Mia Thornton is celebrating Thanksgiving without her ex Gordon Thornton this year — for the first time. “This will be the first holiday season that we won’t merge,” he said The Real Housewives of Potomac star tells PEOPLE about splitting the celebration due to the former couple’s split. “We got together last year because we were going through a divorce and I felt like I wanted the kids to have an ease of transition.”
“We decided, I’m going to Thanksgiving, I’m going to get Christmas Eve. Gordon gets Christmas and has something for New Years,” Mia, 40, says at Bravo Fan Fest on Nov. 23. In September 2023, the couple, who have children Jeremiah, 9, and daughter Juliana, 7, announced they were separating after 11 years of marriage. “I think it’s going to be a really good warning to our kids as well and be like, ‘Mom and Dad are actually separated, we don’t do everything together,'” Mia explains.
Mia Thornton poses with her children in an Instagram photo dated May 2023.
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Mia, who has another son, Joshua, from a previous relationship, now says her children are “a whole year older…they get it.” Housewives viewers were first introduced to the Thorntons in 2021 when they joined RHOP cast for season 6. In season 8, Mia hinted to co-star Ashley Darby that she “maybe” married Gordon for his money. The couple first met at a strip club charity event in 2003. “Gordon was definitely our eighth housewife,” jokes Mia.
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“When you decide to divorce, you don’t wake up one day and say, ‘I want a divorce,'” she tells PEOPLE. “This is something that’s been on my heart for years, but obviously, I’ve been trying to be a good wife, be a good supportive partner, be there for my husband and really try to work things out. We’ve been going to counseling and we just can’t do it.” Mia adds that her values have changed over the years.
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Mia Thornton in October 2024.
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“I’m no longer the 20-year-old girl that Gordon met. I am now a 40-year-old woman. My standards are different,” she explains. Mia also shared details about her new relationship with Incognito, more commonly known as Inc. “I love everything about Inco. Are you kidding me? He is so amazing. He is such a beautiful person and just radiates positivity, love and support,” says Mia. “He brings me closer to my faith. He is a man of God. [It’s] it’s really not what I experienced in my last marriage. It really grounded me to become a woman.” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to date with the best PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Mia says that this new relationship with Inc. is a complete shift in a more positive direction. He shows up for my career,” she says. And no mess — finally no mess.” The Real Housewives of Potomac can be downloaded in its entirety on Peacock.
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