Lisa Hochstein Shuts Down Any Chance of Reconciliation with Ex Lenny Amid Bitter Divorce

Lisa Hochstein is shutting down any possibility of reconciling with her estranged husband, Lenny Hochstein.

“I could never go back,” the Real Housewives of Miami star told PEOPLE. “He’s done so many horrible things to me — too much has been said and too much has been done — that any chance of a reconciling is gone in my mind. I have no hopes of getting back together. That ship has sailed.”

Lenny, 56, filed for divorce from Lisa, 40, in May after being married for 12 years. The pair share two children, a son, Logan, 7, and a three-year-old daughter, Elle.

Lisa described the ex-couple’s divorce as an “ongoing battle.”

“It’s been really ugly and really nasty,” she shared. “And unfortunately, the press has gotten hold of so many of these motions so we haven’t been able to keep things private. It’s just humiliating.”

“We haven’t gotten to discussions of custody, support — none of that,” the Bravo star added. “But it’s bad. Every day, I can feel the anger and hate between Lenny and I growing on both sides. It just get worse and worse, which worries me because I don’t know how we’ll ever find peace if it stays like this.” 

Lenny responded to Lisa’s claims, denying that he had done anything “horrible” to his soon-to-be ex. The surgeon did confirm that the ongoing divorce had been bitter.

“It’s turned nasty and ugly, but not because of anything I’ve done,” he told People. “My goal for all of this was to try to keep it private. I’ve done everything I could to make it that way, but her attorney is just trying to delay things. We had a filing on Friday that says so far, Lisa hasn’t produced anything for us to be able to move forward. I believe Lisa’s friends are giving her advice that everything should be a battle, so it’s really not up to me.”

“From Day 1, I tried everything I could to make Lisa’s transition as comfortable as possible,” Lenny stated. “I’ve moved out of the house, I’ve paid for every single bill; never cried about it ’cause it’s my duty. I offered to buy a beautiful condo, I offered a settlement that was twice what I’m obliged to based upon our prenuptial agreement, and she turned all of that down and has tried to battle everything little thing which is definitely not our preference. I wanted to try to do the best I could to make everything easier for her. But I don’t feel like she’s done the same.”

Lisa described the split as “crushing,” especially because Lenny was in a  romance with model, Katharina Mazepa, only days after announcing he was leaving their marriage. 

“It was just devastating,” she recalled. “I’ve been with Lenny since I was 25 years old. Almost my whole adult life, pretty much. So to lose this person who I loved so much is just crushing. I’ve cried myself to sleep so many times during this time, just praying to God that we’ll get through this and can be friends, especially for the sake of the kids.”

Lenny has stated that he goes to the ex-couple’s Star Island, Florida mansion multiple times a week to spend time with his children.

“We’re just winging it because we’re trying to keep the kids as happy as possible,” Lisa said. “The kids have always been my focus. I want them to have a normal, happy life. But my heart breaks for them. I never thought Lenny and I wouldn’t be together ’til the end. I never envisioned I’d be a single mom. I always envisioned the things we would do with our kids together, like our family vacations, Christmases, movie nights, etc.”

“Hopefully, one day, this won’t be so messy and we can be amicable, for the children’s sake. But it scares me to even think that I might not be with my kids 100% of the time because I’m with them every day. My baby girl is only 3 years old. To not see her most of the time is just heartbreaking. I know this is what people go through, that this is what happens in a divorce, but it’s a tough, hard pill for me to swallow because my kids need me and I worry I’m going to miss out on so much.”

“Family life is always what I wanted,” Lisa, who had her children via surrogate, added. “I struggled with infertility; it took us so long to get here and now that we’re here, he’s leaving. And there’s nothing I can do to fix it.”

Lisa admitted that her future was uncertain.

“I’ve had so much anxiety, I don’t think I’ll ever truly recover from this,” she continued. “I just want to be myself again. I just want to be happy. I would love to find happiness again, I would love to have a family again. I would love to be married again, I want to have a family unit, I want to have love in my life. But after what happened with Lenny, it’s hard to even imagine trusting someone again.”

“I was loyal to him for 15 years. I was always his biggest supporter, biggest fan. We build this life together… a business… a family. Now, it’s all gone,” Lisa added. “It shocks me how people can change like this. I mean, this is not the person I was married to. He feels like a stranger. Like I was sleeping with the enemy. And if someone can do that to you after all that time, how will I ever know someone else won’t do that?”

 

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