HGTV star Leslie Davis is clarifying details surrounding her love life after fans were left scratching their heads over a recent post.
In a blog post published on Friday, January 16, Leslie, 42, confirmed she was divorced from her ex-husband Jacob, who’s the daddy of her children, sons Kyler, Money, and Cole. She added that the divorce occurred way back in 2022, but wasn’t shared publicly.
“Okay…Okay… I do know what you’re all saying… ‘I didn’t even know you were divorced!’” Leslie wrote after she was inundated with fans questioning what happened to Jacob. “Well, 1,000+ social media comments later, you all have quite a lot of questions. I actually have chosen to maintain this a part of my personal life private, a tough thing to do as someone with a show on HGTV.”
The Unsellable Houses host went on to praise Jacob as a “rockstar a of pop” within the blog post titled Leslie’s Life Update and noted he’s all the time preferred to remain out of the general public eye.
“Jacob and I’ll all the time share love for one another, just now in a brand new way, now we have learned to develop into the most effective teammates, to lean on one another, to support one another’s recent adventures, and all the time put our boys first,” Leslie continued. “With a number of changes, our priority was to all the time protect our family, which is why I actually have kept this a part of my life private. And seriously, who even declares a divorce anyway LOL!”
The confusion from fans round her marital status stemmed from Leslie’s announcement earlier within the week that she is engaged to Don Reidy.
“SURPRISE! Don popped the query during a snowy Leavenworth [Wash.] snowmobile ride, joined by all three of my boys, which made it much more perfect,” Leslie wrote as she announced the couple’s engagement via Instagram on Wednesday, January 14.
“Seems Rock the Block gave me a win in a couple of way🥹💍❄️ Somewhere between sunup-to-sundown chaos and a number of laughs, I discovered my person. Don, you’re my secure place, my teammate, and my favorite adventure buddy,” she added. “What began as a friendship during one in all the wildest experiences of my life become true love. We were in it together then… and now we’re in it together without end. Still smiling. Still shocked. Still so excited for this next chapter 🥂✨”
Leslie shared more insight into their love story via her blog post and explained she met Reidy while filming HGTV’s Rock The Block.
“Don and I met while my sis, Lyndsay, and I were in Florida filming for Rock The Block Season 5. Don was one in all the contractors working tirelessly on our house, making it #TWINWIN worthy! Through the stressful days, limitless hours, and a number of laughs in between, we became best friends and continued to remain in contact post-filming,” she wrote. “Don was living in Colorado and dealing on other HGTV favorites, while I used to be wrapping up filming Unsellable Houses season 5 here in Snohomish, but we made an effort to maintain our friendship growing. With a whole lot of FaceTime calls that become dates and quick weekend trips to see one another, it was clear we were greater than friends.”