The Valley indicates that Jesse and Michelle Lally were headed for divorce
Jesse Lally and woman Michelle Lally previously divorced The valley premiered on Bravo – but the hints were there throughout the first season of the Vanderpump Rules spinoff.
The couple’s introduction to the show immediately set the tone for their ups and downs as they bickered about laundry on screen. During the premiere episode – and beyond – Jesse and Michelle were surprisingly open about their problems.
Before you become a member The valley, Jesse and Michelle got engaged in November 2017 after several years of dating. They tied the knot a year later at California’s Beaulieu Garden and then expanded their family with the arrival of daughter Isabella in 2020.
The pair formed a friendship with Vanderpump Rules alum Jax Taylor And Brittany Cartwrightand so they ended up as cast members of the spin-off.
Several Vanderpump Rules stars have left the Bravo series over the years. Cameras began following the staff at Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant SUR in 2012 after she rose to fame on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Season 1 of Pump Rules, which premiered in January 2013, starred Lisa, Stassi Schroeder, Jax […]
“There’s a major storyline about our lives where I spend the entire summer trying to work on myself to be the best version of myself,” Jesse shared exclusively We weekly in March 2024, days before The valley premiered. “And if the best version of myself matched the best version of herself, our marriage would survive. People evolve. If your marriage and relationship don’t evolve, it will never work, no matter how much you want it to.”
Michelle, meanwhile, noted that there have been a lot of changes since they filmed the series.
“People said, ‘When you watch the show you realize what you guys are really like,’ because when you’re in it you don’t really know,” she said in a separate interview with Us at the time. “When I step back and look at myself, I think, ‘Oh wow. It’s clear we’re having marital problems.”
She continued: “I want fans to know how real we were. We are very authentic. We haven’t faked anything and we’ve said that if we’re going to do reality TV, we’re really going to open up our lives – the positive and the negative.”
After the duo noticeably didn’t walk the red carpet together The valley premiere party, Us confirmed that Jesse and Michelle split after almost six years of marriage.
Keep scrolling to see the signs The valley that pointed to Jesse and Michelle’s decision — and check back weekly for more moments that stood out before their divorce:
The valley airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9pm ET and will be available to stream on Peacock the following day.
Awkward introduction
During their first confessional together, Michelle was asked what words she would use to describe Jesse.
“I’ll have to think about that,” she said before Jesse suggested “loving” and “sexy” as options. Michelle paused after the first word and laughed off her husband’s second suggestion.
The tension did not diminish when Michelle and Jesse talked about their daughter. “She loves her dad so much,” Michelle noted, while Jesse added, “She loves me more.”
Michelle also shared that Jesse didn’t seem to favor her, saying, “I don’t think he’s ever had a picture of me on his phone as a screensaver.” The dog and the baby [are his choices].”
In response, Jesse told his side of the story. “We work together, I have to watch you all day,” he noted. “Why do I have to open my phone and have a picture of you on it?”
Vanderpump Rules viewers are introduced to some new cast members – and familiar faces – in the spinoff series The Valley. In 2012, fans were introduced to the staff at Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant SUR, including Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor, Kristen Doute, Tom Sandoval, Katie Maloney and Scheana Shay. The cast had to deal with one […]
Not on the same page
In the first images of Michelle and Jesse at their home, the pair did not appear to have the same views. Jesse randomly popped open a bottle of champagne during the day, which Michelle wasn’t happy about.
“No, we’re not on vacation,” she said after Jesse offered her a glass. “So what are you going to do? Drink champagne all day?
After Jesse replied that he would drink “a little,” Michelle looked at him doubtfully.
The transition to parenthood
Michelle and Jesse both acknowledged how having their daughter changed their dynamic. While talking to Brittany and Nia BookoMichelle recalled that Jesse didn’t contribute much when she welcomed their first child.
“Jesse never woke up. “I slept separately with Isabella for a year,” she said. “It takes someone one of a kind to handle him.”
Later in the premiere, Jesse confirmed that he wasn’t as present when they became parents.
“It is difficult to determine exactly what we fought about. It’s little things,” he said in a solo confessional. “We moved from the fun honeymoon phase when the baby came because she was evolving as a mother and I wasn’t quite evolving as a father. That is exactly where we are now.”
Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor and more former and current Vanderpump Rules personalities have started their own families. Schroeder, who left the show in 2020, became a mother a year later in January 2021 and gave birth to daughter Hartford with her husband Beau Clark. When Lala Kent and ex-fiancé Randall Emmett’s daughter Ocean arrived two months later […]
Discussing the idea of separation
During the March 2024 premiere, Michelle discussed what she regretted not doing after she started dating Jesse.
“I always tell people, I’ve been working with Jesse for eight years and it’s funny because we didn’t even ask basic questions [about marriage and kids,” she told Kristen Doute. “From my experience, you want to have those talks.”
Meanwhile, Jesse spoke with Jax about the problems in his marriage.
“I don’t think Michelle has been super happy in the past 24 hours. It has not been good,” he admitted. “The conversations [about separation] have had. … I do not want that. She brought it up.”
Surprising interactions with other women
While at a party with the rest of the cast, Kristen and Jesse jokingly bickered back and forth. Kristen started twisting his nipple, which Jesse tried to return to her.
“Are you kidding me? I’m so close to Jesse’s wife, Michelle, but I’m not nearly as close as Jesse Lally is anywhere near my boobs,” she told the cameras. “I just put up with Jesse because he’s Michelle’s husband, that’s what you have to do sometimes.’
Jesse also shocked Michelle when he joked about it Lala Kentsaying, ‘I will let my wife choose, and I will let my mistress choose [Lala] choose too. Sorry, I want to be more cultured – my side piece.”