Jeff Fessler and Jen Fessler Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photographs
The Actual Housewives of New Jersey star Jenn Fessler revealed that she and husband Jeff Fessler hit a tough patch seven years into their marriage.
“My marriage was undoubtedly not my precedence at the moment, and it wasn’t for Jeff both,” Jenn, 54, shared throughout an episode of the “I Do Half 2” podcast, launched on Thursday, February 20. “We had been simply not connecting. We weren’t connecting on an emotional stage, and we weren’t connecting on a bodily stage.”
Jenn candidly shared that she “finally” found that Jeff was having an affair.
“That was a tough day. Podcast just isn’t lengthy sufficient for me to get into all the particulars of all of it, however I’ll let you know that it was a really unusual factor,” Jenn recalled. “This lady, that Jeff was concerned with, and I had this dialog, and I don’t know, I knew nearly instantly that one thing was up. However that’s not the purpose of this entire large image story. However I, as you’ll count on, utterly misplaced my thoughts.”
The Bravo star did admit that she wasn’t utterly harmless, explaining that she was “on the market” with associates on each Thursday night time to drink and “flirt with guys.” Initially, Jenn stated that she “didn’t have an affair” however began to “try” different males.
“I began to crave that focus that I did for years from males,” Jenn defined. (Elsewhere within the episode, Jenn did say: “I’m trustworthy about Jeff’s affair, and about, then I had my very own affairs, plural.”)
Jenn defined that felt a sure kind of method after Jeff was the one to step out of their marriage first.
“I suppose I knew there was part of me that knew that not solely does it take two, however I nearly felt fortunate that it was him first, as a result of I might place all of the blame on him,” she added. “However I had been flirting with different guys and no matter. I do know that I used to be headed in that route.”
They stayed collectively for a 12 months following the affair earlier than formally separating. (Jenn famous that she went to see her sister in Florida and located a “little boyfriend” of her personal.)
Jenn and Jeff had been separated for almost two years, with neither of them making strikes to divorce, earlier than getting again collectively. Throughout their separation, Jenn had a brand new boyfriend however at one level, she began assembly up with Jeff to speak about their relationship. (Jenn and Jeff are the dad and mom to son Zachary, 24, and daughter Rachel, 22.)
“He was so sure that we had been making a mistake the entire time. And I believe I used to be … I knew in my coronary heart that it was a mistake,” she continued. “I simply didn’t wish to stay my life with out Jeff Fessler.”
Jenn stated that her “life started once more” when she and Jeff reconciled and are “finest associates” to this present day.
“We do the very best we are able to and we combat and we’ve got sad moments and sad intervals of time,” she added. “I really feel very, very fortunate to have made my marriage work.”
