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Heather Gay emphasizing her shocking news Real Housewives of Salt Lake City costar Whitney Rose filed for divorce from her husband, Justin Rose.
“I was shocked, I really was,” Heather, 52, said on the Wednesday, October 7, edition of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “I really thought it was a chapter of difference but I was surprised.”
She said, “I’ve texted Whitney. Divorce is very, very hard. It was really hard for me. I can’t imagine navigating it now with the public and personal and the kids and everything. I’m just rooting for her and thinking about her.”
Wednesday, Us obtained court documents confirming that Whitney, 39, formally filed divorce papers in Utah after 16 years of marriage to Justin, 58. Whitney filed a proposed parenting plan for the former couple’s two children, daughter Bobbie, 16, and son Brooks, 13.
Heather revealed that she first learned about her cousin’s divorce filing during a live interview with SiriusXM. Fact checked earlier in the day.
“I’m a little shocked,” Heather admitted as a host Monique Kiki live on air “I thought they were just separating and working on it. … It’s sad to me.”
The Bravo star went on to say, “I love Justin. I love their family. I know how hard divorce is and this is terrible. I can’t imagine doing it on this stage, in public. …
Heather and her husband Billy Gay III separated in 2011 and finalized their divorce three years later. They share daughters Ashley, Georgia, and Annabelle.
Heather Gay and Whitney Rose
Casey Durkin / Bravo“I parted so mysteriously and slowly, molasses slowly,” she recalled. “I did that for protection as hard as it was. I can’t imagine tearing the band off like that. It would be really hard, really hard.”
Us confirmed in July that Whitney and Justin had split two months earlier. Whitney appeared to him Us in September that she and Justin were still “nesting” with their children despite their split.
“[Our kids] they have so much love and support around them that their lives haven’t changed much because we’re nesting,” said Whitney. “Justin and I work together. We co-parent. We do everything together. So, from the children’s point of view, I would think, I mean, based on their views, it’s more peaceful. It’s better.”
Per Whitney, she and Justin “share two spaces” and they “rotate between the two” so their kids don’t have to leave their “main home.”
At the time, Whitney said that RHOSLC viewers could see the events that lay ahead and Justin’s breaking point play out in season 7.
“Everything you see unfold this season happened in real time,” she said. Us. “I held nothing back. I shared everything that I felt was safe to share and would protect my children.”
