Kelli Ferrell is speaking out about her contentious divorce from Chuvalo Mark Ferrell.
The former couple were married for 11 years and share three daughters and on the recent episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kelli opened up to fellow castmate Brit Eady about Chuvalo allegedly wiping her restaurant’s bank account.
Kelli is the owner of Nana’s Chicken-N-Waffles in McDonough, GA.
She also claimed that when she tried to leave, things got “physical” between them.
“The only thing that I can say to that is I speak my truth no matter what that looks like,” Kelli told PEOPLE. “So if it’s something that is shared or talked about, I know for me that I’m always telling my truth and sharing my story and my experiences.”
According to Kelli, she is no longer in contact with her ex and does not care about him being upset over her speaking about their breakup in front of Bravo cameras.
“If someone doesn’t want to hear those things then maybe I should have been treated a lot better,” she said. “When you sign up for reality TV, you know that you have to be your authentic self. And for us during that time, that was a conversation that transpired.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs on Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo and streams the following day on Peacock.