Rachel Zoe Details Decision to End 26-Year Marriage to Rodger Berman: 'I Was Done'

“I feel for those who ask any lady who has left a state of affairs, they might in all probability say that they in all probability ought to have achieved it sooner,” stated the RHOBH newcomer, earlier than revealing if she’s began courting once more.

Rachel Zoe is opening up about her break up from her husband of over 20 years, Rodger Berman.

In an interview with Folks, the style designer — who separated from Berman in 2024 — mirrored on her choice to name it quits with Berman, admitting that she “100%” ought to “have achieved it sooner.”

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“I used to be achieved. I used to be actually achieved,” Zoe stated, claiming that she and Berman had became completely different individuals. “I do not endure from guilt of not having given it all the pieces I might have. I do not endure from that, and I do not endure from feeling prefer it was a failed marriage. Having been married for 26 years, I might say that three-quarters of that was wonderful.”

The Zoe Undertaking alum — who shares Skyler, 14, and Kaius, 11, with Berman — stated she had begun to “query selections” and her and her husband weren’t on the identical web page “on what sure outcomes must be,” citing these causes as how she realized their marriage had began to interrupt.

“I began to really feel like this might not be essentially the most advantageous state of affairs for our kids,” she defined. “For me for the final 14 years, actually each breath I take is for my children. So each choice I make, each lens that I look by way of is thru a lens of my kids, of what are they going to assume? What are they going to say? How will this have an effect on them? I’ve by no means felt that folks ought to stay collectively and keep collectively sad.”

Trying again, Zoe stated she believes she “100%” ought to have “left” her husband “sooner.”

“I feel for those who ask any lady who has left a state of affairs, they might in all probability say that they in all probability ought to have achieved it sooner,” she informed Folks. “However it’s what it’s. On the finish of the day, I finally did what’s finest for the children. I feel that having two mother and father that love them is extra necessary than having two mother and father collectively that possibly should not be collectively anymore.”