Angela Oakley Recollects Separation from NBA Star Husband Charles Oakley in 2017

Angela Oakley is opening up about challenges in her relationship.

Within the March 23 episode of The Actual Housewives of Atlanta, Angela and her husband Charles Oakley mentioned renewing their vows following their 2016 wedding ceremony. Whereas the previous NBA legend wasn’t too eager on the thought, Angela defined it was necessary after their marriage acquired off to a rocky begin.

“I actually, actually, actually need to do this,” she stated, revealing that the 2 separated only one 12 months after getting married. “2017 with Madison Sq. Backyard, that was a really, very tough time. Charles was attending a sport in New York. The proprietor doesn’t like Charles and known as safety to return. [They] escorted him out.”

Charles was as soon as a participant on the New York Knicks for 10 seasons, and in February 2017, he was arrested on three counts of assault and one rely of prison trespass following an altercation with the crew’s proprietor James Dolan. The costs have been later dropped.

“We have been newly married,” Angela famous. “He wanted to heal, and I could not heal him throughout this time. I used to be similar to, ‘You understand what? We’ll attempt to work via this at a distance.’ And we did stay individually. So us simply recommitting to at least one one other, I really feel like is necessary at this second, as a result of every thing that occurred since we acquired married, it affected us.”

Whereas Charles stated “we’ll see” concerning the ceremony, Angela pushed again, hoping he would change his thoughts.

“Charles is holding our vow renewal over my head as a result of he looks like we spent all this cash on these homes,” she added of her actual property enterprise. “[He thinks], ‘Let’s deal with this primary, after which we will leap into one thing else.’”

She then introduced up their couple’s counselor, “whom I like,” inflicting Charles to roll his eyes.

“$3,000 a month, you must love them,” he quipped.

“Why are you in opposition to remedy?” Angela requested, to which he responded: “While you go so many instances, they need to provide you with at the least 20% off — for a repeat buyer.”

Angela insisted she solely pays $1,200 per 30 days, which she stated “just isn’t quite a bit.”

“Hear, we’d like it,” she instructed Charles. “For the sake of our marriage, for the subsequent 10 years.”

“Oh, that’s a very long time,” he laughed, to which she questioned, “Too lengthy?”

Charles then teased, “You by no means know.”

“There’s a variety of issues we have to go to remedy for,” Angela concluded.

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The Actual Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.