{"id":52626,"date":"2026-05-05T12:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=52626"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:27:29","slug":"the-real-housewives-of-rhode-islands-kelsey-swanson-reveals-real-reason-for-breakup-with-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/05\/the-real-housewives-of-rhode-islands-kelsey-swanson-reveals-real-reason-for-breakup-with-john\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Housewives of Rhode Island&#8217;s Kelsey Swanson reveals real reason for breakup with John"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"330\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/real-housewives-of-rhode-island\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The Real Housewives of Rhode Island<\/span><\/span><\/a> star<a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/01\/erm-it-turns-out-kelsey-swanson-actually-appeared-on-judge-caprios-show-years-before-rhori\/\"> <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kelsey Swanson<\/span><\/span><\/a> has revealed there was far more going on behind her split than what people saw on screen. Although the breakup was confirmed during the show, Kelsey has now shared that issues in the relationship date all the way back to the beginning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV4LacoCUb5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV4LacoCUb5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kelsey B Swanson (@kelseybswanson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"632\">Speaking on the After Show, she admitted she was aware early on that her partner wasn\u2019t exclusive, and that it wasn\u2019t something that ever fully changed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"702\">&#8220;I would hear things,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I never asked, but he never told.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"890\">Kelsey has previously described their relationship as \u201cunconventional,\u201d but she\u2019s now clarified it wasn\u2019t something she consciously chose. Instead, she says it gradually became the norm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1037\">&#8220;It happened to form into that, and it took on a life of its own,&#8221; she explained, adding she eventually tried to &#8220;keep [her] emotions out of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1174\">She also pointed to their 22-year age gap as a reason she didn\u2019t question things sooner. When they first got together, she was just 21.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1345\">&#8220;I was\u2026 staying in my lane,&#8221; Kelsey said. &#8220;As a 20-something-year-old girl, 21, I&#8217;m gonna tell this 43-year-old what to do? Like, no. I was afraid to ask the questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1458\">But as time went on, her priorities began to shift, especially when it came to marriage and starting a family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO885PCjCtG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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Her ex already has children and has been married before, something she always knew would limit what they could build together.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2105\" data-end=\"2273\">&#8220;He was 22 years older than me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He already has kids\u2026 He&#8217;s kind of already been there, done that, so I&#8217;ve always known that it wasn&#8217;t in my future with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52631\" style=\"width: 1514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.07.01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1514\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.07.01.png 1514w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.07.01-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.07.01-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.07.01-768x453.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1514px) 100vw, 1514px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"2275\" data-end=\"2432\">Despite everything, Kelsey insists there\u2019s no bad blood, but ultimately, she had to choose between staying comfortable or going after what she really wants.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2434\" data-end=\"2547\">&#8220;He&#8217;s still a very nice guy and a wonderful man\u2026 do I stay in this great life that I have, but feel unfulfilled?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2549\" data-end=\"2699\">Now, she\u2019s looking ahead. 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