Kandi Burruss Announces Divorce from Todd Tucker After Eleven Years of Marriage

21 November 2025

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Reality television star and music producer Kandi Burruss has confirmed that she and husband Todd Tucker will be legally separating after 11 years together. In a statement released on November 21, Burruss said the decision followed “deep thought and a lot of prayer,” and expressed her commitment to prioritizing her “peace, being the best mother I can be, and co-parenting with love and respect.”

Burruss, 49, and Tucker, 52, first met in 2011 while he worked behind the scenes on her show, and they became engaged in early 2013 before marrying in April 2014 in a ceremony featured on Bravo’s Kandi’s Wedding. During their time together the couple expanded their family with two children: a son, Ace, born in 2016, and a daughter, Blaze, born via surrogate in 2019. Burruss also has an adult daughter Riley from a prior relationship and Tucker has an adult daughter Kaela.

Their union was not only personal but professional. The pair co-founded a restaurant chain, launched business entities, and collaborated on television and theatre projects, blending their combined creative and entrepreneurial energies. Burruss recently accepted Bravo’s “Wifetime Achievement Award” at BravoCon 2025, where she thanked her husband during her acceptance speech. His absence from that event and the removal of his surname from Burruss’s social media handle earlier this month had ignited speculation about the state of their marriage.

In her announcement Burruss emphasized that this is not the end of her professional journey, but rather a transition into a new chapter. She stated that the focus moving forward will be on her work, her family and personal growth. She asked for privacy, grace and understanding during the process of dissolving their legal partnership and delineating what co-parenting will look like for their blended family.

For fans and followers who have watched Burruss on The Real Housewives of Atlanta for years, the news comes as a surprise. While her public persona has long been one of resilience, business savvy and family loyalty, the statement underscores that even couples who appear successful and aligned in public may reach a juncture where separation is the healthiest path.

The timing of the divorce announcement also coincides with Burruss’s return to Broadway in & Juliet, where she is set to perform from December into March. Her willingness to share this personal pivot while stepping into a major new creative role suggests that she is consciously aligning the closure of one chapter with the beginning of another.

Observers note that the emphasis on co-parenting and protecting the children’s wellbeing stands out among celebrity divorce statements. The couple shares their younger children, and Burruss’s wording about parenting “with love and respect” signals a desire to avoid adversarial separation and maintain stability for their kids.

While the legal proceedings and details of asset division have not been disclosed, insiders suggest Burruss and Tucker remain closely tied through their business ventures and public brands. How they will disentangle personally and professionally will be watched by industry observers, fellow reality stars and fans alike.

Though the couple has not publicly laid out the specific reasons behind the split, sources indicate the decision is amicable and based on personal growth rather than scandal. Burruss recognized in her message that the journey of marriage does not always remain linear and sometimes leads to new paths that better reflect individual evolutions.

For many in the entertainment and reality-TV community, this separation may carry broader implications. Both Burruss and Tucker built brands beyond their marriage she as a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer, he as a television producer and entrepreneur. Their separation may redefine how couples within the industry negotiate shared projects, family life and public image.

In the end, Burruss’s announcement is less about cease-fire and more about intentional transition. Her language emphasises continuity of motherhood, career and self-growth rather than rupture. By framing the divorce with respect, intention and a view toward the future, she models an approach that is increasingly common in public separations of high-profile figures.