Iyanla: Fix My Celebrity Ex-Spouse

Iyanla: Fix My Life

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Iyanla works with former "Real Housewife of Atlanta" Sheree Whitfield on her co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband, former NFL star Bob Whitfield. First, Iyanla and Bob head to the Georgia Dome to discuss Bob and Sheree's volatile relationship history. Then, in a tense and emotional conversation, Iyanla sits down with Sheree at "Chateau Sheree" to find out what's really going on behind the reality star's tough exterior. Later, Iyanla meets with the couple to talk about the role of co-parenting in spite of their contentious divorce. Secrets are exposed, truths are uncovered and emotions run high as Sheree and Bob reveal how they really feel about each other.

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0:00.0	Let me tell you who I am. I am a survivor, a teenage mother, a welfare recipient, and a woman. I am a teacher, life coach, minister, lawyer, and author. I've had my share of breakups, breakdowns, and breakthroughs. I did my work and put my life back together piece by piece. I am I
0:23.2	Yonla Van Zandt and I am here to help you do your work. I'm in Atlanta to work
0:30.4	with Shiree and Bob Whitfield. Millions know Shiree from her years on the reality show
0:36.4	Real Housewives of Atlanta, where
0:38.8	she was a flashy fashionista with a diva attitude in constant conflict with her ex-husband,
0:46.3	a former NFL pro.
0:48.3	I was on the Real Housewives of Atlanta for four seasons.
0:52.3	A lot of women were able to connect with me. I was going
0:56.4	through a divorce. I was having issues with my ex-husband on parenting. I think the show caught
1:03.7	her up in a famed reality. In 2007, Shiree and Bob called it quits. Bob stopped paying child support for their two children,
1:14.1	Cairo and Callie.
1:15.8	And their very public court battle played out
1:18.9	all over the media and on the show.
1:22.3	What she did to me took advantage of the family.
1:25.6	Debbie Dad, unfaithful husband.
1:28.3	How he treated the kids and how he treated me.
1:31.3	It was unbiro and I just couldn't deal with it anymore.
1:35.3	I'm not paying your child support.
1:37.3	Why? You don't need it. You have enough money.
1:40.3	Shiree reportedly won her court battle for back child support. Shiree cost the Whitfield clan a whole lot of money.
1:48.0	I think he still holds a lot of bitterness and anger toward me,
1:54.0	which prohibits him from doing the right thing for his kids.
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