Chynna Phillips and her husband Billy Baldwin candidly admit the socialite’s religion has caused a serious ‘RUPTURE’ in their marriage – leaving actor questioning if he and his wife of 28 years ‘will make it in the long run’

Chynna Phillips and her husband Billy Baldwin have opened up about their marital problems in a candid YouTube video in which the couple opened up about her newfound Christian faith, which has caused a serious “rift” in their relationship.

In an unflinchingly honest on-screen discussion, Chynna and Billy shared how the former socialite’s devotion to Jesus has become a “glaring issue” that has her actor husband wondering if they will “make it in the long run” ‘.

Chynna, 55, and Billy, 60, who married in 1995 and welcomed three children together, opened up about their relationship struggles in a deeply honest new YouTube video shared on the singer’s faith-based channel, California Preachin’.

In the clip, the star, who converted to Christianity in 2022, and her husband of 28 years spoke about how their differing views of God have become a “systemic problem” in their romance.

“You and I have kind of a systemic problem in our relationship that we’ve been very honest about from the beginning, which is that you see your life and the world through a very different lens than I do,” Chynna told Billy.

“Sometimes that leads to rifts and little rifts in our relationship, and we do our best to work through those differences.

“The Christianity aspect has been a glaring issue for a while now because (religion) has overtaken my life in many ways.

“It may even have made you wonder if you and I can make it in the long run.

“You would never divorce me for it – but (I think you’re wondering), ‘Will we be able to truly stay happy and connected and thrive as I follow this Jesus journey?’

Billy theorized that the rift between them was the result of a “fantasy” Chynna created in which they would become a “team” that “traveled the country” preaching about Jesus — while admitting that their marriage “is not the partnership become what she had’. desired or hoped for.’

“But I still absolutely love you, absolutely adore you and fully support you in your faith,” he added.

‘That’s why I’m here now, that’s why we go to church together, that’s why we pray together, that’s why we talk about faith together.

‘That’s why I’m doing this for you, that’s why I’m promoting (your channel) on my social media.

“All these things are because I am a supportive, loving husband who adores his wife and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. No question.

“It’s not that I’m not on a faith journey — I pray with you, I go to church, I believe in God, I acknowledge and see the existence of God, I just don’t know what form that takes.”

However, Chynna admitted that Billy’s beliefs “baffled her.”

She asked him, “How can you know that there is a God and truly believe it with all your heart, and yet not make your search for a relationship with this God a priority in your life? And I’m not judging, I’m just asking a question.’

He responded, “I believe I live a life for the most part, not entirely, but I live a life that is consistent with the teachings of Christ.”

In early January, Chynna posted another video discussing the rift her faith had caused in her marriage to Billy.

The musician said at the time that she and the actor had been “separated for six months,” but she did not specify when the split occurred.

Now Billy admitted that sharing the intimate details of their relationship — including her confession about their brief separation — made him “uneasy” because he “didn’t really want it to be revealed.”

He also slammed the media for making it sound worse than it was – insisting that they had “worked through it and everything was fine now.”

“The headlines suggested that you were in a very taxing or difficult relationship for a long time, almost like an abusive situation, that ultimately resulted in a divorce,” he told Chynna.

“It made me feel bad, like it implied or implied that we had a bad relationship or that you were in an unhealthy situation.”

Chynna stated that she was “blindsided” by all the articles that came out in response to her video, and insisted that despite some of their issues, she “absolutely still loved Billy.”

“My feelings (towards you) have only grown and increased and intensified over the years. And I mean that with all my heart,” she concluded. ‘I love you with all my heart.’

In the previous video, Chynna spoke in detail about her “damaged” romance, explaining that her religion had caused a “power struggle” between them.

She said: ‘I have been with Billy for 32 years and we have a great marriage, but we have certainly had the most difficult years of our marriage in recent years, it has been a real struggle.

“I think it’s because I just got deep into Jesus and I think he didn’t quite know what to do with that because it was kind of Jesus the whole time.

‘We had a kind of power struggle. The Bible says that (women) are supposed to be submissive and (men) are the head and that’s all true, but it also says that the husband is supposed to treat his wife like the church and all that, so I guess I just had difficulty with that.’

Chynna also said that she and Billy feel like they have little in common lately.

‘Sometimes he says, ‘You don’t like the things I like. You don’t like politics, you don’t like wrestling, you don’t like the philanthropic things that I do,” she continued.

“We’ve done a few things together and that’s been great and very fulfilling, but we’ve never really found that one thing that the two of us can stick to and do together as a team, and that’s why I pray in 2024 that we go discovering that one thing that we can do together that is really satisfying.

‘I’m not 23 anymore, I met him when I was 23 and I’m going to change. I’m growing, you know?

“I am not the same person I was 30 years ago and I refuse to have the same marriage I was 30 years ago. It’s time for us to mature and grow.”