PEOPLE confirms Michelle Saniei has split from boyfriend Aaron Nosler after one year of dating.
The Valley star Saniei is now focusing on her 5-year-old daughter Isabella and her career following the breakup.
The 36-year-old reality star shares Isabella with ex-husband Jesse Lally. She’s concentrating on co-parenting and taking care of herself as she moves forward.
Saniei started dating Nosler in 2023 after separating from Lally. The financial advisor is 38 years old.
How They Met
The couple’s relationship began at a coffee shop through an unexpected introduction.
“[Isabella and Aaron] had a little interaction from far away, and I didn’t see it … and then I got my coffee and then left, and Aaron and I actually didn’t speak,” Saniei explained during a May 2024 Instagram Live. “A couple of days or a week later, he saw us again and then it was kind of the same thing. So, Isabella was actually the introduction and it was just very natural.”
Nosler appeared regularly on season 2 of The Valley alongside Saniei.
Tension With Ex-Husband
The relationship faced scrutiny from Lally throughout the show’s second season.
During a July episode filmed in Hawaii, Lally confronted Nosler about posting photos with Isabella on Father’s Day.
“Having my mother and my friends send me screenshots of you with my daughter on Father’s Day…that is disrespectful to post a picture of my daughter without even asking her father if that’s okay,” Lally told Nosler. “That was a big slap in the face from Michelle.”
Nosler apologized and said he removed the post.
“We were having such a good day supporting her, and I put myself in your shoes and I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s not right,’ so I took it down,” he responded. “But like, treat us with respect.”
Lally also questioned whether Nosler crossed boundaries while he was still married to Saniei.
“No, absolutely not,” Nosler said. “We texted here and there once for that coffee meeting at Blackwood and another time when I said, ‘Hey, come to Runyon. I’m selling honey.’ Other than that, we would run into each other all the time.”
Despite Nosler’s denials, Lally remained suspicious.
Affair Allegations
In a confessional, the 43-year-old Lally shared his theory about the timeline.
“I 1,000 percent think [Michelle and Aaron] had a physical and emotional relationship before we separated,” he said. “How else do you explain having a boyfriend two weeks after being separated while still living in my house?”
Saniei has denied having an affair.
By the season 2 finale that aired July 22, Saniei and Lally agreed to put their differences aside. They decided to focus on co-parenting Isabella more effectively.
Saniei said she was
“choosing to give [Jesse] the benefit of the doubt.”
The Valley reunion airs Tuesday, July 29, at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
