‘The Valley’ Star Michelle Saniei Seemingly Confirms Cheating Rumors On ‘WWHL’: “I Made A Mistake”

The Valley star Michelle Saniei is clearing up those cheating rumors.

On Tuesday night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen asked Saniei to set the record straight on some of the gossip that has come out about her in The Valley, including Kristen Doute‘s Season 1 claim that she was cheating on her now estranged husband Jesse Lally with an alleged boyfriend she had for over a year.

“I did not have a boyfriend whatsoever,” Saniei said, though she confessed that she wasn’t completely innocent either.

“At the end of my marriage, there was something that happened and I made a mistake,” she continued. “I was very clear and I told Jesse and I was very honest so he knows the truth.”

Saniei also shut down Lally’s speculation that she had cheated on him with her current boyfriend, Aaron Nosler, a financial advisor who also has his own organic honey brand. Plus, she said she was never sleeping with a billionaire for money, which Lally accused her of doing in the boys’ group chat.

Just before the first season of The Valley aired in March 2024, the estranged couple announced their separation. According to Saniei, she told Lally she wanted a divorce days after filming wrapped in October 2023.

Speaking with DECIDER in May 2024, Saniei said she hoped the show would bring her and Lally closer together when they first signed on.

“I never actually expected us to divorce. I just thought we had hit a really low point in our marriage,” she said at the time. “When I went into filming, my intention was to work on the marriage. However, it was our first session with the life coach that helped open my eyes to what was the best decision for me and my daughter.”

After watching their unhealthy dynamic play out on Season 1, she had not regrets about her decision to end things.

“I’m watching the show as it airs, and it just confirms that I made the right decision,” she said. “I’m so much happier now. It was the right thing to do for everybody.”

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