“SNL” alum Chris Redd breaks silence on courting costar Kenan Thompson’s ex-wife: ‘I felt unhealthy from the beginning’

• Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson starred collectively on Saturday Evening Dwell and performed brothers on the sitcom Kenan.
• Redd has opened up about falling in love with Thompson's ex-wife, Christina Evangeline, saying, "I hate doing one thing to any individual that I do know would damage them."
• Thompson filed for divorce from Evangeline in June 2022 after greater than 10 years of marriage and sharing two daughters.

Chris Redd is breaking his silence on the circumstances that led to him courting Saturday Evening Dwell castmate Kenan Thompson's ex-wife, Christina Evangeline.

In a prolonged, tear-filled video shared to his Instagram on Tuesday captioned, "What have you ever sacrificed for love?" Redd admitted he isn't often one for New 12 months's resolutions, however this yr he’s making an exception, and has one decision in thoughts: to be extra susceptible.

To that finish, he started, "I needed to deal with one thing that's type of simply, I assume, been round for a very long time, about 4, 5 years now, however, you already know, I've by no means addressed it. I do know lots of people discuss me courting Kenan Thompson's ex-wife, and the way that got here to be. And I'm gonna simply inform it to you straight."

He defined that he’s seen all of the chatter and the information protection about their relationship, however opposite to what some say, "there wasn’t a plan" and he's "not the kind of individual to scheme on an individual" or date somebody certainly one of his associates is with.

"It was a really distinctive, nuanced factor that occurred, you already know, we have been all cool, it was by no means something loopy till it obtained loopy," he mentioned.

"Backside line is, whereas I used to be at [SNL], I had some capsules points, I obtained some tablet issues, nothing too loopy, however loopy for my Black ass, you already know?" Redd defined. "I used to be even promoting some to the folks, to a few of my castmates,” he admitted, earlier than clarifying, "I'm not gonna snitch on y'all motherf—ers.”

He joked that Adderall offers you "tremendous listening to and s—," and as such, he would hear his coworkers speaking about him behind his again, however he claims nobody reached out to assist, besides Evangeline.

“It's loopy how any individual will watch you destroy your self,” Redd mentioned, explaining that Thompson's ex was “the one one to name me on my s—, assist me with my s—, she helped me with my remedy journey, and he or she instructed me issues about her life that made me take a look at lots of people concerned in it otherwise.”

“In that point, we fell in love,” Redd continued, “and I felt unhealthy from the beginning. It's at all times felt like an emotional double-edged sword for me, as a result of I actually love every part me and Kenan did, bro. I actually appreciated each piece of labor we put collectively, I believe that we have been an important group, and I hate doing one thing to any individual that I do know would damage them.”

Thompson filed for divorce from Evangeline in June 2022 after greater than 10 years of marriage, based on the data obtained by TMZ on the time. Per the outlet, the 2 had been separated greater than yr previous to the submitting. The previous couple shares two daugters, Georgia, 11, and Gianna, 7.

Redd was on SNL for 5 seasons beginning in 2017. He additionally performed Thompson's brothers on the self-titled NBC sitcom Kenan, which ran for 2 seasons from 2021–2022. Redd left SNL in 2022 after 5 seasons.

In his Instagram video, he lamented that whereas he "did select love," he felt however "there's other ways I may have went about this." In response to Redd, he and Thompson did focus on it and continued to work collectively for "a yr" earlier than "all people came upon, and s— modified."

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"However I used to be in love, and I used to be spiraling out," he added. "That's what occurred, and by the point all people came upon, the world came upon, I used to be out of there, SNL, you already know?”

Redd additionally addressed the October 2022 incident by which he was punched within the nostril by an unknown assailant exterior a comedy membership in New York Metropolis.

"Once I obtained punched within the face… most individuals who know me from again dwelling would know that I might be retaliating in a heartbeat, however not this time, bro,” Redd mentioned of the assault, “This time it felt like honest — honest sufficient.” He didn't present additional particulars on the assault.

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"This wasn't meant for laughs," he mentioned of his video. "I'm sorry to the folks I dissatisfied with this, simply know that it wasn't to be a d—, it felt like a love I couldn't miss out on, and I needed to shoot for it."

Redd promised in his video that his new present, Caveat, which is coming to New York Metropolis on Jan. 28, wouldn’t deal with all of these items, however would as an alternative be about "love."

A rep for SNL and Thompson didn’t instantly return an Leisure Weekly request for remark.

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