Real Housewives of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson and her boyfriend, Brooks Ayers, have called it quits after four years together.
The reality star, 53, who has been on the show since it started, released a joint statement with Ayers on Sunday.
"After much prayer, thought, counseling, and consideration, we have decided to end our four year relationship," they said, People reports. "We both wish nothing but a great future for each other.”
It’s been a tough year for Gunvalson, whose mother died in February, and a rough road for the couple in general. Gunvalson’s daughter, Briana, did not approve of their relationship and refused to be around him.
They split in 2013 but got back together a year later, when Ayers was diagnosed with cancer.
“They continued, "We have come to realize that one can indeed love someone in their heart, but that the time may come for their lives to take separate paths. Though the remaining episodes of Season 10 of The Real Housewives of Orange County will show us as a couple, the filming took place in January 2015 through May 2015.”
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