‘What does Tiger Woods, Jesse James and Mike Nilon have in common?’ RHOBH’s Garcelle Beauvais recalls exposing husband’s FIVE-YEAR affair in e-mail to his work colleagues
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais is finally dishing the details of her messy divorce from ex-husband, CAA agent Mark Nilon.
Garcelle admitted recently that talking about the nasty divorce was not something she was “looking forward to dredging up” however, given the reality show she stars in, it seems that the talking point would be inevitable.
On last night’s episode, while giving friend Ali Landry a tour of her house, Garcelle spoke about how she came to find out Mike had been having an affair for five years during their nine-year marriage.
‘Five-year affair’: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais is finally dishing the details of her messy divorce from ex-husband, CAA agent Mark Nilon
“Mike Nilon and I were married for nine years. We were sort of like the Hollywood couple. I’m an actress, he’s an agent, we’d go to fabulous parties, we had two boys,” Garcelle explained to Ali. “Mike was reliable, he was sweet. I really thought this was my last stop.”
Ali admitted that she could sympathize with Garcelle, having gone through her own infidelity scandal, when ex-husband Mario Lopez admitted to cheating on her day before their wedding (which was annulled just two weeks later.)
Garcelle continued: “One day nine years ago, I said, ‘Hey Mike, can I use your phone’ …I look at your phone and see a text that says, ‘I love you.’ I say, ‘What’s this?’ and his face changed. He said, ‘I’ve been having an affair.’ I said, ‘How long?’ and he said five years.”
In happier times: Garcelle admitted that she and her husband were once the perfect “Hollywood couple” with him being an agent, and she an actress.
Telling-all: Garcelle talked about the divorce to Ali Landry, who could relate given her experience with ex-husband Mario Lopez
Not having it: Garcelle let rip on last night’s episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
“I’m a hot head, so that night I wrote an e-mail to friends and colleagues at Mike’s work and the subject was ‘What does Tiger Woods, Jesse James and Mike Nilon have in common?'” she admitted. “And that e-mail got leaked to the press.”
PEOPLE Magazine previously confirmed that Garcelle sent an e-mail to some of Mike’s Creative Artists Agency coworkers with the subject line “Tiger Woods/Jesse James/Mike Nilon.”
The former NYPD Blue actress wrote to Nilon’s co-workers, “What do they have in common …I found out today that MY husband of almost 9 yrs has been having an affair for 5 yrs with some slut in Chicago. I am devastated!!!! And I have been duped!! Our boys don’t deserve this!”
‘I’m a hot head’: Garcelle reacted to the alleged affair by e-mailing her husband’s co-workers
Family unit: The former couple are parents to 11-year-old twin sons Jax and Jaid (pictured above in 2008)
Raising a hand: Garcelle got animated as she talked about standing up for herself and getting revenge
Asked in the show if she knew what happened to the ‘other woman’ Garcelle replied that she didn’t but added: “I was devastated, so I didn’t care what happened to her. My priority was taking care of my children and now I feel like it’s my time.”
Neither Garcelle nor Mike responded to the allegations made in 2010, nor did they give an official comment.
The former couple are parents to 11-year-old twin sons Jax and Jaid.
Sharing the pain: Garcelle and Ali spoke about their experiences with cheating husbands