Kelly Bensimon thinks she is “better off” since ending her engagement to Scott Litner just days ahead of their wedding — but admitted she’s saddened their relationship dissolved.
“I’m obviously extremely disappointed, but it’s not something that just happened,” she recently told the Daily Mail at Daily Front Row’s Most Stylish Party event in the Hamptons.
The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 56, said she decided to call it quits because Litner refused to sign a prenuptial agreement.
8 Kelly Bensimon told the Daily Mail recently that she is “better off” after ending her engagement to Scott Litner.GC Images
8 However, she said she is “disappointed” they had to break up.
“It’s like when you’re a single parent, whether you have thousands in your account or you have a 100 million in your account, women are going to need to protect themselves, and I’m just not going to take a risk,” she explained.
“It’s about having personal respect and value, which I have,” she added.
“I’m raising two girls, who are really important to me. But the prenup is really important because it talks about more than just your own personal value.”
8 The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum said she ended their engagement because the financier refused to sign a prenuptial agreement.Getty Images for Sandals
8 “It’s about having personal respect and value, which I have,” she explained.Getty Images for Sandals
Bensimon shares two daughters, Sea Bensimon, 26, and Teddy Bensimon, 24, with her ex-husband, Gilles Bensimon.
They were married between 1997 and 2007.
In addition to feeling “better off” since becoming single, the former reality star said her friends have noticed a difference in her “tone.”
8 She was set to marry Litner on June 29.Getty Images for ABA
8 She ended their engagement four days before they were set to walk down the aisle.Getty Images for ABA
She also said she has connected with “so many women who have gone through similar situations.”
Bensimon and Litner, a private wealth manager, got engaged last year during a Fourth of July vacation to Lake Geneva, Wis., which is near where she grew up.
They were expected to walk down the aisle in Boston on June 29.
8 Bensimon and Litner got engaged during a Fourth of July vacation last year.Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
8 She was previously married to Gilles Bensimon, with whom she shares two daughters.kellybensimon/Instagram
However, Bensimon called off their nuptials four days ahead of the ceremony.
At the time, she told Page Six she decided her two daughters were her “priority.”
Litner has been married twice before and has three kids.