The former reality couple, who filed for divorce on Tuesday after 7-months of marriage, are shutting down reports from The Daily Mail that say their marriage came to an end explosively — with cheating, unfaithfulness and violent, bloodied outbursts on Luann’s end.
Both Luann and Tom’s publicists agree the reports were erroneous. Luann's rep told PEOPLE, “this is all false” and a rep for Tom seconding the statement. “There is no truth in this at all,” Tom’s rep continued. “Tom and Luann spoke this morning and they have been nothing but kind to each other.”
Despite speculation Tom cheated on Luann twice within their seven-month marriage, Luann took to the media on Friday to defend him — confessing that’s not why their marriage ended.
“I do not think Tom cheated on me, definitely not,” de Lesseps told Page Six of the reasons for their divorce. “God knows he’s got himself in some trouble in the past, but I don’t believe that continued [while we were married].”
“It was impossible, we were having problems and we tried really hard to fix things, and we finally came to the conclusion it was just not going to work,” she continued. “It was a tough decision and we are both very sad about it. But the truth is we just weren’t getting along.”
Insisting no one else had to do with their split, de Lesseps also shot down rumors that her close friendship to ex-boyfriend Jacques Azoulay — whom she dated for four years before splitting from in 2013 — induced Tom to file for divorce, jealous that Azoulay was possibly staying at de Lesseps’ Sag Harbor home.
“Jacques has a girlfriend and he’s staying in a hotel, we’re friends, he’s not staying at my house. There’s no truth to the story of Jacques and me,” Luann told the publiccation. “God knows I’ve been going through enough recently, I don’t understand why this false rumor is coming at me.”
Azoulay has remained on good terms with Luann — even attending her wedding to Tom with his girlfriend, Missy Hargraves. He also shut down rumors of a romantic reunion with Luann.
“I just arrived right now in the Hamptons and I am not staying at her house,” he said. “Luann and I are very good friends, and only friends. I actually really like Tom, he’s a nice guy, I regret it didn’t work between them.”
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