GET THE REAL STORY BEHIND TELEVISION'S MESSIEST DIVORCES WHEN "REALITY EX WIVES" PREMIERES THURSDAY, MAY 22 AT 8PM ET/PT ONLY ON E!

Linda Hogan, Adrianne Curry, Courtney Stodden, Jennifer Williams and Countess Luann De Lesseps Sit Down To Share The Rise And Fall Of Their Hollywood Marriages

Los Angeles, CA, April 23, 2014 - I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad... or maybe not. Not everyone gets the Hollywood ending they dream of and for five former reality television stars, their marriages crashed and burned while cameras rolled on. In the all-new E! special, Reality Ex Wives, some of reality TV's most infamous first-ladies exclusively open up about how their celebrated nuptials turned into unfortunate divorces after being thrust into the limelight. Linda Hogan (Hogan Knows Best), Adrianne Curry (My Fair Brady), Courtney Stodden (Couples' Therapy), Jennifer Williams (Basketball Wives) and Countess Luann De Lesseps (The Real Housewives of New York) relive the origins of meeting their former spouses, their relationship drama both on and off camera, and life after their very public divorces. Throughout the one-hour special, light will be shed on the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of several "reality ex-wives", proving to the world that "ex-wife" isn't the end, it's a new beginning. Don't miss all the scandalous and inspiring details straight from the mouths of the divorcees themselves when Reality Ex Wives premieres Thursday, May 22nd at 8pm ET/PT only on E!

Select Quotes From E!'s Reality Ex Wives:

"Before I was cast on The Surreal Life my knowledge of Christopher Knight was pretty much he was on The Brady Bunch and I hated The Brady Bunch." - Adrianne Curry, My Fair Brady

"I'm like, 'I'm a baby,' like, I don't wanna... I'm not ready to have a baby, you know? " - Courtney Stodden, Couples' Therapy

"When he threw that drink in my face on camera, I didn't really feel like there was any going back from that." - Jennifer Williams, Basketball Wives

"I'm sure, towards the end of our show, our tensions showed through and it was to the point where I didn't care about a contract. I was like, I don't wanna come back and film. I don't wanna be in the show. I don't care. I'm leaving." - Linda Hogan, Hogan Knows Best

"Well, let's look at the divorce rate in this country. Over 50% of couples are getting divorced. So why should the reality wives be any different? We're people just like everybody else, you know. We have our successes and we have our failures." - Luann De Lesseps, The Real Housewives of New York

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