Chrishell Stauseis trying to keep her head up followingher splitfromJason Oppenheim.
TheSelling Sunsetstarsannounced earlier this monththat they had called it quits just five months after going public with their relationship. A source tells PEOPLE that Stause, 40, is still struggling with the breakup, though she is “trying really hard to be positive.”
“She’s upset still. She feels like life has kicked her down quite a few times these past years, and that’s been a hard feeling,” the insider says. “She wants marriage and a family, so the fact that the journey hasn’t gone as planned has made her feel like life hasn’t always been fair to her. It’s like a cycle of happiness, curve ball, happiness, curve ball.”
As she works through her current obstacles, the source concludes that the “bright side” of the situation is that the celebrity real estate agent will enter the new year “with a blank slate and a refreshed mindset.”
Jason Oppenheim and Chrishell Stause.Axelle/Bauer-griffin/Filmmagic
Both Stause and Oppenheim havespoken outsince the news broke that they’d gone their separate ways, assuring their followers that they remain on good terms.
“While Chrishell and I are no longer together, we remain best friends and we will always love and support one another,” Oppenheim wrote on his Instagram Story. “She was the most amazing girlfriend I’ve ever had, and it was the happiest and most fulfilling relationship of my life.”
He added that he and Stause “have different wants regarding a family,” but they “continue to have the utmost respect for one another.”
“Chrishell is an exceptional human being and loving her and having her in my life is one of the best things that has ever happened to me,” he concluded.
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Stause also spoke openly about the decision to end the relationship due to their “ideas for family ultimately not being aligned” ina post of her own.
Chrishell Stause/Instagram
“Jason was and is my best friend,” she wrote, adding that “the amount of respect and love we have for each other will not change going forward.”
“Men have the luxury of time that women don’t and that’s just the way it goes,” she continued. “All of that being said, navigating this public terrain is difficult and I am just trying my best…I very much hope to one day have a family and decisions I make at this point are with that goal in mind.”
Stause was previously married toThis Is UsstarJustin Hartley, whom she wed in 2017 after four years of dating.Hartley abruptly filed for divorcein 2019, ending the couple’s marriage over text, according to Stause.Their divorce was finalizedin February, PEOPLE confirmed.
source: people.com
