“I’m gonna be honest, when we separated, I stayed in the guesthouse, which is just me in this big house by myself.
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which → go → myself
My kids and the family are next door, and it was a lot of alone time,” Tucker, 53, exclusively shared with us.
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Tucker → share → us
“It was a lot of time in my head, thinking, trying to figure out, ‘What did I just do? What just happened?
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What → think → What
Did I lose my family?’
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I → lose → family
So I’m gonna be honest, I had nobody really to lean on.
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I → go → nobody
“But then I snapped out of it, like, ‘No, you have a family.
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you → snap → family
You have kids that you have to see them through,'” Tucker recalled.
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Tucker → have → them
He and Burruss, 50, are parents to a total of four children; they share son Ace, 10, and daughter Blaze, 6, and each have an adult daughter — Kaela Tucker, 30, and Riley Burruss, 24 — from previous relationships.
“It was a lot of dark times, but since then, I’ve been going to church, I’m about to find me a therapist and just take this journey of rebuilding myself, getting myself where I wanna be and being the best dad and the best co-parent and moving forward,” Todd told us.
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Todd → share → us
Previews for “Til Divorce Do Us Part” — which Todd described as his version of Kandi’s recent “I Do. I Did. I’m Done.” tour — show him having deep conversations with some of his male friends, many of whom appeared or still appear on “RHOA.”
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many → do → RHOA
He told us creating and starring in the docuseries was “very emotional,” but he felt it was “important” for him as a man to “get it out” and “tell [his] side of the story.”
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him → tell → story
“I think we [men] carry a lot of stress, we carry a lot inside, and sometimes, it’s too late, you know?
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you → think → lot
It’s a stroke, or he’s got cancer because he’s been holding it [in],” Todd explained.
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Todd → ’ → it
“So I want guys to know, man, just get it out, speak to a therapist, however you got to get it out.
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you → want → it
Don’t try to bash anybody, don’t try and make anybody look bad, but just get it off your chest.”
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anybody → try → chest
He also feels he has a right to share his feelings in such a public way because his ex-wife has done the same.
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wife → feel → same
“I’ve been labeled everything in the book for over a decade on ‘Housewives.’
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I → label → Housewives
And I’ve never really spoken, and I just wanna be heard.
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I → speak → ?
And after that, I’ll go fade into the darkness, and you won’t hear nothing again.
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you → go → nothing
The TTucker Productions founder — who famously quit his job as a “RHOA” producer so he could date Kandi without conflict — is also admittedly confused by her outrage over one specific moment that was highlighted in the first “Til Divorce Do Us Part” trailer.
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Us → quit → trailer
Kandi subsequently blasted Todd for “choosing to sensationalize [their] sex life to stretch his five minutes of fame,” arguing, “What consensually happens between a husband and wife in the privacy of their marriage is exactly that: private.”
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happens → blast → marriage
But Todd pushed back on that defense, noting that the Grammy-winning musician-turned-Bravolebrity often spoke about their adventures as a couple throughout her 14 seasons on “RHOA.”
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musician → push → RHOA
Kandi disclosed similar information on her adult-themed talk show, “Kandi Koated Nights,” and even launched a sex toy line: Bedroom Kandi.
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Kandi → disclose → line
“I gotta ask you a question: Do we have a private marital sex life?” Todd asked us rhetorically when the topic came up.
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topic → got → us
Like, you’ve heard it from her.
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you → hear → her
Even when she first started saying that we had done a threesome or done threesomes, she didn’t consult with me.
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she → start → me
And for the most part, I’m a good sport, so I never made a problem of it or an issue of it.”
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I → ’m → it
He claimed Thomas’ question arose from Kandi’s own confessions.
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question → claim → confessions
“So at the end of the day, I’m not throwing out there any new information,” Todd insisted.
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Todd → throw → information
“I’m not out there doing a tell-all or naming any people or doing anything like that.
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I → ’m → that
It was just a conversation, and that’s really all it was.”
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it → ’ → ?
As for why Kandi pulled the plug on their 11-year marriage, Todd admitted vaguely that there was one particular “incident” involving another woman, which he will elaborate on in the docuseries.
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he → pull → docuseries
“A lot of our friends were like, ‘Buy her flowers, buy her flowers.’
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lot → buy → flowers
So I set up for us to go to therapy ’cause this was beyond buying flowers.
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this → set → flowers
‘Cause if I buy flowers and she’s happy and we’re cool, I’m still not 100%, you know what I’m saying?” Todd said.
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Todd → buy → what
“So I wanted to deal with the overall relationship issues, and I think looking back, she wanted me to fix where she was at in the moment before she could fix the bigger part of the relationship issues, if that makes sense.
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that → want → sense
So I just think when I saw she wasn’t willing to fight with me, I just thought that it’s probably best for me to just kind of bow out.
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me → think → me
If she wants a divorce, give her the divorce.”
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she → want → divorce
But Todd, who told us repeatedly that he misses his family, added, “I made vows to be with her forever, and I would have stayed forever.”
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I → tell → her
However, he accepts Kandi’s decision and acknowledged that “sometimes, things aren’t meant forever.”
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things → accept → decision
And even though they’ve experienced rocky moments amid their very public split, Todd made sure to stress, “We’re always fine with each other.
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We → experience → other
…and 10 more, not listed.
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