It’s been 13 years since Garcelle Beauvais and ex-husband Mike Nilon finalized their divorce. Following their split, they’ve made a real effort to co-parent their twin sons, Jax and Jaid.
Even though she’s at peace now, like most of us, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has a regret or two about how things ended.
Garcelle sat down with longtime Executive Producer of multiple Bravo series, Alex Baskin to chat about her marriage. They were joined by Garcelle’s BFF and fellow Housewife Sutton Stracke, who has her own divorce horror stories.
She “should have waited”
Garcelle and Mike were married for nearly a decade, but there were bumps in the road prior to their marriage. She told the Hot Mic podcast interviewer that she and Mike “broke up” before they were married.
According to Garcelle, the couple came to a “crossroads” when her then-boyfriend told her that marriage wasn’t “part of his five-year plan.” At the time, Garcelle and Mike weren’t the only ones affected by their split. Garcelle’s son from a previous relationship, Oliver Saunders, would have been about 10 at the time.
“I remember he was crying, I was crying, and Oliver was crying,” Garcelle told Alex and Sutton. “It was really kind of sad.” Kind of? If everybody’s sobbing, it’s more than “kind of sad.”
But even though her marriage ended, Garcelle wishes she had stuck it out just a little longer. “I was married almost nine years,” she said. “I should’ve waited for the tenth year.” There are financial ramifications for marriages that end after ten years or more, though I seriously doubt Garcelle needs the money. I think she’s doing fine on her own.
After she discovered her husband was having an affair, she wasted no time filing for divorce. She blamed the hasty decision on a “problem” she says she has of moving “too quick.”
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TELL US – DO YOU THINK GARCELLE SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR THE TEN-YEAR MARK? DO YOU THINK SHE DID THE RIGHT THING LEAVING HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE CAUGHT HIM CHEATING?
