Alex Rodriguez and his ex-wife, Cynthia Rodriguez Nicolas (née Scurtis), addressed the alleged infidelity that led to the downfall of their marriage.
In Might 2007, the baseball famous person, 50, was pictured leaving a strip membership in Toronto with a thriller blonde girl.
Alex and Cynthia, 52, obtained married in 2002. On the time the images had been launched, Cynthia was at dwelling with the couple’s first daughter, Natasha, who was born in November 2004.
“He gave the impression to be extraordinarily apologetic and never happy with his actions,” Cynthia recalled in episode 2 of HBO’s Alex vs ARod, which premieres Thursday, November 13.
Nevertheless, in July 2008 — lower than three months after the delivery of Alex and Cynthia’s second daughter, Ella — Alex allegedly had an affair with Madonna, who was additionally married on the time to Man Ritchie.
“We had been collectively for a couple of yr after which I obtained pregnant with Ella,” Cynthia stated. “After which when Ella was first born, [there was] a really comparable state of affairs.”
Whereas neither Alex or Cynthia talked about Madonna by identify, the docuseries confirmed a New York Put up headline studying, “A-Rod and Madonna Squeeze Play,” closely implying the affair rumors had been true.
“At that time, we obtained divorced,” Cynthia stated.
Cynthia filed for divorce shortly after the alleged affair went public. In her submitting, Cynthia stated the couple’s marriage was “irretrievably damaged due to the husband’s extramarital affairs and different marital misconduct.”
“Alex has emotionally deserted his spouse and youngsters and has left her with no selection however to divorce him,” the petition stated.
“I knew that he had his personal demons and I hoped he would get assist,” Cynthia stated within the docuseries. “I hoped that it might finish otherwise than it did.”
She added, “He was actually upset, in order that affected me. However on the similar time, I believe I felt a way of freedom.”
Whereas he didn’t immediately admit to infidelity within the sequence, Alex admitted he got here up quick in lots of areas of his private life.
“In hindsight, I might have been a greater husband. I might have been extra current. I might have been extra loyal. I might have been extra sympathetic, empathetic, all of it. You identify it.”
Nevertheless, Alex defined it didn’t precisely take him a very long time to maneuver on.
“The day we filed for divorce, I believe we had been enjoying the Crimson Sox. On that day, I hit a house run,” he stated.
Cynthia Rodriguez Nicolas (née Scurtis), the ex-wife of Alex Rodriguez, as soon as tried to dealer a reconciliation between the baseball star and his estranged father. Earlier than Cynthia, 52, and Alex, 50, had been even married, she proposed a gathering between Alex and his father, Victor, who left Alex and his household when he was simply 9 years […]
Alex added, “Possibly baseball, the sphere is the place I escape. I get to be the very best model of myself. At the very least at the moment.”
Within the first episode of Alex vs ARod, launched on November 6, Cynthia defined how Alex’s obsession with the sport of baseball prompted an enormous fracture of their relationship.
“I felt sorry for him. I did,” Cynthia stated. “He was a candy man. He had a extremely huge coronary heart. However he was so stunted when it got here to the pure improvement of an individual. He was so entrenched in baseball. He was instructed that’s what he was going to do for therefore lengthy, and it’s all he did.”
The second episode of Alex vs ARod premieres Thursday, November 13, at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
