It turns out that Stacey Rusch’s castmates on The Real Housewives of Potomac aren’t the only ones with some serious questions about her reconciliation with ex-husband Thiemo Rusch.
In a confessional from Season 10, Episode 3, Stacey opened up to a producer about her own confusion on how they might navigate a new chapter in their relationship after finalizing their divorce.
“What do you do when you get a divorce and, like, months later, you’re back together?” she asked. “Do you cancel out the divorce? Do we get married again? There are so many decisions that have to be made.”
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What both she and her ex were both clear on, however, was that it was “just not the right time” to share the news with their 9-year-old daughter, Arabella (aka Bella), that they’d rekindled their old flame.
“Thiemo and I, we haven’t told Bella that we are trying to work things out,” Stacey added, before theorizing that she might already have her suspicions. “My daughter is extremely smart, so I think that Bella knows that things are clearly not final.”
Stacey Rusch opens up to Jassi Rideaux about her and Thiemo’s relationship
A bit later on RHOP‘s Oct. 19 episode, Stacey got together with friend Jassi Rideaux, who joked that the last time they talked on the phone she was “baking schnitzel for [her] ex-husband.”
“We’re working it out, and I’m so happy,” Stacey replied, before revealing how her castmates, particularly Ashley Darby and Gizelle Bryant, had been giving her a “hard” time lately.
“Every single time I have gotten together with the ladies, it is still a gang up,” she elaborated. “Ashley and Gizelle demanded that I present my divorce papers. They were not happy for me.”
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Gizelle’s reaction in particular seemed to catch Stacey off guard, because, as she pointed out, she had previously gotten back together with her ex-husband, Jamal Bryant, during Season 4 of RHOP. Stacey also went on to use leaked photos of Gizelle and a secret “new man” to point out what she perceived to be a double standard.
“It is beyond me that Gizelle calls me a liar and says that I’m a phony and a fake, when she’s the one faking it all along,” she explained in a confessional. “Why are the standards with me so different than everybody else?”
As she concluded to Jassi, “So, while she’s worried about my man, we need to find out about her man.”
More details on Stacey Rusch’s love life on RHOP Season 10
Her getting back together with Thiemo has been only one of several cast discussions about Stacey’s love life, though.
In their very first group scene of RHOP Season 10 at Gizelle’s home, some of the ladies brought up how Stacey’s now-ex-boyfriend Thomas Anthony “TJ” Jones had accused her of paying him to film the show during the Season 9 reunion.
Later, Gizelle and Ashley claimed that an actress who’s “best friends with TJ,” had shown them “legal documents” that indicated TJ was “suing” Stacey after she allegedly agreed to pay him 50 percent of her RHOP earnings. (Stacey denied paying TJ but did not confirm or deny if the lawsuit accusation was true.)
And as if that wasn’t enough, Ashley added another piece to the puzzle, claiming that another friend told her that Stacey had been “trying to get with” Chris Samuels, aka Monique Samuels’ ex-husband. Though Stacey has yet to respond to those new dating rumors, the opportunity will arrive soon when Monique returns to RHOP.
In the meantime, get all the details on why Stacey and Thiemo decided to get back together — but didn’t tell their daughter.