I treat my husband, how we deal with difficulties in our marriage, how we love each other, how we blow each other up and how we raise these beautiful children together And all the challenges that come our way.”