Tinsley Mortimer’s friends are incandescent with rage after fiancé Scott Kluth dropped her after forcing her to choose between him and his TV show.
Interns say Coupon Cabin founder said she didn’t like the media attention that came with her job at “The Real Housewives of New York” – and gave her an ultimatum in late 2019 saying that if she she left the show, she would get married.
Mortimer agreed and moved to her hometown, Chicago, only, we are told, Kluth would leave her casual last week for no reason.
“She was tortured. For years he would break up with her, reunite with her and break up with her again, ”said one of Mortimer’s friends. “But when he proposed, she thought he meant it. He quit his career, he left his livelihood, he left his house and suddenly he goes back to his old tricks and he suspended the engagement. ”.
The friend added: “He is afraid of commitment. She never had in him to fulfill his promise to marry her. And he used his celebrity to promote his coupon company.
We are told that Kluth left the star of socialist reality after a fight last Friday.
Meanwhile, the informant said he sent a statement to People magazine, giving Mortimer barely any notice that the celebrity weekly was to announce his separation.
“So the guy who hates the press runs in People magazine,” the fellow sniffed.
Kluth said in the statement, “After 14 months of engagement, Tinsley and I have ended our relationship and we have been living independently for the past few months.”
But the informant told us, “She didn’t want that.” They also said the idea that they had lived apart was misleading, as they had both been traveling for much of that time. They said Mortimer was “blinded” by the abrupt split.
Mortimer’s “head is still spinning” and he’s still not sure if he’ll be back in New York.
A spokesman for Kluth said in a statement: “It is disappointing that during this emotional moment for both of them, Tinsley is badly characterizing the circumstances of their break-up, which happened months ago. As Scott has already said, he wants nothing more. that the best for Tinsley and seeks to recover emotionally and move on.
Kluth proposed in November 2019 in an elaborate show with drones and a chorus. They suspended their wedding plans due to the pandemic.
She was previously married to Topper Mortimer from 2002 to 2010.