Kandi Burruss Confirms Divorce After 11 Years With Todd Tucker
The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum announces her divorce with a focus on peace, motherhood, and personal growth.
Kandi Burruss has revealed she is divorcing Todd Tucker after 11 years of marriage, stressing on co-parenting, personal evolution, and protecting her peace as she looks ahead.
In a candid and carefully worded statement released exclusively to People, Kandi Burruss revealed that she and her husband, Todd Tucker, are ending their marriage after eleven years.
Burruss, 49, described the decision as the result of deep thought and a lot of prayer and stressed on her current focus on preserving her peace, being the best mother she can be, and navigating the transition with grace and respect. She asked fans and friends for privacy and understanding as the family moves into the next chapter.
The split comes after a shared history that blended family, business, and reality-television fame.
Burruss and Tucker met in 2011 while filming the fourth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, became engaged in 2013, and married in April 2014.
Over the years, their relationship evolved beyond the screen and into joint ventures, right from restaurants to production companies, and yet, now their personal journey is clearly diverging.
When Reality Television Becomes Real Life
Fans of RHOA, the Burruss-Tucker story often saw this as a modern success narrative, i.e. of a rising star with a powerful track record in music and business marrying a producer who shares her creative ambition, building a blended family, and launching brands.
They appeared on screen emblematic of drive, vision and the ability to merge love, career and parenting, but by the time their announcement arrived, the underlying reality had shifted.
Burruss’s message speaks to a loosening of identity tied to coupledom and a stronger focus on individual evolution. She said she is stepping into a new chapter pouring into her work, her family, and her own growth. That phrasing shows a re-prioritisation and tells that the public persona of power couple is being replaced by what she calls her “peace, motherhood, and co-parenting with love and respect.”
Business, Brand and Blended Family
Together, Burruss and Tucker built businesses, appeared on television specials, and leveraged their marriage into commercial momentum. Their union brought together family from previous relationships, Burruss’s daughter Riley and Tucker’s daughter Kaela, alongside their two children together, son Ace (9) and daughter Blaze (5).
The blend of personal life and public performance was always visible on camera and screen.
Their notable business ventures included a soul food restaurant chain in Georgia, a trucking company and production credits on their reality-TV spinoffs. All of these moved in lockstep with the narrative of their marriage. With the split now announced, those intertwined assets and ventures will inevitably face a phase of restructure, evaluation, and transition.
A Mixed Public Reaction and Social Media Eyes
When celebrities split, especially those who built much of their public identity around partnership, the reaction runs a gamut from shock and sadness to curiosity and speculation.
Burruss’s public statement strikes a tone of dignity rather than spectacle, as she thanked Tucker in her BravoCon acceptance speech earlier this month, recognising the shared journey and the challenges they weathered together.
“To Todd, thank you for surviving the blogs, the shade, the rumors, the lies, the truth, the almost fights, the actual fights, the reunions… You earned this award, too.”
That public acknowledgement now reads differently, as part of a closing chapter rather than a continuing legacy.
What Does This Tell for Their Careers and Public Personas
In Burruss’ case, this moment may mark a pivot from reality-star spouse to solo powerhouse. Her Broadway return in & Juliet, her production credits, and her music legacy all remain intact and appear poised for renewed focus. In her statemen,t she said that this is a time of growth, and not retreat.
But, for Tucker, the split presents its own landscape of change, as the partnership with Burruss gave him a platform and visibility, and going forward, he will need to change his role outside the joint identity that they had built.
Co-Parenting, Privacy and the Path Forward
One of the most important threads in Burruss’s announcement is her commitment to co-parenting with love and respect.
In a high-visibility split, how two public figures manage private family responsibilities becomes part of the public narrative. Burruss stressed that her priority remains being the best mother she can be, highlighting a shift from couple narrative to parental and individual narrative.
At the same time, her request for privacy and grace hints at a cautionary note that, despite being a celebrity, she is asserting her boundaries in the modern day, where the lens follows everyone, everywhere.
She wants this transition to unfold without the spectacle of reality-TV drama.
The path ahead may include legal proceedings, asset division, realignment of business ventures, and a redefinition of public roles, but she indicated that the emotional suite of the moment is grounded in reflection.
When a public marriage ends, it always resonates beyond the individuals involved.
This particular announcement sheds light on respect, growth, and motherhood, recasting what was once the story of a pair into new individual chapters.
For fans, followers, and industry watchers alike, it is a reminder that even the strongest brands are vulnerable to change, and often the real story begins after the public headline. The next acts for Burruss and Tucker are unfolding now, with all the uncertainty, hope, and recalibration that comes with finding oneself again.
