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She was married to former football player Jay Cutler from 2013 until they split in April 2020, with their divorce finalized in June 2022.
And Kristin Cavallari revealed in the Call Her Daddy podcast that their relationship was ‘toxic’ and that she ignored the ‘red flags’ when she first called off their engagement in July 2011 before reuniting five months later and tying the knot.
The 35-year-old star, who shares three children with Jay, said that she was ‘really unhappy’ and in an ‘unhealthy relationship’ and didn’t want her kids to think that ‘was normal’ via Page Six.
The latest: She was married to former football player Jay Cutler from 2013 until they split in April 2020, with their divorce finalized in June 2022. And Kristin Cavallari revealed in the Call Her Daddy podcast that their relationship was ‘toxic’ and that she ignored the ‘red flags’ when she first called off their engagement in July 2011 before reuniting five months later and tying the knot
In 2009, Jay, now 39, had called her publicist to ask if he could fly her out to Chicago and take her on a date; She had passed on it at the time because she was filming The Hills and didn’t want a boyfriend in Chicago.
One year later in 2010, she was given tickets to a Chicago Bears preseason game and was introduced to the athlete and the duo began a romance soon after.
They dated for 10 months before he proposed to her in April 2011; they called off their engagement in July but reunited by December of that same year.
They tied the knot on June 8, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee; they announced their split in April 2020 and their divorce was finalized last month after 10 years together.
The way they were: The 35-year-old star, who shares three children with Jay, said that she was ‘really unhappy’ and in an ‘unhealthy relationship’ and didn’t want her kids to think that ‘was normal’ via Page Six; seen December 5, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee
He played on the Bears from 2009 until 2016 and one year with the Miami Dolphins in 2017; After 11 seasons in the NFL, Jay announced his retirement from the league in 2017.
During the podcast, Kristin spoke out about calling off their engagement and their split.
‘Basically I called of the engagement [for] the same reason I got a divorce, and so I guess if there’s any takeaway from that is you can’t ignore red flags,’ she said to Call Your Daddy podcast host Alexandra Cooper.
Adding: ‘People don’t change, and you’ve got to trust your gut.’
Former happier times: During the podcast, Kristin spoke out about calling off their engagement and their split
‘I was 23 when I met Jay, I was a baby and at that time in my life, getting married and having kids was the next natural step. I had gotten everything out of my system and I don’t regret anything at all and I am thankful for our time together,’ she said on the podcast, via TooFab.
She continued: ‘I just think, now I’m so different dating and I see s**t a mile away. And now it’s like “Nope, I’m not going to put up with that.” It’s a big turnoff instead of being, “Maybe he’ll change, I can fix him.”‘
While the star called the relationship ‘toxic,’ she said she wanted to be careful about what she said since she has three kids with him.
Thoughts: ‘I was 23 when I met Jay, I was a baby and at that time in my life, getting married and having kids was the next natural step. I had gotten everything out of my system and I don’t regret anything at all and I am thankful for our time together,’ she said on the podcast, via TooFab
Kristin and Jay are parents to sons Camden, nine, and Jaxon, eight, and daughter Saylor, six.
‘Because I have three kids with him, I’m very careful about what I say. If you and I didn’t have microphones in front of us, I’d f*****g tell you. But that’s their dad and my oldest Googles us now. I just want to be very careful. Even if I don’t say anything, the headlines will say I f*****g trashed him somehow. It was toxic, period, end of story, that’s all I need to say,’ Kristin said.
‘I hope that he finds someone, I really do. I want him happy. My kids benefit from that. I hope that he gets remarried. I really do. Obviously the first time I heard, it stung a little. I really want all of my exes to be happy and be in a great relationship.’
She called ending their marriage ‘really scary,’ a decision that took her ‘a few years to to actually pull the trigger.’
‘It was just time. Nothing major happened. At the end, it was just time.. It’s the scariest thing. It’s always the saddest thing. I mean, it’s so many emotions, but it can also be the best thing.’
Kristin doesn’t regret anything and is ‘thankful’ for their time together because of their three children.