The Valley’s Kristen Doute is opening up about sex with Luke Broderick after baby.
“I mean, we’re trying. It’s just hard,” Kristen, 43, exclusively shared with Us Weekly while celebrating season 3 of Bravo’s hit reality show. “It’s not like I don’t find him to be the most attractive person in the world, which I do, or that I don’t want that for us. But I’m just tired all the time, and I’m in survival mode. I’m just hyperfocused on [our baby] Kaia.”
During the season 3 premiere of The Valley on Wednesday, April 1, viewers watched Kristen’s fiancé open up to costar Jesse Lally about life after becoming a dad.
“Our relationship is completely lacking intimacy, which is tough,” Luke shared in the episode. “She shuts down every advance. At what point do you stop trying?”
During a lunch date with Nia Sanchez, Kristen also admitted that she hasn’t had a date night with her man in nearly three months and acknowledged that she isn’t in love with her body after giving birth.
“We’ve always had a healthy sex life,” she explained in a confessional interview. “But sex made a baby, and sex doesn’t exist.”
In a separate interview with Us, Luke acknowledged that things have improved since filming wrapped.
“You know, it’s a roller-coaster becoming new parents,” he shared. “I hope all new parents can identify with that. It’s still an up-and-down thing. We do improve. We move past things and something else comes up. So, overall, yes, things have improved.”
As for wedding planning, Luke said there haven’t been any major updates since welcoming a baby. That doesn’t mean a special ceremony isn’t going to happen in the future.
“Ball’s in her court. I have also put a line in the sand that I am a hard no on a wedding that’s going to cost six figures before we have a house that we own,” he explained. “So that’s my line.”
Through all the ups and downs of life, both Luke and Kristen are happy to have the support of their close friends Nia and Danny Booko.
“Nia and Danny, all my friends that have had babies, women online are super supportive,” Kristen shared with Us. “Our relationship took a back seat, but we know that that’s something we have to put more energy into.”
The Valley airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Stream new episodes the next day on Peacock.
