The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss reveals reason for end of 11-year marriage

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Kandi Burruss has shared new details about her divorce from Todd Tucker when she appeared on What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Sunday February 22. She first announced her divorce from husband Todd Tucker in November last year.

In a statement with People magazine, she said: "After deep thought and a lot of prayer, I’ve made the decision to move forward with a divorce.”

She continued: "This is a difficult and emotional time, but my focus remains on protecting my peace, being the best mother I can be, and co-parenting with love and respect."

In December, Kandi Burruss shared a post on Instagram and wrote: “This is what I look like when I’m going through something. I show up for my family, I show up for my friends, I show up to handle my business, & I show up with a smile all while on the inside I’m emotionally broken.

“In every pic of this video I was internally dealing with something life changing that most of the people in the pics with me had no clue of my inner stress & sadness. This is not being fake. This is just how I deal with things. I internalize and deal with it alone.

“I am the poster child for the saying “check on your strong friend because you never know what they are going through”. I normally don’t like to share stuff like this but I was listening to this old song that I wrote years ago & felt like it perfectly described how I feel.”

Lisa Nicole Cloud said in response that “You inspire many. Your an amazing woman. In praying for you. Just know this storm too shall pass. Be gentle with yourself and give yourself grace and time and space to grieve and heal. Patrick would be so proud of you and your angel above is covering you through this storm. Love & Blessings, Lisa Nicole.”

When Kandi Burruss appeared on What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she revealed when she had decided to split from her husband and said: “It happened in July,” and continued: “In July was when I was like, ‘Oh, yeah. No, I can't do this no more.”

Andy Cohen then asked “Was there a specific moment or thing that happened?” and Kandi Burruss said: “Yeah, it was a specific situation that happened,” and also said: “I'm not talking about it on Watch What Happens.”

The couple share two children together, Ace, 9 and Blaze, 6 and she spoke about co-parenting and said: “For the most part, even if we argue, we still try to be nice to each other,” she explained. “We're co-parenting. Last night, we went to my son's basketball game. So, we were there sitting right next to each other. I'm sure people was like, ‘Uh…’ "

"But I feel like once we're done with this, I really feel that we will be able to be great co-parents," she continued, "because our ultimate goal is to make sure that all of our kids are happy and that they don't feel the brunt of our drama.”