New details surrounding Yolanda and David Foster’s split are really bumming me out.
They were together nine years, four of them as a married couple, before announcing plans to divorce on December 1st.
Yolanda has been battling Lyme disease since 2012, which sources say took its toll on the couple.
Page Six reports new details that may have caused a rift between the Netherlands native and David.
A source tells the paper that Yolanda joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in order “to help her daughters [Gigi and Bella Hadid] rise in the modeling industry.”
David is a music industry veteran, having penned many a hit, including Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.”
In 2011, David was appointed chairman of Universal’s Verve Music Group, which has since folded into Interscope Geffen A&M.
He blames Yolanda “for this failure because he thinks the ‘Housewives’ show has hurt him.”
The source adds that music producer has a “gigantic ego” and “likes to stay relevant.”
David was kind of a douche lord on the show; he once told Taylor Armstrong that she couldn’t sing, and only listen while he played a set during one a dinner party.
“He’s had success and was a big deal,” the source explained. “So I think [the show made him] feel like he doesn’t hold the same place in pop culture.
“Maybe it’s a reality check because her daughters are pop culture.”
David’s daughters from his first marriage, Erin and Sara, have their own show, Barely Famous, on Vh1, which has been renewed for a second season. Their A-list friends include Nicole Richie, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Meyer and Jessica Alba.
David, it’s believed, is pissed that his daughters aren’t as famous as Gigi or Bella.
“I’m sure he’s upset her kids’ careers are popping off and his aren’t. He’s competitive in that way.”
The parting of ways has seeped into Yolanda’s relationship with Erin and Sara.
“There is a rift [between Yolanda’s and] David’s daughters, whom Yolanda doesn’t speak with any longer, but was once close,” the source said.
“It sounds like a lot of jealousy on the Foster side, as those Hadid girls are huge stars [now].”
