Kelly Bensimon called off her wedding to fiancé Scott Litner, just four days before she walked down the aisle.
The Real Housewives of New York alum, 56, who earlier this year said she wanted a “sexy” and “unique” wedding dress, announced the news in a statement shared with Page six.
“I have decided that my two daughters are my priority and I will not move forward with this wedding,” the note said.
A source close to Kelly said People that she is now taking time to focus on herself.
The reality TV personality and financier had been preparing for a ceremony on June 29.
Kelly Bensimon called off her wedding to fiancé Scott Litner, just four days before she walked down the aisle; Kelly photographed in May
The reality TV personality and financier had been preparing for a ceremony on June 29; Pictured with Scott in February.
Kelly and Scott were supposed to have two ceremonies: a backyard wedding in Boston for their closest loved ones and then a larger party in the Hamptons.
The couple got engaged last summer over the Fourth of July weekend, when the financier popped the question on a trip to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where the reality TV personality vacationed as a child.
A representative for the star said Page six at the time: “Kelly is happily engaged and looking forward to this new beginning.”
Bensimon was previously married to Gilles Bensimon, a photographer, from 1997 to 2006 and they share daughters Sea, 26, and Teddy, 24 in July.
Litner has been married twice and also has children.
Scott proposed to her on a speedboat while she was wearing a tiny lilac bikini, catching her completely off guard.
‘Scott proposed to me, literally in Wisconsin, near where I grew up. “I grew up in Rockford, Illinois, and he proposed to me in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,” he told DailyMail.com.
Last December the real estate agent said People on her then-fiancé: ‘When I met him, I didn’t even say anything. I was speechless, which is unlike me, I always have something to say.’
Kelly and Scott were supposed to have two ceremonies: a backyard wedding for their closest loved ones and a larger party in the Hamptons.
“I have decided that my two daughters are my priority and I will not be moving forward with this wedding,” Kelly shared in a statement; In the photo she is with her daughters, Sea, 26, and Teddy, 23.
Litner proposed in July 2023 with a large five-carat emerald-cut diamond ring custom made by New York City jeweler Material Good.
She gushed: ‘He blew me away. He’s just a really special human being.’
According to Page Six, Kelly was scheduled to pick up her three wedding dresses at Kleinfeld’s on Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier this month, she shared with the outlet: ‘I’m getting married later in life and I never thought this would happen. I simply wouldn’t change this day or the days before.
And she recently returned from a mini bachelorette trip to Sandals Dunn’s River in Jamaica with her daughters.
