On the Monday, January 9th edition of “Tamron Hall,” actress and cast member of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Kenya Moore got emotional when reflecting on her decision to separate from her husband Marc Daly just three days after first appearing on “Tamron Hall” alongside him and their daughter Brooklyn in 2019. Moore, who is starring in the new reality show “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test,” opened up about their struggles to co-parent and what she’s looking for in a new partner as she begins to start dating. More inside…
Kenya Moore gets emotional sharing what led to her divorce:
“We were having problems and there was always this hope that we could get over it. You know, that we can go to counseling and it could be better and doing your show was like a highlight of our lives because it was the first time he was like really supportive of me. Our whole family was together. And when we got back to Atlanta, we did a filming for ‘Real Housewives’ and it was like this huge event that we had put a lot of energy into and it was a struggle just to like work through our differences, even during the show. And a lot of it was exposed just how we weren’t getting along or we weren’t on the same page or as I said before, I just felt like my voice was stifled a lot because I felt like I had to be a certain kind of person and wife to get along with him and his personality. And that’s not what a marriage is about.” When sharing that Daly was not supportive of her time on the “Real Housewives,” Kenya shared, “it was the way in which he could have supported me. And that never happened. I protected him as much as I could. I protected our marriage as much as I could. But there were signs in the very beginning before he ever stepped foot on the show. That was never an issue. In fact, I was very adamant about telling the producers I’m not going to put him on the show if that’s something that he doesn’t want to do, and it’ll affect our relationship in a negative way, I said no, but it was the other stuff that was going on.”
Kenya Moore on her estranged husband not physically seeing their daughter and regretting her decision not to get a prenup:
“I’m very protective of my daughter and that’s, you know, that’s her dad. And he has been there in terms of speaking to her on FaceTime every day, but the fact of like, seeing her in person has not been there. And that breaks my heart because I don’t want that for her. And even though now that’s her normal, but I don’t want that to be her normal. And so we are trying.” When asked about her decision not to get a prenup Moore shares, “I always say prenup for everyone because it protects both parties. I used to date an agent, an NBA agent, and he would see all of these guys you know, that made $100 million and then they get married and they always take it away. So he would always tell me, you know prenups protect you, he would show me the prenup. And I understood it. But when it came to my marriage, I said I want a prenup. He was adamant about not having one and yeah, I regret not having one because my divorce right now is taking over. It’s still pending over two years now because we didn’t have a prenup.”
Kenya Moore on what she’s looking for in a man as she starts to date:
“I don’t have a type. You know, I don’t want people to judge me because I’m a reality star. I’m a former Miss USA, ‘m a businesswoman or whatever. I don’t want to be put in a category or painted with a broad stroke. So I just like kind people. My focus has changed.. I like a pretty man now, He can be pretty, he can be tall but he has to be kind.” When asked if it’s hard to date with a child she responded, “I think I would only really like to date someone that also is a father, because I don’t think that they will understand my life if they don’t understand themselves. That’s what I think, but I’m brand new at it. I don’t know, someone needs to teach me. I don’t know. I’m trying to figure it out.”
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