“I will be honest, if Juan and I were not broke and honestly if we weren’t on the show, we probablywould not be togethertoday,” the 43-year-old housewife told PEOPLE atBravoCon 2022over the weekend. “I say that because having to come together when you’re financially struggling and having to support one another for the sake of your kids, it was more so we wanted each other to get to a better place because we have children.”
The Dixons have hadtheir fair share of ups and downsin their relationship and financial situation due to Juan’s job stability over the years.
Married from 2005 to 2012, the couple split but remained under the same roof with their two teenage sons: Corey, 14, and Carter, 12.
But in 2019, the former pro basketball playerproposedto theReasonably Shadypodcast co-host again. The two have evenobtaining a marriage licensein Howard County Clerk’s Office in Maryland that expires in February 2023, meaning a wedding could very well be on the horizon.
“It’s awesome that we can go through something that was so difficult,” she shares. “Having financial struggles is extremely difficult, especially when you come from living an NBA player lifestyle and you pretty much fall flat on your face. That’s very humbling.”
“It’s very difficult, but it also makes you stronger. It makes you look at your perspective on life a lot different. It makes you appreciate people differently and it also helps you when you see them grow and you see people come out of the ashes from something like that, it just gives you a better appreciation for them.”
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