Bronwyn Newport reveals a secret about her marriage.
In the episode of December 18 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Bronwyn, 39, opened up to the women about her problems with husband Todd Bradley. During their acting trip to Puerto Vallarta, she revealed that Todd, 65, allegedly cheated on her during an emotional conversation about the “real things” she was going through.
“A few years ago we were on a trip and he was texting someone on his iPad and Gwen went to say something to him and Gwen saw it over his shoulder,” claims Bronwyn, referring to her daughter from a previous relationship.
“Gwen came to me and I confronted Todd,” she continued, saying in her confessional: “The real truth is that my relationship is just as difficult as everyone else’s in its own way, and it’s had very low lows that were very difficult for me. This is a side of me that these ladies haven’t seen yet, but I want them to understand that I bleed the same way they all do. I cry about things, and that side of me is there if they’re open to it.”
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Bronwyn Newport and Todd Bradley.
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When the ladies asked about Todd’s reaction to Bronwyn discovering his alleged infidelity, she explained that the dynamics of their marriage are complicated.
“He said it was his fatal flaw,” she said. “What’s good about him in business is that he’s never satisfied. He’s always pushing for the next deal, the best deal, whatever. And that is hard to rule out. When you come home, you’re always looking.”
“It’s not his fault,” she added. “You’re used to what you’re used to, you like what you like.”
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Lisa Barlow, who brought Bronwyn into the group, said she was “shocked” that this had happened because Bronwyn had always kept up the facade that her life was “perfect”. Bronwyn went on to say that she had decided to move forward and Todd apologized with a gift.
“He came back with a five-diamond ring and gave me five new promises to match each of the diamonds,” Bronwyn said. He probably needed five things he didn’t promise me when we got married.
Bronwyn Newport and Todd Bradley.
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Still, Todd is out of town during the work week, Bronwyn explained, and said she still feels insecure about her marriage.
“There will always be a lump in my throat that if I’m not super supportive, I’m not super there, if I’m not super caring, if I’m not physically there, it’s not always going to be the same,” she admitted. “I’m not always good enough at home, and then never I’m not good enough with you.”
When Meredith Marks asked if Bronwyn felt she was too “guarded” for Todd to feel connected to her, Lisa nodded in agreement. However, Bronwyn seemed taken aback by the question.
“I love Todd,” Bronwyn said tearfully at the time. “I live and breathe what Todd tells me and I think I mean as much to Todd as any person can mean to him. But I think Todd means more to me than I mean to him.”
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She also admitted that while she understands Todd well, she feels it’s a pattern in her life that others don’t care as much about her.
“I don’t always know that anyone knows 100% who I am, and it’s a very strange, isolating feeling to float through life and feel like there’s no one who fully understands me,” she cried. “And when you don’t have a good relationship with your mom, I’m losing my dad, Gwen’s going to college, and then I thought Lisa was introducing me to my friends, you know, and some of you were awkward, and it reinforces this story that maybe I’m not good enough either for whom.”
Bronwyn Newport.
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Heather Gay stepped in to support Bronwyn, saying she could identify with the missing pieces in her relationship.
“You keep saying negative things about yourself, but the truth is that just because you got pregnant and you were a single mom, you were taught and shamed that you should be grateful to anyone who throws you a bone, that’s bullshit-,” Heather said. “You survived, and what made you survive was that tenacity. But at the same time, you can recognize that you no longer need that firmness and that what you may have been grateful for eight or ten years ago is no longer enough and you can ask for more. ”
She continued: “If he can’t show up for you now, if he can’t treat you like the queen you want him to treat you now, then you can move on. You don’t owe him anything. That’s how I felt when I was married. I didn’t speak, I didn’t eat, I didn’t question because I had the life I dreamed of. I was married with kids, so I was just going to keep quiet, and then, luckily, he dumped me. But now I realize that I want more and I deserve more, and I will get more.”
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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City airs Wednesdays at 8:00 PM ET on Bravo.
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