RHOP's Mia Thornton Is Hosting Thanksgiving Without Ex Gordon for the First Time: Creating 'New Memories' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Mia Thornton (left) and Gordon Thornton fromThe Real Housewives of Potomac.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty

Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty

Mia Thorntonis celebrating Thanksgiving without her exGordon Thorntonthis year — for the very first time.“This is going to be the first holiday season that we are not going to combine,” theReal Housewives of Potomacstar tells PEOPLE of splitting up celebrations amid the former couple’s separation. “We did combine last year because we were going through a separation and I felt like I wanted the kids to have the ease of transitioning.”

“We’ve decided, I’m going to take Thanksgiving, I get Christmas Eve. Gordon gets Christmas day and he has something New Year’s,” Mia, 40, says atBravo Fan Feston Nov. 23.In September 2023, the couple, who share children Jeremiah, 9 and daughter Juliana, 7,announcedthey were separating after 11 years of marriage.“I think that’s going to be a really good eye-opener for our children as well and be like ‘Mommy and daddy are actually separated, we’re not doing everything together,' " Mia explains.

Mia Thornton poses with her children in a May 2023 Instagram photo.Mia Thornton/Instagram

Mia Thornton/Instagram

“When you decide to get a divorce, you don’t wake up one day and say ‘I want a divorce,' " she tells PEOPLE. “This has been something that’s been in my heart for years, but obviously, I’ve been trying to be a good wife, be a good supportive partner, be there for my husband and really try to work things out. We went to counseling and we just can’t do it.“Mia adds that her values have changed over the years.

Mia Thornton in October 2024.Shannon Finney/Getty

Shannon Finney/Getty

source: people.com