Why Did Selling Sunset’s Chelsea Lazkani Split From Her Husband?

6 September 2024, 15:15

Selling Sunset’s Chelsea Lazkani filed for divorce from her husband Jeff earlier in 2024. But after seven years of marriage and 2 children, what was the reason for their split?

Selling Sunset real estate superstar Chelsea Lazkani has split from her husband Jeff Lazkani, filing for divorce earlier this year after seven years of marriage.

In season eight of the Netflix show, Bre Tiesi passed on information from her friend Lauren who claimed a friend of hers saw Jeff kissing another woman at a hotel, multiple times. When Bre spoke to Chelsea she said: "I don't know how the f*** this is supposed to come out of my mouth right now.

"A friend I've known for a couple of years – Amanda – asked to go to lunch. She told me that her friend, who she's still very close with and sees, lives at the W Hotel in Hollywood, and that he saw your husband at the W Hotel in Hollywood with some girl."

Chelsea was left blindsided by the revelation, admitting she'd felt 'a disconnect' in her relationship but didn't expect the bombshell Bre had for her.

The reality star’s divorce came just after former co-star Christine Quinn’s own marriage troubles with her husband Christian Richard.

Chelsea and Jeff had been together for over seven years, meeting in 2015 on the dating app Tinder. The couple share two children a three-year-old daughter, Melia and a five-year-old son, Maddox.

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So what happened after all that time for Selling Sunset's Chelsea to split with her husband?

According to TMZ, the court documents revealed that Chelsea wrote ‘irreconcilable differences’ under the ‘official’ reason for their split.

Whilst under the ‘exact date of separation,’ Chelsea appeared to be unsure because she simply wrote 'TBD' and in terms of what will happen to their children, it's reported that the reality star requested ‘joint physical and legal custody.’

Chelsea also asked for ‘spousal support’, which is a type of alimony paid from the higher income earning spouse to the lower to help them maintain a certain level of lifestyle.

Chelsea stars on the hit Netflix reality show Selling Sunset and she's also a successful realtor with an estimated net worth of roughly $500,000 (£397,000).

Her husband Jeff reportedly works as a managing partner at Icon Media Direct, a large advertising company based in LA. Jeff’s net worth is also estimated to sit around the same level as Chelsea's.

However whilst Chelsea has requested spousal support, she’s also not denied Jeff’s ability to request it too.

According to the entertainment publication, it was unclear in the documents filed whether a prenup had been signed between them.

But it’s leaning towards the possibility that there may not be one, as Chelsea has stated in the same documents that the “division of assets needs to be determined in court.”

The lack of a prenup isn't that unsurprising as Chelsea didn’t join Selling Sunset and become a public figure until 2022, five years into her marriage with Jeff.

But the documents have officially been filed and Chelsea has removed almost all evidence of Jeff from her Instagram account, so it doesn’t get more official than that.

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The pair seemed blissfully in love, so this divorce came as a shock to their fans. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Chelsea spoke about how they first got together in 2015, getting married two years later.

“We spoke about 15 times before getting together. I don't want to waste my time and give my energy to somebody if I don't think it will be worth it. I felt like I knew him before we even met and the connection was immediate," she said in 2022.

Chelsea confessed to the publication, “I just got lucky. My husband is amazing and I still wonder how I found this kind of love because it's so hard.”

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