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Rulla Pontarelli revealed what her situation is in her marriage with her husband, Brian Pontarelliafter the Sunday night conclusion of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island first season.
Following the news of Brian’s arrestwhich occurred after he put a tracker on her car and after his sordid affair with his lover, supposedly Beth WalkerRulla, 46, revealed her current situation and admitted to experiencing “trauma” over Brian’s infidelity when her co-stars intervened.
“To this day, Brian and I are still together,” Rulla confirmed on the June 14 episode of the show. RHORI: After the show. “Honestly, (we’re) better than ever. It’s almost like we’ve rekindled what we always had, but obviously now I’m very, you know, cautious, day by day. I’ve been taking things step by step, with a different perspective. And now I look at Brian, and he treats me like he always did before, but even 10 times better. He’s putting all his effort into me and the kids and the relationship, going to church, repenting of his sins, going to therapy, he’s doing a lot.”
After Rosie Di MareAlthough the 35-year-old said she would never be able to forgive Brian, 49, if she were in Rulla’s shoes, Rulla admitted that moving on from the affair was “very difficult.”
“Unless you’re in the shoes and you really like it, and you’ve lived the life, and you know the person, and you have a family, and you look at the situation, it’s very easy to say something… it’s certainly not the place I always wanted or expected to be. And the reason I made certain decisions to continue is simply because of who I am and what I consider important, and just knowing Brian the way I’ve known him my entire life,” she reasoned. “That’s all, you know, in the past. Big, big series of mistakes, but it’s definitely water under the bridge, dead and buried, where it should be.”
In recent months, Rulla and Brian have had conversations about their decision to cheatbut he doesn’t seem to understand what led him down that path.
“I’m still trying to figure out how it happened, and he really can’t even understand how. But unfortunately it happened, and he’s just like, ‘I don’t know what happened to me, I can’t even explain it,'” she shared. “I said, ‘Well, you have to dig deeper to explain it to yourself,’ and he said, ‘I’m so disgusted. I’m disgusted with myself. I can’t believe I was even committed or capable.’ He says, ‘There’s no reason why,’ he says, ‘it was almost like something I got into and couldn’t get out of there fast enough.'”
According to Rulla, she “just (knows)” that things ended between Brian and his other woman because she “got over it.”
Meanwhile, Ashley IaconettiThe 38-year-old said he could never “get away with it” now.
“Oh God, no,” Rulla agreed. “I think looking over your shoulder will resonate with me for a long time. When you go through something like this, there’s trauma. There’s a lot of trauma that you have to overcome. You know, I still have healing, and it’s going to be like a long road ahead.”
In her own segment, Jo-Ellen Tiberi, 38, revealed shocking news regarding the lover’s alleged plan to write a book.
“The mistress wants to write a tell-all book right now. Do you think I’m against that? Speak your truth, girlfriend,” he declared. “But honestly, she was in love because of some degenerate little idiot.”
Jo-Ellen came to suspect that Brian would cheat again.
“I think this romance with this woman may be a thing of the past, but there will be a new one, like there was the last marriage,” he said.
Elsewhere, Liz McGraw55, and Kelsey Swanson32, advised Rulla to get revenge on Brian with her own affair, as Liz admitted the couple seemed “really good,” but Kelsey hinted otherwise.
“Nothing is what it seems,” Kelsey said.
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island first season reunion starts this Sunday, June 21 at 9/8c on Bravo.
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