Lauren Manzo and Vito Scalia.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Lauren ManzoandVito Scaliahave decided to divorce.
The Real Housewives of New Jerseyalum confirmed the news Tuesday with a video onInstagram.
“By now you guys have seen the news that has broken,” said Lauren, 35, who is the daughter of OGRHONJstarCaroline Manzo. “Just want to let you guys know, we’re all good, this has been done for a very long time."
She explained, “The last part of the process was filing. We were on the same page, this is something that we did together.”
The Cafface Beauty Bar owner said she and Scalia, 37, “love and respect each other, and we continue to move forward as a family.”
“The parties have experienced irreconcilable differences for a period of at least six months which has caused the breakdown of their marriage and it is apparent that the marriage should be dissolved as there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation,” Scalia stated in the documents.
The pair first met at Fordham University in New York when Scalia roomed in the same dorm as Manzo’s brotherAlbie. She recalled their meet-cute in a 2015 interview withThe Record.
“Al knocked on Vito’s door and Vito literally rolls off the top bunk. He had his underwear on and his hair was all messy, and he was like, ‘Yo,’” she said at the time, per Bravo’sThe Daily Dish. “Literally, he couldn’t have looked worse. And I was in love with him the second I saw him.”
Lauren Manzo.Matthew Eisman/Getty
Matthew Eisman/Getty
Two years later, theytied the knotat St. Cyril’s Church in New York City in July 2015.
Caroline, 62, also shared with the outlet at the time: “I’m excited to see my daughter just start her life. I want her to just embrace this moment and I want to see her really, really shine. And that’s, for me, that’s worth more than anything on the planet, to see your kids truly, truly happy.”
Lauren Manzo and Vito Scalia.Dave Kotinsky/Getty
Dave Kotinsky/Getty
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In 2017, the formerManzo’d with Childrenstar and Scaliaexclusively revealed to PEOPLEthat they were pregnant with their first child.
“We are so excited to be expecting our first child, due in early 2017,” the couple said in a joint statement at the time. “What a crazy year it has been for us. Life is full of wonderful surprises!”
They went on towelcome daughterMarchesa Anna Scalia, now 6, on Feb. 24, 2017.
“Anna is both of our grandmothers’ names and it sounded nice, so it was a perfect fit. I always loved the name Marchesa — no, not named after the designer, but obviously where I heard the name first and fell in love with it,” Lauren explained to PEOPLE at the time. “I always said if I ever had a girl I would name her Marchesa.”
source: people.com
