Pulliam’s husband, former NFL pro Ed Hartwell, filed for divorce from her on Tuesday, just days after the 37-year-old actress announced she was pregnant, and nearly seven months after the two were married.
In an exclusive sit-down with ET on Wednesday in Atlanta, Pulliam – who
wasn’t wearing her wedding ring – broke down in tears when discussing
her issues with Hartwell.
“I
don’t know if it’s the hormones… no, it’s all of it, because it’s
fresh,” Pulliam tells ET’s Nischelle Turner, fighting back tears. “And
it’s hurtful. And I knew I couldn’t be silent, because this isn’t about
money. This isn’t about fame. This isn’t about social media likes or
follows. This is about my character – my integrity as a woman being
attacked – and that’s not OK.”
Pulliam says she was given no warning and was blindsided when Hartwell, 38, told her he had filed for divorce. The Cosby Show
star says she has never cheated on Hartwell, but alleges that he had
been unfaithful during their marriage – and that she was actually the
one who wanted to get a divorce before deciding to give him another
chance.
“Early
on in my marriage when I was faced with this, I was ready to leave.
It’s not OK,” Pulliam says. “In the process, I found out I was pregnant.
And I had to take another hard look and decide if I wanted to try to
work through this and forgive him for the sake of the child. Like, I had
divorce papers ready. I presented it to him. … Once I was pregnant I
did decide to give him that one last chance.”
“The
part that hurt me the most when he filed for divorce was that he had
asked me to give him another chance, and I was willing to do that and
forgive him, for our family,” she claims.
Pulliam
says that having children was always a plan for the both of them. The
former linebacker is already a father to his 9-year-old son, Ed Jr.,
with his ex-wife, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Lisa Wu.
“We both wanted to get married, I was not pushing it,” she says of their New Year’s Eve wedding.
“ … This is his baby. He wanted more children. He was excited once he
found out that we were having a little girl. There was never a question
about that. … No point after we got pregnant was there an issue of the
fact that we’re having a baby.”
Pulliam now has “no desire” to still be married to Hartwell, but instead, wants to focus on their child.
“There’s
a baby in the middle of this!” she stresses. “And regardless, if we
don’t want to be married, that’s fine, because we agree on that. But
this baby is what’s important, and I feel like that’s being lost.”
The actress says she hasn’t been in touch with Hartwell.
“There’s
nothing to say at this point,” she explains. “They can discuss that
through attorneys. I have to move forward. I have to do what I need to
to release the hurt, to release this, and to be happy for me and my baby
girl, because the stress isn’t good. The stress isn’t healthy. And my
only priority is her.”
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