Julia Lemigova claimed she was having a “mid-life crisis” when she “slept with” Adriana de Moura.
PEOPLE spoke with the Real Housewives of Miami personality about her current status at home with Martina Navratilova after the backlash she’s received about her extra-marital affairs with Adriana (allegedly), the Haitian Mortician, et al.
Kiss and tell:
Julia disclosed that she “slept with” Adriana during a complicated era of her marriage. Adriana, for the record, maintains they did nothing more than “heavy petting.”
“Martina and I have gone through ups and downs like any other couple. During one particularly rough time, we decided to open up our relationship.”
“It was something we both agreed upon and explored, with openness and care. But it also brought challenges that we had to face head-on.”
Julia said this was “a midlife crisis” and happened before she started filming RHOM. But, when cameras went up, Julia and Martina were still in a sticky spot.
“We were figuring out, that first year, what was going to happen with us. I think that’s why you see me, in my first season, being more free and drinking shots with pickles and kissing my girlfriends. I was so desperately hungry for fun and lightness, because things at home had been so serious and severe.”
Martina and Julia decided to re-commit to each other:
Julia said she and Martina decided to “close the marriage.” But she got lost in the semantics. “We were not in an open-open relationship, per se. It was just a pass as we gave ourselves time to figure things out.”
“Martina knew about everything. It wasn’t like I was hiding anything from her. Even with Adriana, I told her. Naturally, Martina wasn’t happy about what happened. We had to have some really difficult conversations.”
Julia insisted this made her and Martina a stronger couple. “It became a wake-up call for both of us. It made us more committed to repairing what was slightly fractured, and definitely communicate better. That’s where, maybe, the fracture started.”
“Today, we’re in a really great place.”
