The Actual Housewives of Potomac newcomer Stacey Rusch and boyfriend Thomas Anthony Jones “TJ” have a robust connection whereas selecting to stay celibate.
“TJ is a religious Christian, and so once we realized that we had emotions for one another and we talked about intimacy, he was very clear with the place he stood in his religion,” Stacey, 39, solely advised Us Weekly whereas selling the brand new season of RHOP. “It wasn’t, like, I used to be making an attempt to vary his thoughts.”
She added, “I’ve been married for 16 years. I used to be along with my husband [Thiemo Rusch]. Our lives had been collectively for nearly 18 years; we’ve lived collectively. I wasn’t essentially prepared to leap into the subsequent intimate relationship both.”
Stacey and Thiemo, who share daughter Arabella, are separated however have but to finalize their divorce. Within the meantime, they’ve every moved on. Stacey’s relationship with TJ has been a part of her RHOP season 9 story line.
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Stacey additional famous to Us that taking intercourse off the desk “takes away the stress” of their relationship.
“It simply means that you can deal with what’s actually vital in your life,” Stacey stated. “However I get that individuals assume that’s odd. I don’t assume it’s unusual that individuals don’t consider it or assume it’s odd as a result of it isn’t the same old method that you’d strategy your relationship, however, I’m not a common woman.”
Regardless of abstaining from intercourse, Stacey asserted that she and TJ don’t “have any boundaries.”
“We’re simply taking this daily,” Stacey defined. “We all know the place we stand. We all know what’s vital to us as Christians. We all know what’s vital to us, him by way of how he’s main his life, me as a mom and what I would like for my daughter now that I’m changing into divorced. We’re simply making an attempt to do the most effective we are able to. We don’t put boundaries. We don’t say, ‘Let’s not do that and that.’ We keep true to who we’re individually and likewise as {couples} and attempt to do the most effective we are able to.”
Through the years, many celebrities have opened up about their private option to abstain from intercourse, whether or not it’s for just a few months or till marriage. In October 2021, Nick Cannon made headlines when he introduced his choice to remain celibate after welcoming his seventh baby earlier that yr. “I’m going to see if I may […]
Stacey went on to name their relationship “lovely.”
“I’m actually, actually blessed,” she gushed. “I’ve lots of people round me proper now, who’re so supportive and so good, and TJ is unquestionably on the prime of the listing.”
Stacey and TJ should not speeding their relationship, however she notes that she would “completely” need to get married once more.
“I might like to get married once more. I’m a spouse, I’m not a girlfriend. I’m a Housewife,” she quipped. “Let or not it’s clear, I might like to get married once more.”
Whereas Stacey and TJ are on cloud 9, a number of of her new RHOP castmates questioned his intentions.
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“I respect the priority. I really feel like everybody’s like, ‘We’re involved about you and I respect that, however I’m OK.’ I’m higher than OK,” Stacey advised Us. “TJ is a profitable actor. He’s positive. I don’t know what ulterior motive he may have. He’s an important man.”
Along with sharing her relationship with TJ on RHOP, Stacey bonded with the opposite Housewives whereas filming.
“I’m having a lot enjoyable as I’m wanting on the episodes, it’s simply loopy. It’s such a enjoyable journey,” she stated. “Getting into, I had met just a few of the women, so I’ve seen them socially and we form of knew of one another, however attending to know them on a deeper stage, for me, that was extraordinary. And so, though I’ve watched episodes previously, I haven’t seen issues lately as a result of I’m a type of individuals I hate once you meet somebody they usually Google you they usually know every part about you, it takes away the enjoyment and the mystique of attending to know somebody.”
Stacey added, “So I didn’t need to know every part in regards to the women, so I purposefully simply stated, ‘Hey, I’m going to place every part on pause. I do know a few of them socially, I’ve watched episodes previously, I’m simply going to go in and let or not it’s natural and see what occurs.’ So that’s what I’m actually doing as I get to know them.”
Stacey discovered that many of the Bravo stars had been “welcoming,” whereas others remained “apprehensive” about her place within the group.
The Actual Housewives of Potomac airs on Bravo Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi