November 22, 2025
‘After deep thought and lots of prayer, I’ve made the choice to maneuver ahead with a divorce,’ the fact star introduced.
Kandi Burruss is formally ending her marriage to Todd Tucker after greater than a decade collectively, marking a serious private shift for the longtime “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” star. Burruss confirmed the information in an announcement to Individuals, sharing that the choice got here after vital reflection.
“After deep thought and lots of prayer, I’ve made the choice to maneuver ahead with a divorce,” she mentioned, calling the second “troublesome and emotional.” She emphasised that her precedence now’s “defending my peace, being the perfect mom I could be, and co-parenting with love and respect.”
Burruss added that she is coming into “a brand new chapter pouring into my work, my household, and my very own development,” and requested followers for “privateness, grace, and understanding” throughout the transition.
Burruss, 49, and Tucker, 52, first met in 2011 whereas filming season 4 of RHOA, the place Tucker labored behind the scenes. They acquired engaged in early 2013 and married the next April. Through the years, the couple welcomed two kids collectively—Ace, now 9, and Blaze, 5—whereas additionally elevating Burruss’ daughter Riley, 23, and Tucker’s daughter Kaela, 29, from earlier relationships.
Throughout their marriage, the pair continuously spoke concerning the energy of their partnership. In 2022, Burruss mentioned their bond was rooted in “simply nice communication and having enjoyable collectively,” noting that “Now we have an actual understanding of one another.”
Their skilled lives grew to become deeply intertwined as effectively. Collectively, they constructed a number of Atlanta-based enterprise ventures, together with a Georgia-based soul meals restaurant chain, a trucking firm, and a Bravo spinoff centered on their household and restaurant operations.
Simply final month, Burruss publicly thanked Tucker whereas accepting the Wifetime Achievement Award at The Bravos throughout BravoCon 2025. In her speech, she acknowledged the ups and downs they’d weathered collectively: “To Todd, thanks for surviving the blogs, the shade, the rumors, the lies, the reality, the virtually fights, the precise fights, the reunions… You earned this award, too.”
Regardless of the break up, Burruss’ latest feedback counsel the 2 stay aligned in the case of supporting their kids and transferring ahead with respect.
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