It’s been more than a year since Rachel Zoe officially separated from Rodger Berman after 26 years of marriage. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 15 newcomer filed for divorce from Rodger in July, and is now sharing new details about their divorce ahead of the RHOBH Season 15 premiere.
The celebrity stylist spoke with PEOPLE on Nov. 26, where she admitted that she gave everything to her marriage with her ex, with whom she shares two sons, Skyler and Kaius Berman. “I was done. I was really done,” she stated. “I don’t suffer from guilt of not having given it everything I could have. I don’t suffer from that, and I don’t suffer from feeling like it was a failed marriage. Having been married for 26 years, I would say that three-quarters of that was amazing.”
She continued, admitting that she “100 percent” felt that she should have “left sooner” in her marriage. “I think if you ask any woman who has left a situation, they would probably say that they should have done it sooner,” she noted. “But it is what it is.”
Rachel Zoe reveals how her divorce from Rodger Berman has impacted their sons
She also admitted that the divorce came down to their two sons. “At the end of the day, I ultimately did what’s best for the kids,” she said. “I think that having two parents that love them is more important than having two parents that maybe shouldn’t be together anymore.”
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“I started to feel like this may not be the most advantageous situation for our children,” she added. “For me, for the last 14 years, literally every breath I take is for my kids. So every decision I make, every lens that I look through is a lens of my children, of what are they going to think? What are they going to say? How will this affect them? I have never felt that people should live together and stay together unhappy.”
Is Rachel Zoe dating amid her divorce?
Yes she is. “It’s incredibly fun,” she explained to the publication. “To be honest, that wasn’t hard for me to get into. It really wasn’t. I think this era for me is just freedom. Anyone who comes into my life or our lives is only going to be someone that adds value in terms of making me laugh, making me smile, and really just making sense. It’ll have to feel organic and natural to who I am now.”
Rachel Zoe teases what’s next for her after divorce and life with her sons
Back in September, timed to her birthday, Rachel shared an emotional message that reflected on her journey and teased what’s next for her in this new chapter.Â
“What a year and what a life I have the privilege of living. It has been by an absolute landslide the most transformative year of my existence. I woke up today on my Birthday with my heart so full of love I am overwhelmed,” she wrote. “I am not a friend who leans on people I am the one who prefers being leaned on. Over the last year every friend I have new or old, my lifer RZ team and my family have shown up for me in ways I didn’t know existed.”
She continued, “I am me because of all of you and feel as though I am the luckiest girl to be loved and supported by the most special people on earth. My two angels Sky and Kaius .. Thank you for your limitless love, strength, grace and wisdom you have shown up with in the most unimaginable ways at an incredibly young age. I remain in constant awe of you both every single day and make me the proudest to be your Mommy. I feel today like the happiest strongest and most free I have ever been. Thank you for the countless birthday messages and endless love from this community I am beyond grateful to you all. Let’s do another crazy fun trip around the together and Happiest Birthday to all of my crazy amazing Virgos.”
Andy Cohen teases Rachel Zoe on RHOBH Season 15
Real Housewives producer, Andy Cohen, has stated that he is excited for RHOBH viewers to embark on this new chapter with Rachel. “We are so excited about that, and to have Rachel, it’s so wild,” he said during a June episode of his SiriusXM radio show, Radio Andy. “She really fits. It’s just a perfect fit.”
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“I think we’re going to see the Rachel that we love, but at a really different place in her life and I’m really excited,” he added.
See what Rachel teased about RHOBH Season 15 at BravoCon.
