It was the bombshell heard round West Hollywood. With the top of their marriage taking middle stage in Season 8, it is sensible why followers have questions as to why Chelsea and her husband divorced from Promoting Sundown and the actual purpose for his or her cut up. (Spoiler alert: His alleged infidelity wasn’t the one downside of their relationship.)
Chelsea Lakzani and her husband, Jeff, married in 2017 after assembly on Tinder. They welcomed their first little one, a son named Maddox Ali Lavon, in 2019. Their second little one, daughter Melia Iman, was born in 2020. After seven years of marriage, Chelsea—who joined Promoting Sundown and The Oppenheim Group in Season 5—filed for divorce from Jeff on March 27, 2024. She sought joint custody of her and Jeff’s two kids, in addition to spousal help. She additionally cited irreconcilable variations as the rationale for his or her divorce. However what was the actual purpose?
Why did Chelsea Lakzani and her husband Jeff divorce from Promoting Sundown?
A supply advised Us Weekly two days after Chelsea filed for divorce that the primary purpose she ened their marriage was due to the assumption he was untrue to her. “Chelsea believes Jeff was untrue of their marriage and that’s the reason she filed for divorce,” the insider mentioned. “The divorce has been looming for weeks now and he or she determined to abruptly file. She is totally devastated proper now and is very upset for her the sake of their kids.”
The supply additionally claimed that Chelsea believed Jeff’s alleged infidelity “had been happening for months” earlier than she filed for divorce. “She had suspected the dishonest for some time and needed to catch him within the act earlier than submitting,” the insider mentioned. “She lastly had sufficient and determined to file this week, nevertheless it was a very long time coming. She continues to be in the home with their children. She needs him to remain out of the home, and they aren’t on talking phrases.”
Chelsea’s suspicion that her husband was dishonest on her corresponds together with her storyline in Promoting Sundown Season 5, which noticed her forged mate and fellow Oppenheim Group actual property agent, Bre Tiesi, inform Chelsea {that a} buddy of a buddy noticed Jeff kissing one other lady.
“I’m Workforce Bre, you recognize that. However I did hear one thing. I’m like, ‘Hmm, that is good data to know for Bre.’ It’s a bit a lot to say. I’m being a bit cautious with data as a result of the tea is sizzling,” Bre’s buddy, Amanda, advised her at a lunch. “I didn’t see it with my very own eyes, however I do have textual content proof. I do imagine this particular person as a result of I’ve identified him ceaselessly and he lives in the identical residence the place he noticed this.” Amanda then confirmed textual content messages from her buddy claiming they noticed Jeff “within the foyer” of a resort in Los Angeles “making out” publicly with one other lady.
Although Chelsea appreciated Bre for bringing the knowledge to her first earlier than telling the remainder of the forged, she later modified her thoughts in a scene with forged mates, Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan, and accused Bre of attempting to set her up on digicam. “In the event you convey one thing to digicam to implode my life — versus simply calling me — you’ll do it on digicam. It’s actually unhappy,” Chelsea mentioned. “I simply wish to know what the fuck it’s.”
Nonetheless, the dishonest rumors weren’t the one difficulty in Chelsea and Jeff’s marriage. In courtroom paperwork obtained by E! Information in response to Chelsea’s divorce submitting, Jeff claimed that he needed unique possession of his and Chelsea’s house in Manhattan Seaside, California, “partly” as a result of Chelsea had been “exhibiting suspicious conduct and several other of my private objects inside the property have gone lacking or have been relocated” since she filed for divorce.
He additionally alleged that there had been occasions when Chelsea “would begin an altercation with me, solely to drag out her mobile phone and file my response, as if to attempt to catch me talking in a hostile or aggressive method after scary me by being derogatory or disrespectful to me.”
He continued, “Previously, [Chelsea] demonstrated that she is able to being bodily violent and aggressive. For instance, a few 12 months in the past, [Chelsea] struck me within the face, breaking my glasses and inflicting a small lower on the facet of my face. I’ve by no means put a hand on [Chelsea] in a bodily aggressive approach.”
Jeff additionally advised TMZ on the time of Chelsea’s divorce submitting that she came upon Chelsea filed for divorce when he acquired a textual content message from TMZ, leaving him “shocked.”
Promoting Sundown is accessible to stream on Netflix.
