Bronwyn Newport’s love life just got more complicated. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star was photographed kissing a mystery man at the U.S. Open, and he has since been identified as Justin Sievers, a New York City restaurateur who is reportedly still legally married.
According to Page Six, Sievers, 42, co-owns the Café Mulberry restaurant and is legally married to Maria Linn Ekenberger, his wife of roughly a decade, with whom he shares a young child. Newport, 41, is single following her separation from ex-husband Todd Bradley, but the same cannot be confirmed about Sievers’ own marriage. Different sources reported conflicting details about the situation between Sievers and Ekenberger when the photos appeared. One source said the couple took a few days apart. They agreed not to date anyone else during this time. Another source claimed Sievers and Ekenberger were already separated by that point and had agreed to move on romantically. Sources varied on Ekenberger’s reaction. Some said she was blindsided and in disbelief. Others claimed the split had already occurred before the photos became public. Sievers has made his Instagram private and taken down his profile picture. Neither he nor Newport has talked about the situation publicly.
Newport addressed the buzz around her love life without naming Sievers directly during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on September 16. “I’m having a hot girl summer. You guys saw me on a date! I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. Look at me!” she said. She also confirmed she is no longer seeing model Brandon Good, joking to host Andy Cohen that he was “six boyfriends ago.” A source described her connection with Sievers as new and casual.
The romance comes not long after Newport’s own marriage to Bradley ended. She recently revealed on RHOSLC that Bradley forgetting her 40th birthday was the last straw in their nine-year marriage. She confirmed on WWHL that she and Bradley are not officially divorced. She said they are close to filing everything.
A Messy Situation With No Clear Villain Yet
The truth is, only Sievers and Ekenberger really know the timeline of their marriage. The different sources on this story show that. What is clear is that Newport has moved fast since her own split, from Brandon Good to Sievers within a matter of months, which fits the pattern she has been open about this season: someone actively testing out what her life looks like now that she is finally living it on her own terms.
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