Jennifer Pedranti started Season 18 of The Real Housewives of Orange County on the move. She and her five children were evicted from their home. The situation started a feud with her real estate agent, and co-star, Gina Kirschenheiter. It also left Jennifer struggling with the decision to move in with her boyfriend, Ryan Boyajian. She spent all of the previous season defending him against suggestions of infidelity and the untimely demise of their relationship.
But Jen’s children approved of the decision, and the July 18 episode of RHOC showed them moving into Ryan’s house. Now, the question is how they’ve all adjusted since then.
Jennifer revealed “mom talks” that she had with Ryan
The yoga teacher exclusively told Us Weekly that the experience “was an adjustment.”
“We’re still there and it’s amazing now. … Ryan is very structured and I learned I did everything for the kids. Ryan’s made me a little more structured. I’ve made Ryan a little more loose and we are totally settling in now,” Jennifer explained.
But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. The RHOC newbie added, “I would be lying if I said there wasn’t a time period [where] we all needed to settle into. What we felt in the beginning was Ryan’s home, but now we feel like we’re all home.”
Meanwhile, Jennifer has finalized her divorce from William Pedranti. A turn of events that she is “happy” about. They share children Harrison, 20, Dawson, 17, Greyson, 14, Everleigh, 12, and Dominic, 10.
“I need co-parenting peace,” she said of her next goal. “I know this is an odd statement to make. It’s like he still feels like family to me. … He’s a good dad. So that’s all that matters.”
Ryan even tweaked some of Jen’s parenting decisions. She revealed, “He had to have some mom talks with me. When I let it sink in, ‘Why are the kids not helping with the trash? Why am I picking up everyone’s laundry?’ There’s so many people in this house and little things where I’m like, ‘You know what? You just made my life so much easier. Thank you.’”
But a harsh reality came into their world when Ryan was named in a gambling and theft scheme involving Shohei Ohtani, former intepreter for the L.A. Dodgers.
“The world got very scary for a moment, but you watch it play out,” Jennifer recalled. “Ryan has no involvement. He’s fine. We are fine.”
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