Kelly Bensimon has nary regrets aft calling disconnected her wedding to her ex-fiancé Scott Litner conscionable 4 days earlier nan mates of 2 years was group to necktie nan knot.
The Real Housewives of New York City prima decided not to move guardant pinch nan ceremonial because Scott had refused to motion a prenuptial agreement.
Now, 3 weeks aft making nan life-changing decision, she's urging different women to motion a prenup earlier they wed their important others.
'I'm evidently highly disappointed, but it's not thing that conscionable happened. This is thing that was building up complete clip and nan prenup was a large woody for me,' Kelly, 56, told DailyMail.com exclusively astatine The Daily Front Row’s Most Stylish Party astatine Sunset Harbor successful nan Hamptons connected July 13.
'It's for illustration erstwhile you're a azygous parent, whether you person thousands successful your relationship aliases you person a 100 cardinal successful your account, women are going to request to protect themselves, and I'm conscionable not going to return a risk,' she added.
Kelly Bensimon has nary regrets aft calling disconnected her wedding to ex-fiancé Scott Litner conscionable 4 days earlier nan mates of 2 years was group to necktie nan knot owed to his refusal to motion a prenup
Kelly, 56, said to DailyMail.com exclusively astir her proposal to each women to get a prenup astatine The Daily Front Row’s Most Stylish Party astatine Sunset Harbor successful nan Hamptons connected July 13
Ever since revealing her plans to cancel her wedding, nan reality prima said that nan talk astir nan important premarital statement 'opened a batch of doors.'
'It's astir having individual respect and value, which I have. I'm raising 2 girls, who are really important to me. But nan prenup is really important because it talks astir much than conscionable your ain individual value.'
She continued, 'I conjecture nan biggest takeaway from this is conscionable astir protecting myself and my friends and being a coagulated female that group tin travel to. I've had truthful galore group scope retired to maine and say, This happened to me…I conscionable person truthful overmuch empathy for them, and I effort to beryllium a coagulated sounding committee for them.
'It's been really great. It's been really adjuvant to maine because I've met truthful galore women who person gone done akin situations and conscionable pinch my family and everyone talks astir balance,' she continued. 'Balance is really important. You person to activity hard, play hard, emotion difficult and nurture hard.'
The existent property supplier noticed that she's 'better off' now arsenic a azygous lady, and she described really she feels 'much better' and 'looks overmuch better.' Friends moreover judge nan reside successful her sound is 'so different.'
Kelly and Scott, who are some based successful New York City, were group to locomotion down nan aisle connected June 29 successful Boston successful nan backyard of nan financier's mother successful beforehand of friends and family.
Looking to nan future, Kelly said you 'put yourself astatine a disadvantage' if you scheme to get joined without a prenup, arsenic 'every authorities has a different law' erstwhile it comes to divorce, aliases moreover death, and 'the rule doesn’t attraction if he loved you truthful much.'
'I'm not going to fto my girls do it and I'm not going to do it,' she insisted, referring to her 2 daughters — Sea, 26, and Teddy, 23 — whom she shares pinch her erstwhile husband, Gilles Bensimon.
Kelly was joined to nan famed photographer from 1997 to 2006.
'I'm evidently highly disappointed, but it's not thing that conscionable happened. This is thing that was building up complete clip and nan prenup was a large woody for me,' Kelly explained; seen pinch ex-fiancé Scott Litner successful October 2023 successful NYC
'It's for illustration erstwhile you're a azygous parent, whether you person thousands successful your relationship aliases you person a 100 cardinal successful your account, women are going to request to protect themselves, and I'm conscionable not going to return a risk,' she added
'The biggest takeaway from this is conscionable astir protecting myself and my friends and being a coagulated female that group tin travel to,' she said
The RHONY alumna has been grateful for each nan support that she has received since calling disconnected her summertime wedding, particularly from nan different men successful her life.
‘People ever opportunity you're specified a beardown woman. I'm really not a beardown woman,' she admitted. 'I was conscionable raised by a copy relative [Tom Killoren] and an astonishing dada who had truthful overmuch who gave maine a batch of pride. And there's a misconception of maine connected Housewives.
'They're like, "Oh, she's a b****." I'm not a b**ch,' she insisted. 'I'm ace honorable and I person a beardown consciousness of integrity, and I deliberation successful this time and property erstwhile we're raising these girls successful this tumultuous environment, it's imperative that women really instrumentality up for themselves and for each other. It's much than conscionable a prenup — much than that.'
Scott, who has been joined doubly and has children of his own, projected to Kelly connected a speedboat successful Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, complete nan Fourth of July play successful 2023.
It was reported that soon aft nan connection she began renting retired her flat successful downtown Manhattan’s Police Building for $28,500 per period arsenic she spent clip surviving pinch her fiancé successful a abstracted space.
Reflecting connected nan grounded relationship, nan Douglas Elliman agent believes she shouldn’t person moved successful pinch Scott during their engagement.
'My dada ever says, "You're giving beverage distant for free." So, if you want group to respect you, you don't unrecorded pinch them. I don't attraction if you request to prevention money, get a roommate,' Kelly said.
'Do not unrecorded pinch your partner earlier you get joined unless you don't want to really get joined and you're conscionable together and you're having a much unsocial relationship, not a accepted relationship. If you want to spot a relationship, do not unrecorded pinch him aliases her earlier you get married,' she advised.
When asked why she feels that way, she replied, 'Because things are different erstwhile you unrecorded pinch people. The stakes are different. Everything's different erstwhile you're really married. Totally different.'
Kelly's father, Thomas Killoren, passed distant successful August 2022. In an Instagram station shared astatine nan time, nan erstwhile exemplary thanked her begetter for 'instilling beardown values and morals.'
Looking to nan future, Kelly said you 'put yourself astatine a disadvantage' if you scheme to get joined without a prenup, arsenic 'every authorities has a different law' erstwhile it comes to divorce, aliases moreover death, and 'the rule doesn’t attraction if he loved you truthful much'
'I'm not going to fto my girls do it and I'm not going to do it,' she insisted, referring to her 2 daughters — Sea, 26, and Teddy, 23 — whom she shares pinch her erstwhile husband, Gilles Bensimon
'It's been really adjuvant to maine because I've met truthful galore women who person gone done akin situations and conscionable pinch my family and everyone talks astir balance,' she continued. 'Balance is really important. You person to activity hard, play hard, emotion difficult and nurture hard'
Kelly besides urged men and women not to unrecorded pinch their partners earlier getting joined — a correction she said she and Scott made
Kelly is now backmost surviving successful nan Police Building, arsenic Page Six reported, and she is focusing connected her family, friends and work, positive taking connected a caller hobby: polo lessons.
Comparing her emotion life to her activity life, she said, 'In existent estate, they ever opportunity clip kills each deals. So, erstwhile you're separated from people, clarity comes in, you spell done each these different stages of nonaccomplishment — anger, sadness — but you person clarity and I merit that.
'If it's not nan best, don't do it. It doesn't matter if I'm 56 aliases if I'm 22. You know, I merit nan best.'
She concluded, 'My dada ever says too, "When you slightest expect it, someone's going to beryllium there." So, I'd alternatively beryllium moving connected myself and caring for my friends and family and making judge they get nan champion of nan best, and past that [future soulmate] is going to spot a affirmative personification and they're going to want to beryllium astir that.'