Stacey Rusch Reacts to Rumors She Paid TJ to Date Her: “He Treated Me Very Poorly”

   

Stacey Rusch is here to set the record straight when it comes to her relationship with Thomas Anthony "TJ" Jones and any speculation that she paid him to be in a relationship with her. Stacey's romance with TJ was featured on Season 9 of The Real Housewives of Potomac and the chatter about their alleged arrangement came up during the Season 9 reunion. But, Stacey is here to shut it all down once and for all.

A split of Stacey Rusch and Thomas "TJ" Anthony Jones.

"I did not pay him. I was in a real relationship with him and he treated me very poorly and to see that — to see him be so disrespectful and to see him be definitely unchristian and do this to me at the reunion — it was jarring, quite frankly. It's so obvious to me, and I hate to say this, but the ladies were right; He’s not the man for me," Stacey said in an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on March 2. "I was looking for love and he was in love with being in front of the camera."

She continued during her WWHL appearance: "I'm not really worried by that because I live in my truth and I didn’t pay him, I don’t have to pay anybody. Like, I wish you could see my DMs, I’m in a great place. Do you think I would take that risk going through a divorce, going public with someone, unless I was confident in that relationship? I would never do that. I take my relationships seriously and my family seriously, and I would never do that."

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Stacey and TJ are no longer together and have broken up. While sitting down in the Bravo Clubhouse, she shared the lesson she took away from her now-defunct relationship with TJ.

"I'm a better woman because of this. Heaven forbid if I would have invited him into my life? Can you imagine? God is good," she said. "My point is, it was a blessing in disguise, and I'm a better woman for it. My life is full, I am happy, I'm loved, and I'm moving forward."

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On WWHL, Stacey further noted that she is currently taking a break from dating to "concentrate on Stacey."

In fact, in an Instagram caption posted in late January, shared alongside a photo of Stacey from the RHOP Season 9 reunion, she simply noted that, these days, she's "in full bloom and loving it!"

TJ Jones revealed his side of the money rumors involving Stacey Rusch in a shocking moment during the RHOP Season 9 reunion.