In 2018, Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton competed on the 27th season of the hit series “Dancing With the Stars.” While her performance on the show wowed viewers, her surprise confession of divorcing her husband, Shannon Kelly, truly captured fan attention. “I went through a divorce. People don’t know that. It’s the first time I’ve actually said it publically after 27 years,” she said, per Yahoo! Entertainment. “It was hard. I felt very alone. We still love one another, but we weren’t great together anymore.”
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In an additional interview with People, Retton gave further insight into her divorce and why they decided to call it quits. “There wasn’t one defining moment … it was that we grew apart,” she said. “I’m not one to air my dirty laundry, but for the entire show, I kept talking about my struggles and challenges and how I lost myself and all of that.” She also opened up about why she decided to announce her break-up on the show. “I just felt this is my chance to really be clear and to be transparent to people. I just wanted to be authentic,” she added.
