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Former NFL tight end Darren Waller finally addressed in a new interview his shocking divorce from Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum after just one year of marriage.
Waller, who previously sort of used a bizarre music video to express his feelings about the divorce from Kelsey Plum, got a bit more into specifics while talking to The Breakfast Club.
“You talk about get honest or die lying, you kinda got to look at yourself and realize, alright, what role am I playing that all the relationships in my life have always had the same patterns,” Darren Waller admitted. “It kind of plays into everything else I was mentioning earlier, the co-dependency aspect.
“Like, any time I’m in a relationship I feel like I gotta dance or do a certain thing to keep this person around, almost tying my self-worth to the success of a relationship. And you realize how much you lose yourself and doing the things that you love and things that take care of you on a daily basis. Making this person kind of like the center of your universe and how unhealthy that is for everybody involved.
“Realizing that and realizing the impact that it was having on me, as far as making decisions that were authentic for the life that I wanted, these are things that I couldn’t say 100 percent yes to,” the 31-year-old continued.
“You have certain conversations and realize there’s so much life ahead of both of us, might as well just go ahead and live it and move on and no type of hostility.”
Kelsey Plum, 29, on the other hand, did not waste any time addressing the split as she chose to make a social media post revealing her feelings about it shortly after it occurred.
“I’m devastated. I walked through fire for that man, but now I see it’s time to go. God has given me an incredible life, and I’m truly so grateful for the profound love from my family and friends,” she wrote.
“One day I’ll share my story, today is not that day. Thank you for the grace to process my pain, to forgive and move forward. Today and everyday I will continue to choose joy.”
During the interview, Waller said about Plum’s message that she “has every right to express herself in whichever way that she chooses,” adding, “I was never perfect, and some of the reasons that motivated me to leave, they caused harm, they hurt, I respect whatever way she wants to express herself.”