The Real Housewives shows allow the cameras to see a lot of what happens in the cast’s lives. But a new interview with RHOC’s Emily Simpson on Kayla Cardone’s Pain to Power podcast reveals a few more details about her life. During season 18 of RHOC, fans feel like they are seeing a new side of Emily as she enters her sixth year on the show. She and Kayla talk about the series and some painful moments from their past.
Emily Simpson joined The Real Housewives of Orange County along with Gina Kirschenheiter six years ago. The women are now main members of the group, along with Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Storms Beador and company. During Emily’s latest interview, she explains how her husband, Shane Simpson, was initially not interested in appearing on the series, and how their marriage hit a rough patch when the cameras started rolling.
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RHOC’s Emily suffered a heartbreaking loss
Emily, 48, is a busy mother of three who RHOC fans will know hails from Ohio and previously had a career as a lawyer.
She and her family have appeared on the Bravo show since 2018, and Emily often presents a positive and positive attitude throughout RHOC.
But his life hasn’t always been easy, and he details some of his most difficult moments during his chat with Kayla this fall.
The reality TV star expresses how fans would have seen her and her husband go through difficult times during her first two seasons on RHOC.
But she and Shane had also been through even tougher times in the past.
Speaking about her path to motherhood, Emily said she had a hard time “having kids”: “I had multiple miscarriages before I tried it myself. It was always at the beginning, it was like five weeks pregnant, seven weeks pregnant, eight weeks pregnant and then I did it myself in vitro…”
She continues: “I was actually pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, until I was about four months old and then I lost them. So, I had every diagnostic test you can imagine…we were never able to determine exactly what the problem was.
“That was also very hard on our marriage, it was about five years before Annabelle was finally born. “It’s hard for a marriage to go through that,” he adds.
Now, Shane and Emily are parents to Annabelle, Luke and Keller. Emily’s sister was the surrogate mother of her three children.
Emily Simpson was married before Shane
Explaining how she “ended up in California,” Emily said, “I was actually married before Shane. “I don’t know if many people know because I don’t talk about it very often.”
She adds: “I was married and he was a sailor and that’s why he was in the army…”
Emily attended law school in Ohio before moving to the state with her ex-husband.
She said, “I followed him and then finished law school in San Diego. We got divorced at some point, that was easy. He was very friendly. Then they would never have hired me as a housewife. “We just went our separate ways.”
While working her first job after passing the bar exam, Emily met Shane.
At the time, he was married and they were “very good work friends.”
Thinking back 18 years, Emily remembered that Shane got divorced and then asked her to go to Las Vegas with him.
She says the two got married “very quickly” and adds: “I think he asked me on Google chat. It wasn’t romantic or exciting. “It was very transactional.”
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