RHONJ Alum Lauren Manzo and Vito Scalia Are Divorcing After 8 Years of Marriage

Lauren Manzo and Vito Scalia have decided to divorce.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey The alum confirmed the news in a video on Instagram on Tuesday.

“By now you’ve seen the news that’s come out,” said Lauren, 35, the OG’s daughter RHONJ star Caroline Manzo. “I just want to let you know that we are all fine, this has been in the works for a very long time.”

She explained: “The last part of the process was submitting the application. We were on the same page, this was something we did together.”

The Cafface Beauty Bar owner said she and Scalia, 37, “love and respect each other, and we continue to move forward as a family.”

She continued: “The only thing that matters to us is that our daughter is happy and healthy. Her privacy is important to us. We haven’t been on television for seven years, which is why we didn’t need a dramatic announcement. And we move on with love and respect for each other, and we’ll always be family, and that’s it. It’s about our daughter and her privacy because she didn’t ask to be on television – we did. So we appreciate you guys.”

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According to court documents he obtained for the first time SunScalia cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the September 5 split. Lauren was served with the legal paperwork on September 29th.

“The parties had irreconcilable differences for a period of at least six months which caused the dissolution of their marriage and it is clear that the marriage should be dissolved because there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation,” Scalia said in the documents.

Lauren Manzo engaged to Vito Scalia

The couple first met at Fordham University in New York when Scalia was in the same dorm as Manzo’s brother Albie. She recalled their meeting in a 2015 interview Record.

“Al knocked on Vito’s door and Vito literally rolled off the top bunk. He had his underwear on and his hair was all messy, and he was like, ‘Ouch,'” she said at the time, according to Bravo’s The Daily Dish. “He literally couldn’t have looked worse. And I was in love with him as soon as I saw him.”

The couple announced their engagement in November 2013 via Caroline’s website, where she wrote alongside a photo of Lauren and her fiancé, with Lauren’s ring in full view, “My baby is engaged!!!”

Lauren Manzo.

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Two years later, they got married in the Church of St. Cyril in New York in July 2015.

The newlyweds were accompanied by the bride’s mother, father Albert (63) and brothers Chris (34) and Albie (37). RHONJ stars past and present including Jacqueline Laurita, Dina Manzo, Kathy Wakile, Melissa Gorga and Rosie Pierri were also in attendance.

Caroline, 62, also shared with the outlet at the time: “I’m excited to see my daughter just start her life. I want her to just embrace this moment and I want to see her really, really shine. And that, for me, is that’s worth more than anything on the planet, to see your children truly, truly happy.”

Lauren Manzo and Vito Scalia.

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In 2017, ex Manzo’d with children star and Scalia exclusively revealed to PEOPLE that they are pregnant with their first child.

“We are so excited to be expecting our first child, due in early 2017,” the couple said in a joint statement at the time. “What a crazy year this has been for us. Life is full of wonderful surprises!”

They went on to welcome daughter Marchesa Anna Scalia, now 6, on February 24, 2017.

“Anna is the name of both our grandmothers and it sounded nice, so it was a perfect fit. I’ve always loved the name Marchesa — no, it’s not named after the designer, but obviously where I first heard the name and fell in love with it,” Lauren explained to PEOPLE at the time. “I always said if I ever had a girl I’d name her Marchesa.”

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