Entertainment TV 'RHOP' Alum Monique Samuels and Husband Chris Are Separating After 10 Years of Marriage The couple tied the knot in March 2012 and share three children By Stephanie Wenger, Stephanie Wenger Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2021 as a digital news writer, covering stories spanning across the site's verticals. She previously contributed E! Online, Hollywood Life and Oscar.com. People Editorial Guidelines Lanae Brody, Lanae Brody Lanae Brody is a former senior reporter of emerging content at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2023. People Editorial Guidelines and Dave Quinn Dave Quinn Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 16, 2022 03:28PM EDT Monique Samuels and her husband Chris Samuels are going their separate ways. Multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE that the Real Housewives of Potomac alum, 39, and the former NFL player are splitting after 10 years of marriage. The couple share three children, sons Christopher, 9, and Chase, 3, and daughter Milani, 7. Monique and Chris Samuels. The Samuels' relationship issues were well on display during the first season of Love & Marriage: D.C.. A second season for the OWN reality show has been announced, with Monique expected to be on the show. Shannon Finney/Getty RHOP Alum Monique Samuels Reveals Ashley Darby Is 'Going to Keep It Moving' amid Divorce PEOPLE has reached out to the couple for comment. Earlier on Sunday, at the Real Housewives of Potomac panel at BravoCon, Monique's former costar Ashley Darby opened up about her friendship with Monique, saying the two had lunch just last week and that Monique was "going through some personal things" at the moment. For more on BravoCon, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. In July, Monique told Entertainment Tonight about the state of her marriage while she was filming RHOP. "People always say that reality TV tears your marriage down. What people don't realize is that Real Housewives of Potomac actually in some ways saved my marriage," she revealed. "Chris and I, before we started filming that show, we were in a really rough place." TOUT ONLY DO NOT USE Monique Samuels Says 'The Door is Completely Closed' to Repairing Some of Her 'RHOP' Friendships. Getty Images Monique Samuels Says She's Not Returning to Real Housewives of Potomac: 'Enough Is Enough' "We had lost all of the dating in our marriage. Once we started filming reality TV, it actually helped us because it forced us to date," she added. "So we were able to get out, just reignite that intimacy and be excited about each other. So I will not lie, season 2 of RHOP saved my marriage. And at the end of the day, sometimes you still have to come back to those moments. Because some of the things that I expressed on Love & Marriage: DC, people who watched Potomac saw I had those same concerns back then. So it's not like this is something new." Back in December 2020, Monique announced that she was bidding farewell to RHOP. After the final episode of the season 5 reunion aired, she revealed on Instagram Live that she would not be back for the show's sixth season. Sophy Holland/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty BravoCon 2022: All the Housewives and Bravo Stars Stopping by the Fan Convention "It was a crazy ride. It's not easy doing reality TV, and to be quite honest, I'm over it," she explained at the time. "I appreciate everything that people have done for me, everybody that's been Team Monique — I love y'all, I thank y'all — but when you cross certain lines there's no going back." "And for me, my family is that line," she continued. "The opinion of my family and my kids and what they think about anything that I do is more valuable than anybody's opinion, so I'm over it." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. BravoCon 2022 is taking place through Sunday at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.