HGTV’s Jen Hatmaker
Reveals Center of the Evening Discovery That Ended Her Marriage
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Jen Hatmaker says her image good life got here crashing down in the course of the night time when she caught her husband whispering to a different lady on the telephone.
In her new memoir “Awake,” the HGTV star particulars the stunning second she found her husband of 26 years, Brandon Hatmaker, was dishonest. Jen says at 2:30 AM in July 2020, she was jolted awake by her husband whispering into the telephone … “I just can’t quit you.” When he drifted off to sleep, reeking of booze.
Jen remembers spending the subsequent 4 hours digging by means of Brandon’s pc, the place she uncovered what she calls a “trail of betrayal” together with an extended operating affair and lavish items that left the household in monetary chaos. By morning, she kicked him out of their Texas dwelling.
The “My Big Family Renovation” star says the affair was simply the ultimate blow in a wedding already in hassle. They hadn’t had intercourse for 2 years, and regardless of marriage counseling, Jen now realizes the purple flags have been all over the place.
Jen claims Brandon made no effort to reconcile and was engaged to a different lady inside a yr. In the meantime, Jen says she battled despair and anxiousness, elevating 5 children alone throughout the pandemic.
Jen says she’s lower ties with the church they cofounded collectively, discovered love once more with writer Tyler Merritt, welcomed her first grandchild, and is set by no means to “outsource” her life once more.
“I’ll never let anyone else drive my story,” she says. “This is my life and I’m awake now.”
