Cynthia Bailey has been very vocal about her divorce from Peter Thomas. Very vocal. We literally watched her go from happily in love, to a little disenchanted, to a bit disgusted and then the announcement of her divorce. Up until this point, Bailey, when questioned, has been a bit vague about the reasons why she felt she and Peter couldn’t make it work, citing their presence on reality tv for the entirety of their marriage, as one of the pitfalls. But during her sit down interview with Steve Harvey, Bailey explained that after years of working on her marriage, she reached a breaking point and realized she’d done all that she could do.
Then later in the interview, Bailey spoke about the foundation of she and Peter’s relationship being based on friendship. She said sometime in the middle of their marriage, they lost that.
Cynthia: You know, there’s just a lot of things that you go through as a couple …. Peter and I were friends before we were you know, husband and wife, and I felt like we just started to lose focus on that friendship and …. that was the beginning of it …. At this point, you know Steve, I just feel like …. well I know that I can just be a better friend to Peter than his wife.
After that, Steve read a meme that Peter shared on his Instagram page, a meme from Cynthia’s ex and Baby Daddy Leon:
Cynthia responded:
When I’m in, I’m all in. But when I’m out, I’m out …. I really know that I gave this all that I can give. I don’t need to keep um, giving and giving and giving …. I sleep very well at night, knowing that I did the best that I could do. This is my first marriage. I’m not saying, you know, I was the best wife in the world. I completely accept my accountability for my short comings. However, I tried my best and that just has to be good enough.
I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about what went down and how it went down in upcoming interviews from both Peter and Cynthia. What do you think about her comments? Do you believe there’s more to the story than just her not wanting to work on it anymore? And do you think not wanting to work on your marriage a good enough reason to call it quits?
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Veronica Wells is the culture editor at MadameNoire.com. She is also the author of “Bettah Days.” You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter @VDubShrug.
