REAL Housewives of New York City’s Erin Dana Lichy has shared an update on her marriage to husband Abe in an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun.
Erin, 36, and Abe, 41, are coming up on their 12th wedding anniversary this June after surviving the first season of their marriage being filmed for the RHONY reboot.
5 Erin Lichy, seen here in an Aknvas gown and vintage Jimmy Choo shoes, spoke exclusively with The U.S. Sun in a new interviewCredit: Jason Lowrie
5 Erin revealed the reality of her 11 year marriage to her husband Abraham ‘Abe’ LichyCredit: Instagram/ erindanalichy
When asked if her marriage has grown since RHONY Season 14, the TV personality shed light on the “reality” of her relationship.
“I think there’s a real misconception in how marriages are supposed to be. Marriages are like any other friendship or relationship and they go up and down,” she told The U.S. Sun in a new interview.
“I love my husband to death. Anyone who really knows me knows how much I love him, but I also want to kill him. So, that’s normal.
“And I’m going to normalize it because that’s just reality.”
She went on to say that she has a therapist step-in when things escalate.
“When I particularly want to kill him the most, we call a therapist and then we get [him/her] involved,” she continued.
“Otherwise we just have a glass of Mezcalum and things get better.”
Erin celebrated the launch of her and Abe’s new artisanal mezcal, Mezcalum on May 7, at Casa Carmen in Tribeca, along with her husband, castmates, and close friends.
“We launched three months ago officially, but we honestly just thought about it on a beach,” Erin said, explaining how the concept of Mezcalum came about.
“We were like, ‘We want to bring mezcal to America in a real way and not so ritualistic and feeling separate from everybody else.’ And we feel like we broaden the horizons and we’re really excited about it.”
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‘LOSING MY MIND’
Bravo has confirmed that Erin will join her co-stars, Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield, for Season 15 of housewives.
A source told Deadline designer Rebecca Minkoff has also been filming with the ladies for the new season in an unspecified role.
The seven city women are reportedly in the midst of filming their second season as the new RHONY cast after the OG cast was fired.
Apart from filming, Erin has recently left Douglas Elliman and joined Compass to start the Erin + Alex Team with Alexandra Hedaya to focus on real estate in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Hamptons.
When I particularly want to kill him the most, we call a therapist.
Erin Dana Lichy
She’s also heading a new interior design studio called Homegirl, and is a working mom raising her and Abe’s three children: Levi, nine, Layla, seven, and Elijah, four.
“I am losing my mind,” Erin told The U.S. Sun after being asked how she juggles it all.
Despite her busy schedule she said that she “feels good” and is “excited about everything” upcoming.
She even gives a thumbs up to her new apartment, which she has been living in since September 2023.
TMZ reported earlier this year that the couple of 11 years were sued by their previous landlord for not paying $44K in rent.
However, it seemed to be a misunderstanding since Erin and Abe were “shocked” by the lawsuit since there was an agreed upon abatement that two months of rent would be withheld due to unsanitary issues and a nonfunctioning elevator.
Nothing new has been filed in court since the lawsuit was initiated in January, The U.S. Sun can confirm.
5 Erin launched Mezcalum three months ago, an all-natural, artisanal mezcalCredit: Jason Lowrie
SPEAKING OUT
It is unknown how Abe and Erin will be celebrating their wedding anniversary next month.
However, last year the interior designer captioned a selfie of them together from a trip to Turks and Caicos, “11 years married and you still give me butterflies. I love you I love you I love you.”
In an interview with Today.com that came out in February, Erin addressed how filming took a toll on her marriage.
“We felt strong in our marriage for so long, but there were things that happened during the season that were hard for us. I think it was hard for Abe,” she said.
“There was that scene where we had that dinner, and he said, ‘I would f**k other women’ (as an answer to the rhetorical question, ‘If your wife did not have sex with you for a year and a half, what would happen?’).
“In the moment, it was so silly and funny and stupid. Then when it aired, he was so upset, he really went through it.”
She continued: “He was like, ‘All these people are saying I would cheat on you.’ I could see how those moments could really plant seeds to destroy a marriage.
“Every relationship has ebbs and flows, but we make a lot of time for ourselves, not even with our kids.
“It seems so simple, but it gets really hard when you get busy with work and kids and everything. But it makes the biggest difference.”
5 Erin and Abe celebrated the launch of Mezcalum on May 7 at Casa Carmen (pictured here with co-founder Chris Roth and partner Carlos Mendez Blas)Credit: Jason Lowrie
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