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supreme Gizelle is one of six African American women who make up the
cast of the latest Real Housewives installment, set in the wealthy
Maryland enclave of Potomac, just outside Washington, D.C.
The
glamorous former model is newly single and 'ready to flaunt that
independence and make a name for herself,' according to a teaser on the
Bravo website.
Gizelle's
fresh start comes after her split from flash televangelist Jamal Bryant,
44, the founder of the Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, who
last year briefly ran for Congress and delivered a eulogy at the funeral
of Freddie Gray.
The
pair enjoyed seven years of 'marital bliss' and have three children
together - Grace, now aged 11, and twins Angel and Adore, both nine. But
in an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Online, Gizelle says she had
no hesitation in pulling the plug on her fairy tale marriage after it
emerged her husband was cheating on her.
'There
was infidelity. I found out about it and he told me about it,' she
said. 'I decided I was not going to continue to stay in a relationship
in which there was not a major commitment.
'I'm an old-fashioned girl and if you're going to commit, commit. But at this point in time it's so water under the bridge.'
Gizelle
grew up in D.C. and her father Curtis Graves served as a member of the
Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 and was a high-ranking
official at NASA for three decades.
One
of three siblings, she graduated from prestigious Hampton University, a
private historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, in
1992 with a marketing degree before joining the NAACP as an events
planner.
It
was there that she met and began dating her future husband Jamal, a
pastor's son, motivational speaker and rising star on the evangelical
circuit. The pair were wed in 2002.
The
Bentley-driving preacher and his First Lady enjoyed an enviable
lifestyle, most recently residing together in a $1.5 million waterfront
condo in Baltimore's upscale Canton neighborhood.
However
their relationship began to falter after rumors of Rev. Bryant's
adultery began circulating among the church's 10,000-strong
congregation.
The
Duke graduate already had two out-of-wedlock children from before his
marriage including a daughter, Topaz, with an Atlanta woman named
Crystal Madison.
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