Mary Cosby is sharing the place issues stand together with her 23-year-old son, Robert Jr., following his arrest in Utah on Nov. 9.
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 53-year-old “Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis” star opened up after emotional clips of her son’s struggles aired throughout half two of the franchise’s reunion.
After the footage moved the truth TV star to tears, reunion host Andy Cohen requested what precisely was making her so emotional, and Cosby pointed to the scenes involving her son.
Robert Jr. made headlines in early November after he was arrested following an incident on Nov. 9 at his now-ex spouse Alexiana Smokoff’s residence.
Cosby defined that the household “filed a restraining order in opposition to him, and he went again anyway, pondering that she needs him to come back again and save her. I don’t know the place he’s getting that from. Delusional.”
She continued, “And each time he’d return over there, they might name the police, they usually’d arrest him, and this time they tased him.”
After pleading responsible to eight prices, together with assault, legal trespass, and violation of a protecting order, Robert Jr. is being held with out bail till his sentencing on Feb. 3. His plea got here at some point after Smokoff filed for divorce after roughly three years collectively.
Nevertheless, regardless of her son’s circumstances, the minister is remaining constructive.
“I’m not anxious about him,” she stated, including, “I do know he’s someplace the place he’s not utilizing.”
Throughout season 5 of the favored Bravo franchise, Cosby revealed her son’s struggles with habit and psychological well being throughout a gut-wrenching sit-down the pair filmed collectively. Many praised the Actual Housewife and her son for his or her honesty, noting the second marked a dramatic and deeply humanizing flip for Cosby, whose demeanor on the present has usually come off like a curmudgeon and, at instances, imply. The scene even caught the eye of Rihanna, who reportedly reached out to Cosby personally to supply help.
Talking about how she’s dealing with issues now throughout Tuesday evening’s reunion, Cosby defined that she’s been taking a step again.
“I’ve to step again in order that he can be taught, and he could make his personal choice,” she stated. “Sadly, he’s studying the laborious manner, however I’m okay with it. It’s simply, you don’t wanna see your child endure, however I do know it’s good, and I’d quite him be there than lifeless.”
That step again has additionally included her and her husband, Robert Sr., forgoing visits to him.
“I can’t go to the jail, Andy, that’s a bit bizarre,” she admitted when the host requested if she had.
“I don’t need to take a look at my little one behind the glass,” she added. “He calls me day-after-day, and I’m mainly preaching to him. I’m like, ‘You’re going by way of this, however you must understand that God is permitting it, and if God allowed it, then it’s on your good. It will provide help to to vary, and also you’ve acquired to vary.’”
