The Valley alum Aaron Nosler poked enjoyable at his current break up from Michelle Saniei in celebration of Nationwide Ex-Girlfriend Day.
Aaron, 38, initially shared a humorous meme to commemorate the distinctive vacation on Saturday, August 2, earlier than dropping a shirtless selfie with a tongue-in-cheek caption.
“Staying robust ain't simple,” he wrote through Instagram.
Aaron joined The Valley as a ‘pal of the forged' for its second season, because the Bravo present centered on his budding relationship with Michelle, 36, within the wake of her current break up from estranged husband Jesse Lally. (Michelle and Jesse — who share daughter Isabella Bunny — have been a part of the unique season 1 forged of The Valley in 2024 and returned for season 2, which premiered in April 2025.)
Us Weekly solely confirmed on July 24 that Aaron and Michelle had ended their year-long relationship. A number of sources revealed to Us that Michelle was within the strategy of shifting out of Aaron's residence and was “specializing in her daughter, work, and taking good care of herself as she navigates this new chapter in her life.”
Following the break up, followers resurfaced feedback from a current Valley episode the place Aaron appeared to present Michelle an ultimatum about her messy divorce from Jesse.
“Aaron had this dialog with me, like, ‘I really like you, I really like Isabella. Like, I would like us to sooner or later be a household, however I can't take care of a loopy ex-husband like that,'” Michelle defined to Scheana Shay in a Might 20 episode of The Valley. “He stated, ‘If nothing modifications, like, I believe it's higher if we're not collectively.'”
‘The Valley' Star Aaron Nosler in July 2025. Courtesy Instagram / Courtesy @aaron_nos
Michelle's first two seasons on The Valley have been tumultuous. Us broke the information weeks earlier than The Valley's season 1 premiere in early 2024 that Michelle and estranged husband Jesse had break up. The Bravo collection has since documented their makes an attempt to navigate their divorce nevertheless it has been tense at occasions.
Michelle revealed on the “Pursuit of Sassiness” podcast in April that it may take just a few years earlier than the divorce was finalized.
“It's a battle. I simply [always] say it is advisable have two individuals who have the identical mindset that simply need to transfer ahead in life,” Michelle defined. “If one particular person can't try this, then it simply finally makes the divorce course of brutal.”
The Valley star talked about that resistance on both facet solely makes the authorized course of “longer,” including: “I'm very black and white and sadly, he's not. So I believe it's going to take a few years to get divorced.”
“I even have a lawyer. He doesn't, which makes it even tougher at occasions,” she famous. “As a result of he thinks that he is aware of the regulation — however that's an entire different dialog.”
If there's one factor The Valley viewers can rely on, it's Michelle Lally and Jesse Lally's break up getting even messier throughout season 2. “For me, it's not simple. I'm nonetheless going via one thing very tough. Divorce shouldn't be simple, particularly whenever you're coping with a tough human being,” Michelle, 36, solely advised Us Weekly at […]
Bravo followers will seemingly get to see Michelle's divorce battle and her current break up from Aaron proceed to play out on screens, as The Valley is gearing as much as movie season 3 this summer season.
The Valley airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. Stream outdated episodes anytime on Peacock.
