Sutton Stracke Details Mom Reba’s “Hurtful” Relationship With Her Ex-Husband (EXCLUSIVE)
Sutton Stracke opened up about her mom Reba's reaction to her 2016 divorce from Christian Stracke during the RHOBH After Show.
During Season 14, Episode 10 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, viewers — and Kyle Richards and Garcelle Beauvais — really got to know Sutton Stracke's mom, Reba, when they visited her in Georgia.
As Sutton explained, her relationship with her mother is complicated, and during The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show, Sutton clued fans in on a couple of their issues. As it happened, a lot of their problems came to light while she was going through her 2016 divorce from her ex-husband, Christian Stracke.
"When you're going through [divorce], you're worried about yourself. Like, 'Am I okay?' Because I hadn't worked in 17 years," she shared in the video above. "And I had this panicking moment, because I didn't know what he was gonna do. He's capable of doing a lot of things. He did the right thing in the end, but I just got nervous."
According to Sutton, her mom didn't seem worried about her, but was "worried about herself." Especially because she lived in the house behind Sutton's and the then-couple took care of her.
"I'm like, well, can we just deal with [our divorce] first? We'll get to you, Reba. But let's do me first," Sutton quipped in the video. "And so it was a bit hurtful for me."
Kyle Richards and Garcelle Beauvais weigh in on Sutton's relationship with her mother, Reba
Because Kyle and Garcelle had seen the situation firsthand, they had some comments to make.
"I can see where Sutton would be hurt by that, but I think there's a lot more to that comment. I think that Reba probably spent a lot of her time worried and afraid and Sutton never knew that, because she masked those feelings," said Kyle. "I mean, maybe she should worry about herself, too. And she's just being honest about it."
The child star added that while Reba's delivery can be "harsh," she thinks her intentions come from "a good place." And Sutton doesn't completely disagree.
"She was probably thinking the same thing when my dad died," she said. "My mother has worked her entire life, but I'm sure there's a point where she must have felt like, 'Well, now who's gonna take care of me?'"
After Garcelle shared a theory on how her late mother would have reacted to her divorce from Mike Nilon, she concluded, "That's old-school thinking."
Sutton Stracke reveals mom Reba's reaction to her divorce
The word Sutton used to describe her mom's reaction to her divorce? "Indifferent."
"She and Christian were very close," Sutton shared. "They kept talking. I was like, 'Why are you talking to him?' She liked to call him and talk to him about what she had read in the New York Times that day. [ ... ] That's probably when they became even closer."
Today, she isn't sure if they're still in contact.
"I had a long discussion with her when I found out that they were [talking]," she noted. "I was like, 'You're hurting my feelings.'"
When Jennifer Tilly chimed in to add, "It almost feels like she's choosing Christian over you. I mean, I'm sure she doesn't see it that way, but that how it feels," Sutton agreed.
"Like, do you not understand that this is hurting me?" Sutton added. "But I think she's gotten it. I think they don't talk anymore."
When did Sutton and Christian Stracke split?
Sutton and Christian split in 2016 after 16 years of marriage.
During a previous episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show, Sutton shared, "I was the one that asked Christian to get out of the house." Although she wanted to work on her relationship by going to therapy with her estranged husband, Christian filed for divorce shortly thereafter.
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