Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Foster and husband David Foster have decided to call it quits after four years of marriage.
“We are grateful for the years we’ve spent together and believe wholeheartedly that we did our best. I hope that we can pave the road ahead of us with all we’ve learned and with the love and respect we will always have for one another,” she said in a statement.
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“Accept what is, Let go of what was and have Faith in what will be,” she captioned an Instagram photo over the weekend.
Foster, who has struggled with health problems, took to the Bravo website to blog shortly after the news of her divorce went public.
“Becoming chronically ill has definitely given me a greater understanding of human nature, and I’ve learned to accept people’s lack of long-term compassion for others, while they live their busy lives,” she wrote.
“I have gone from being an outspoken multi-tasking social butterfly to a hostage of my debilitating disease. I might only be a shell of the woman I used to be, but my heart is still the same, and even though I can only do life one day at a time, I am at peace and have surrendered to my new normal – for now…
“If Lyme wasn’t such a controversial disease, I’d probably have chosen to deal with my journey in a more private manner, but the amount of suffering that goes on behind closed doors all over the world is unconscionable, and I feel it’s my duty to be a voice for those who can’t be heard. I want to shine a light on a disease that so many know so little about.”