The Valley’s Michelle Saniei is offering never-before-shared details about her breakup with Aaron Nosler.
At BravoCon 2025, Michelle touched on her relationship with Aaron — as widely featured in The Valley’s sophomore season — and why things ended in July. With her divorce settled from Jesse Lally after six years of marriage, she responded to the “loaded question” posed by the Peaks and The Valley panel moderator, Danny Pellegrino, about why things didn’t last.
“I lived on my own for a year, I moved in with him, and we just realized quickly that, you know, he was just not ready for my situation with a child, and it was just better to be apart,” Michelle explained.
Jesse, with whom Michelle shares 5-year-old Isabella Bunny Lally, chimed in with a joke from across the panel’s stage: “The honey wasn’t sweet enough anymore.”
For context, Jesse theorized in Season 2 that Michelle’s sudden interest in Aaron’s brand of organic white honey — while they were still married — was an indicator that Michelle and Aaron allegedly started an affair before the parents decided to separate.
Are Michelle Saniei and Jesse Lally divorced?
At BravoCon 2025, the former partners of a luxury real estate firm confirmed their divorce had been finalized, offering a few more details about the proceedings.
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“I think, to be honest, the whole world wanted us divorced,” Jesse revealed. “Because her attorney filed on Friday morning, and the judge stamped it Monday morning, and it was, like, supposed to take six months, and it took one day.”
Jesse joked, “They were like, ‘Can we get this over with? Please, for the love of God.’”
Michelle Saniei gives Brittany Cartwright divorce advice
Meanwhile, as The Valley’s Brittany Cartwright’s divorce with Jax Taylor continues, Michelle offered a few words of advice.
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“I mean, you just gotta keep putting the pressure and keep following up,” said Michelle. “[That’s] all you can do.”
Brittany had hoped her divorce from Jax would be final in October, but now she had her “fingers crossed” that the parents of one could have the order officially signed in December.
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