01of 13A Nearly 20-Year FriendshipF. Scott Schafer/Getty ImagesJenni Pulos has been at Jeff Lewis’s side since long before the beginning of their Bravo seriesFlipping Outin 2007. The pair have been friends for “fifteen-plus” years, Lewistold Bethenny Frankelon her talk show in 2014. Pulos' ex-husband, Chris Elwood, worked for Lewis first, and Pulos came to fill in for an employee who was on leave while she and Elwood were still married. “She was great,” Lewis recalls. “I said, ‘You have to come work for me. You’re so great, you’re so amazing.’ Plus, we just really enjoyed each other and have so much fun. And that evolved into a very long working relationship.”
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A Nearly 20-Year Friendship
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Jenni Pulos has been at Jeff Lewis’s side since long before the beginning of their Bravo seriesFlipping Outin 2007. The pair have been friends for “fifteen-plus” years, Lewistold Bethenny Frankelon her talk show in 2014. Pulos' ex-husband, Chris Elwood, worked for Lewis first, and Pulos came to fill in for an employee who was on leave while she and Elwood were still married. “She was great,” Lewis recalls. “I said, ‘You have to come work for me. You’re so great, you’re so amazing.’ Plus, we just really enjoyed each other and have so much fun. And that evolved into a very long working relationship.”
02of 13Professional and Personal LifeMitchell Haaseth/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesOnFlipping Out,Pulos is featured as Lewis’s executive assistant and serves as a producer of the series. Their relationship, on and off screen, has been tumultuous through the years, but both have been outspoken about their tight friendship, often referring to one another as their best friend.
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Professional and Personal Life
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OnFlipping Out,Pulos is featured as Lewis’s executive assistant and serves as a producer of the series. Their relationship, on and off screen, has been tumultuous through the years, but both have been outspoken about their tight friendship, often referring to one another as their best friend.
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Lawsuit
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“I love Jenni dearly,” Lewis continued. “We have undeniable chemistry. I think we were married in a past life. I think we were brother and sister in a past life. It is such a strong bond that even this, I don’t think, can break us.”
04of 13Best FriendsCharles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesLewis shut down speculation that their friendship was just for show. “We are family,” hetold Frankelon her talk show in 2014. “We’re like brother and sister. So of course, we argue and we have fights but ultimately, what’s very interesting is, whenever we’re in a bad place, something will happen. Like, no one messes with her — I can mess with her butyoucan’t mess with her. Something will always happen where she’ll come to my defense or I’ll come to her defense. And it’s like, ‘Alright, we’re good.’ It’s almost like it’s healing for us.”
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Best Friends
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Lewis shut down speculation that their friendship was just for show. “We are family,” hetold Frankelon her talk show in 2014. “We’re like brother and sister. So of course, we argue and we have fights but ultimately, what’s very interesting is, whenever we’re in a bad place, something will happen. Like, no one messes with her — I can mess with her butyoucan’t mess with her. Something will always happen where she’ll come to my defense or I’ll come to her defense. And it’s like, ‘Alright, we’re good.’ It’s almost like it’s healing for us.”
05of 13Cabo-gateBravoDuring season 6 ofFlipping Out,which aired in 2012, Pulos accepted a free trip to a potential client’s house in Los Cabos, Mexico, for her honeymoon without Lewis’s knowledge. After learning of the vacation, Lewis began calling Pulos a “freeloader,” and the pair threw down in what was arguably their biggest fight, current split aside.To repair their relationship, the longtime friends went to joint therapy at Doctor Donna’s office, and ultimately resolved their problems for season 7.
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Cabo-gate
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During season 6 ofFlipping Out,which aired in 2012, Pulos accepted a free trip to a potential client’s house in Los Cabos, Mexico, for her honeymoon without Lewis’s knowledge. After learning of the vacation, Lewis began calling Pulos a “freeloader,” and the pair threw down in what was arguably their biggest fight, current split aside.
To repair their relationship, the longtime friends went to joint therapy at Doctor Donna’s office, and ultimately resolved their problems for season 7.
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Living Spaces
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07of 13Slumber PartyJeff Lewis/InstagramThroughout their friendship, the pair have been chummy on social media, with Lewis joking they were “codependent” in a 2015 Instagram post.
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Slumber Party
Throughout their friendship, the pair have been chummy on social media, with Lewis joking they were “codependent” in a 2015 Instagram post.
08of 13Managing Lewis' TemperIsabella Vosmikova/NBC/Getty ImagesPulos always said the secret to her success as Lewis’s executive assistant (and friend) was that she wasn’t afraid to stand up to him. “I think maybe why Zoila and I have a good longstanding relationships with him is because when he’s wrong, we tell him,” shetold PEOPLEin August 2016. “Sometimes you have to be the bad guy. And that means you actually care about them, but you’re not going to let them get away with something that you don’t think is right.”
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Managing Lewis' Temper
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Pulos always said the secret to her success as Lewis’s executive assistant (and friend) was that she wasn’t afraid to stand up to him. “I think maybe why Zoila and I have a good longstanding relationships with him is because when he’s wrong, we tell him,” shetold PEOPLEin August 2016. “Sometimes you have to be the bad guy. And that means you actually care about them, but you’re not going to let them get away with something that you don’t think is right.”
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Supporting Pulos' Pregnancy
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10of 13GodmotherNicole Wilder/Bravo/Getty ImagesIn the season 10 finale ofFlipping Outin 2017, Lewis asked Pulos to be the godmother of his daughter, Monroe, whom he shares with Edward. “Jenni’s one of my closest friends,” Lewis said. “She’s also very religious, so I think she will take the job very seriously.”
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Godmother
In the season 10 finale ofFlipping Outin 2017, Lewis asked Pulos to be the godmother of his daughter, Monroe, whom he shares with Edward. “Jenni’s one of my closest friends,” Lewis said. “She’s also very religious, so I think she will take the job very seriously.”
11of 13Sticking Together Through the Rough PatchesNicole Wilder/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesWhen Lewis and Edward went through a tough time as they worked to become parents, Pulos was one of the first to help them through it, acting as a sounding board for Lewis and a true friend during hard times in his relationship. “I’ve never been closer to him,” Pulos said onWatch What Happens Livein October 2017. “He’s softer and he’s still feisty but he loves something more than himself, and isn’t that a wonderful thing? They went through a very hard time. They were very honest about their journey with parenthood. They’re on the other side of that and I think things are really great for him. So I couldn’t be happier.”
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Sticking Together Through the Rough Patches
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When Lewis and Edward went through a tough time as they worked to become parents, Pulos was one of the first to help them through it, acting as a sounding board for Lewis and a true friend during hard times in his relationship. “I’ve never been closer to him,” Pulos said onWatch What Happens Livein October 2017. “He’s softer and he’s still feisty but he loves something more than himself, and isn’t that a wonderful thing? They went through a very hard time. They were very honest about their journey with parenthood. They’re on the other side of that and I think things are really great for him. So I couldn’t be happier.”
12of 13Lewis’s OutburstsVivian Zink/Bravo/Getty ImagesAlthough Pulos is no stranger to Lewis’s notoriously hot temper, she was often on the recieving end of his worst blow-ups, including when in the season 11 trailer, released in July 2018,he screamed at her, “I’m going to f–ing lose it. So you’re either going to help me, or you’re going to get out. . . If I miss this flight, Jenni… I’m blaming it all the f— on you.”
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Lewis’s Outbursts
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Although Pulos is no stranger to Lewis’s notoriously hot temper, she was often on the recieving end of his worst blow-ups, including when in the season 11 trailer, released in July 2018,he screamed at her, “I’m going to f–ing lose it. So you’re either going to help me, or you’re going to get out. . . If I miss this flight, Jenni… I’m blaming it all the f— on you.”
13of 13Splitting UpJeff Lewis and Jenni Pulos.David Livingston/GettyIn September 2018, PEOPLEbroke the newsthat Lewis and Pulos were no longer working together and haven’t spoken in a few months since she parted ways withJeff LewisDesign. “It’s sad,” one source says. “They used to be inseparable, but their differences just got too big to overcome.““They found fame together so there was always this thought that nothing could tear them apart, but that hasn’t been the case,” the source adds. “They’ll never come back from this. It’s over.”
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Splitting Up
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In September 2018, PEOPLEbroke the newsthat Lewis and Pulos were no longer working together and haven’t spoken in a few months since she parted ways withJeff LewisDesign. “It’s sad,” one source says. “They used to be inseparable, but their differences just got too big to overcome.”
“They found fame together so there was always this thought that nothing could tear them apart, but that hasn’t been the case,” the source adds. “They’ll never come back from this. It’s over.”
source: people.com
