On today’s edition of “Tamron Hall,” in a daytime exclusive interview, Tamron sat down with Reesa Teesa, the woman behind the viral TikTok video series “Who The __ Did I Marry.” Teesa detailed her ex-husband’s alleged deception and the red flags she ignored in the beginning of their relationship and shared why she decided to post the now viral videos. Teesa also shared how she is handling all attention including the negative comments on social media. See more inside…
Reesa Teesa on why she decided to post the now viral videos:
Tamron confirmed that Teesa did not receive any money for the TikToks and asked if it was done as a form of therapy, Teesa replied, “Correct. It was very therapeutic and cathartic to get it out, to just tell my experience of something that happened to me. My whole attitude was, I hope that someone sees it. I hope it helps someone that may be in a situation the way that I was where, you really really want the fairytale and you’re ignoring certain things and so I’m just trying to come to you, woman to woman, woman to man, and say ‘Hey, don’t ignore that. Don’t ignore the signs.’”
Teesa details the day her ex-husband was arrested at her home:
“It was terrifying. I know that I did state in the video series, I was terrified to go home and that is something no one should ever have to experience. Being afraid to go to what should be your peace. Should be your solitude. Should be your sanctuary. He had been threatening that he was going to come back so I had reached out to law enforcement and I talk about in the video series where it was the police captain when I called him after I called 911. The police captain immediately answered the phone and said, ‘I got the call. We’re on our way. We got you.’ So this was another example of someone else saying, ‘I got you.’ And I was like, ‘God please I hope he really does have me.’ But he did.” Tamron asked if she was ever afraid for her life, Teesa said, “I was afraid of the unknown.”
Teesa shares the one thing she didn’t include in the video series:
“The one thing I did not put in there, I hit on it but I did not go in depth. The part for me, that I don’t talk about because I guess I don’t want to be that vulnerable, I don’t want someone to make fun of it, is the fact that, once I discovered that he was not a regional manager, he was not a VP of productions and operations, he was just a regular employee, the dominoes started falling and one of those dominoes was the realization that you did not have a business meeting when I had to go to the hospital. You simply were not there. So when I was texting you and I was terrified, I was texting you that I was in pre-op at Northside Hospital and I’m so scared because I just don’t know what’s going to happen and David texted me back, there came a moment that once I discovered all the lies, that I realized that you really left me hanging when I needed you the most and on so many levels, I can honestly sit here and tell you that is the one thing that I struggle to forgive because it’s already hard. There was so much fear, I felt like, first of all, I felt like a failure because my body did not go to term.” Tamron clarified to the audience that Teesa had suffered a miscarriage. Teesa continued, “Again, I take myself back to when I discovered there was no David, so you were pretending to be someone else texting me when I was in pre-op, I’m scared, I love you, if anything happens…anyways, it takes me back there.”
Teesa on the negative comments she has received:
“The ones where they say, ‘You know she did this for clout,’ this is not the way to get clout because you are literally opening up yourself and you’re being vulnerable. Those hurt. The ones that talk about the fact, and I know people have seen this, ‘She does not look like what a VP would date,’ and it was a TikTok creator that was talking about my looks and then there was a very famous personality that called me a ‘big back’ talking about my weight and so it’s things like that that I’m like, Jesus. I can already admit I’m self-conscious, you know as a heavier woman. I feel like how I look should not dictate whether or not I deserve what I got. That was disappointing and that was hurtful especially the one that was from the more famous personality because again, I’m more than just my weight, I mean, it’s hard. I will admit this. I appreciate when I’ve met both men and women who have said thank you. Because for me, it’s like ‘Okay, I know I’m getting attacked but it did help somebody.’ When I hear someone that says, ‘Girl, I watched all 50 parts,’ I genuinely am humbled that someone took 500 minutes out of their life and watched the story that I went through and my prayer is that, again, if there is a woman or a man who is like ‘I want to be married, I want kids, I want this and I need to have it right now’ and you know something’s wrong but you’re afraid to investigate because you’re afraid that you might be wrong and it’s like I’m here to say ‘look, it costs nothing to verify but if you don’t verify, honey it may cost you everything.’”
Photo Credit: ABC/Jeff Neira
