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Chrishell Stauseis revealing more details about her breakup with exJason Oppenheim.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the actress, 41, opened up about what it was like to film with ex Jason Oppenheim onSelling Sunsetright after their breakup in December 2021.
“At first, it was really stressful as you can imagine,” she tells PEOPLE. “With Jason, it’s not something that I loved at first — that all of a sudden we’ve broken up but now we have to work together and film together.”
Stause, who stars in the upcoming Lifetime movieA Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story, adds: “every little interaction, there’s a camera this big on my face so you can’t hide any emotion. It’s just there for everyone to see.”
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While the breakup came with its hardships, the luxury realtor explained that she and Oppenheim,who she dated publicly for five months, “worked really hard on our friendship” to get to where they are today.
“Now I feel like we are so close, and that’s only because we had to work through it,” she explains to PEOPLE. “At this point, I’m just really proud that we’ve worked on our friendship and gotten it to a place that we can both be really proud of.”
Since their breakup, both Stause and Oppenheim have sparked new romances. Stause revealed her relationship with Australian singer, G Flip, during aSelling Sunsetreunion episodein May 2022, five months after she announced her split with Oppenheim.
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Oppenheim, who started datingGerman model Marie-Lou Nurkin July 2022 after they met in Mykonos, revealed that his girlfriend will appear on the upcoming season ofSelling Sunsetalongside his ex.
“We filmed a couple of times already and I have no problem filming more,” he told PEOPLE atThe Hollywood Reporter2022 Power Broker Awards in September.
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source: people.com