Ali Fedotowsky-Manno has no regrets about leaving Los Angeles behind for good.
“The Bachelorette” star shared perception into her choice to go away the West Coast for a quieter life along with her husband and two kids throughout an look on Savannah Chrisley’s “Unlocked” podcast launched Tuesday.
Fedotowsky-Manno, 40, first discovered fame as a contestant on Season 14 of “The Bachelor,” earlier than returning one 12 months later because the star of season six of the favored courting competitors sequence, “The Bachelorette.”
Whereas her engagement to “The Bachelorette” winner Roberto Martinez didn’t final, she later discovered love within the arms of radio and TV host Kevin Manno.
The couple married in March 2017 and have two kids.
“We were living in LA. We were both working in the entertainment industry — my husband’s a radio host. … I worked in television on Hallmark Channel up until the day we left LA,” Fedotowsky-Manno informed Chrisley.
“I said to my agent, ‘I’m done. I don’t want to work in Hollywood anymore. I’m done with the industry. I want to move to Nashville with my family. I want to have like a quiet little life.’ And that’s what we did.”
Chrisley was curious what prompted the choice for the previous tv star to go away the brilliant lights of Hollywood behind.
“There’s a lot of bullying in the entertainment industry, and I don’t think people see it,” Fedotowsky-Manno mentioned.
“It’s very cutthroat, and I just felt in a lot of different circumstances, just a lot of hate. … I did not care for all of that.”
She added, “I was just like, ‘I’m so over this. I’m so tired of it.’ I really wanted to get that out of my life. But then I realized when I moved, that kind of exists everywhere, just in a different way. There’s always a social hierarchy in any circle.”
Regardless of unavoidable “hierarchy” circles, the previous actuality star, who starred on Season 3 of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test,” admitted her household has a deep love for Nashville. She has one small remorse about leaving Los Angeles, although.
“Sometimes I drive around, especially in the fall, and look at the trees, and I’m like, ‘Ahhh, it’s so beautiful here!’” I do wrestle with allergy symptoms fairly unhealthy, so that’s one thing that’s making me perhaps not like it as a lot as I may like it as a result of the allergy symptoms listed here are insane.”
Chrisley agreed, “They’re completely insane. They do say, like, in case you have native honey each morning… “
“I do,” she insisted. “I’m telling you. … I’ve thrown a lot cash at this allergy drawback. I’ve achieved every little thing from chiropractors, acupuncture, massages — I’m truly getting a lymphatic facial therapeutic massage, which is totally different than a full physique one, this weekend to see if that helps — I’ve purple gentle remedy, saunas.
“I have been to multiple ENTs. I’m on allergy drops. I do local honey. I have like these machines. I do the sinus flush.”
Manno mentioned the one factor she hasn’t tried to date is surgical procedure to repair her deviated septum.
