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Steve Harvey’s Ex-Wife Goes Crazy! Mary Lee Shackelford Still Struggling With Steve Harvey Marriage Collapse

Posted by Adam

Monday January 24, 2011

picSTEVE Harvey is having problems with his ex-wife.

Mary Lee Shackelford posted a series of YouTube videos Friday and Sunday — totaling almost 30 minutes — revealing that she is still coping with the loss of the life she shared with Harvey.

On their second anniversary, Mary said, she mistakenly received a “confidential” envelope at the couple’s home. Inside was a letter from “this woman.”

“She really started to go into detail about how long she’d actually been in a relationship with my husband,” Mary said.

Mary said she chose to stay in the marriage because she “loved” and “worked for” their family, which included their son, Wynton, who was born in 1997.

“Steve was my second husband and in my opinion, he was going to be my second and last,” she said. “I had totally committed to growing old with him.

“When I think about how quickly he moved forward from me to Marjorie, that was disturbing.

“The not having closure part was really devastating, but on top of that, he took my Wynton. He took my Wynton from me. He turned my son against me.

“It’s hard to put something behind you that keeps popping up in your life. When I saw the Essence magazine for January ’11 [which features Steve on the cover], to keep seeing my name referenced when talking about his life, that part of it, I don’t understand. I really don’t.

“There’s a lawsuit that’s been filed against me in Texas because, in Steve’s opinion, I was responsible … for Oprah not giving him a TV show.

“So as much as I’m trying to move forward, I keep getting pulled back into a situation that I don’t want to be a part of.

“That is why I have to deal with this right now. That is why I am saying what I have to say.”

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  • Nola

    Run, Steve. Run as fast as you can!

  • eddie jordan

    I think his x wife is a scorned women and needs to think about her child and how it makes him feel and stop all this madness.

  • Southern Girl

    If this is the same woman he was married to in 2001 or 2002, either he was “macking” back then or she’s just the “crazy-psycho” type. She showed her a**, his *ss and every other a*s she could when they visited a small city in the south.

  • http://yahoo.com Pamela

    Mary knows the truth and Steven knows the truth and God knows the truth, Not just scorned but denied her child that is a hurt piece, Steve know the wrong that he has done, from cheater to female guru ” I don’t think so, he just needs to deal fairly with his ex-wife. Tix the mess he made and stop dragging Mary S. down The truth will be revealed and no amount of money can hide THE TRUTH!

  • shirlene

    This is one big mess. Put yourself in that woman’s shoes,(all the hurt, turmoil, torment, no closure), what would you do. Steve may appear to be living a successful life but keep in mind what appears to be a blessing can also be a curse. Steve need to ask God for forgiveness, then ask the ex for forgiveness and try to male peace with this woman for the sake of his child. Then leave the rest to God because if he and his wife turned this child against its mother, time has a way of sneaking up on you and biting you like a snake. Remember what goes around, comes around and its worst when it comes around. Steve, be the bigger person, Pray and make peace with your Ex.

  • valeria small

    When the proposal was made and accepted no one was there but Mary and Steve and ONLY Mary and Steve should be in this confrontation society has no business here and whoever put their business in the street like this is not looking for closure they are looking for confusion is this not confusion so how can you seek closure. Closure is in mediation with God!!

  • http://SHOWBIZSPY.COM PNO

    CLOSURE IS PART OF LIFE AND GROWTH. IF STEVE LEFT HIS WIFE FOR ANOTHER WOMAN, THEN IT IS ONLY RIGHT TO GET CLOSURE. TO BE DUMPED AND CHEATED WILL HURT ANYONE. STEVE MUST MAKE IT RIGHT, BUT DON’T TAKE THIS LADY SON AS WELL. ADULTERY IS NOT A WONDERFUL THING AND STEVE WILL PAY FOR IT. HE MUST FORGIVE HIMSELF AND HELP HIS EX WITH SOME COUNSLING AND FINANCIAL HELP.

  • Shandi

    Steve needs to fall and fall fast. I totally believe this woman. This is a typical situation of a man who was cheating and finally got the courage to leave. People we need to stop supporting these celebrities. It is us who make them what they are. He is doing well and could care less about the pain he has caused his ex-wife. God is not pleased with that. I have never seen it fail. A man who does his wife wrong will always fall in the end.

  • Tia

    I’M GLAD THE TRUTH IS OUT. AND GOOD FOR MARY. MARY WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS A NOBODY. WENT THROUGH HELL WITH STEVE TO GET HIS CAREER OFF THE GROUND THEN GOT DUMPED AND LEFT WITH NOTHING. THAT’S SAD FOR HER. I’M GLAD SHE’S LETTING HER STORY OUT. SHE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU CATCH YOUR HUSBAND CHEATING AND SHE DESERVES A TALK SHOW ON OPRAH’S NETWORK.

    STEVE, OPRAH IS A VERY SMART WOMAN, THAT’S WHY YOU DID’T GET A TV SHOW ON HER NETWORK.

  • Tia

    I DON’T THINK SHE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE BREAKUP AS MUCH AS
    SHE WITH LEFT WITHOUT HER CHILD AND LEFT BROKE.

  • http://Showbizspy LaDonna

    I remember listening to the show one morning when steve told Ms Strawberry that she would’nt even be on the radio if it wasn’t for him giving her a job. I could’nt believe it when he said that AND he was not joking,when the backlash came in he appoliged to her. HE was getting to high on himself. The way he has been talking I thought he had just met marjorie.I would be upset more about losing my child too insteadof a man.

  • Lilly

    She may appear to be crazy, still wanting to hang on. But Steve know that she is telling the truth; and Steve need to realize that when you do wrong it will come back to you one day. His wife Marjorie know that she was the other woman at one time & she will get her’s also. Steve is caught up in making money, did not want to give this woman what she deserved & Marjorie will make a fool of him. It always happens that way you ride high then suddenly the person whom you’ve done the dirt with will some how do you like you did your spouse. Peace

  • http://showbizspy Daydreem

    For Steve to put himself out there to be a relationship guru and have these type of skeletons in his closet only goes to show “Watch the way you live your life because you reap what you sow” Money is the root of all evil it will change the best of us and its never good! His wife seems to be hurt, abandoned and scorned and I hope she steers his train right into the wreck that will surely follow unless he makes things right between them!

  • Jennifer

    I agree with Shirlene,Pamela, Valeria, Tia & Lily. Forgive her Steve but first forgive yourself. For the truth is the truth even unsaid. No mother should have her child taken away unless she is truly unfit. MAKE IT RIGHT STEVE AND MAN UP!!!!

  • Jennifer

    I truly like Steve, hes really funny but I will admire him for doing the right thing. People any mother knows you can take the child away but you can never change the fact that she is still his mother. DONT MAKE HIM HATE YOU, WHEN THE TRUTH FINALLY COMES OUT.

    • God is the fina judge

      That was well said. Let’s all pray for the Harvey family.

  • One without Judgement

    Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And it would seem that all the bloges have one or several for that matter. I have listend to Mr. Harvey for several years on his radio show. I must say that he has admitted to his infidelity in his past relationships and marriages. He also has stated that he was working on that and other issues in his life, just as we all should be. He has never claimed to be a saint nor is he on the road to saint hood currently. Howeve, we the public are so quick to jump on the loudest wagon rolling, forming opinions, casting stones and judging our fellow Man/Woman. Before you become the juror, judge and Jesus, play that mental picture of what you have done/are doing and thinking about doing. Yours or mine may not be cheating, leaving a spouse for what ever reason or fooling someone that the child is theirs, and the all so unmentionable ones that seem alright in your eye’s, cheating your employer out of a few staplers, rubberbands or that extra 10 min. from lunch. To the One that sees all,knows all and will be all of our judge when we are before the Judgement seat, when it really matters. No one knows the details of their the Harveys’s marriage nor the course of the break-up. I would pray and ask that each of us would be better prayer warrior for our fellow man, than adding insult to injuries. It would appear to me that this story could go both ways, but most of all it’s hurtful to the human race. American born citizens have enough issues and problems without the added pressure of media casting lots. Wishing ill or downfall of someone is painfull, I sure am glad that non of you, that have posted downfall or evil to Mr. Harvey are my friends or enemies. In the words of the William Brothers, “Sweep Around Your Own Front Door”.

    • God is the final judge

      This was a great response.

      • Diane

        Amen!!!

  • Bianca

    WHEN YOU BECOME FAMOUS, YOU MAKE MONEY,MILLIONS, BUT THE PRICE YOU PAY IS HAVING YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY AIRED ALL OVER THE INTERNET, NEWSPAPERS, TV. ETC., AND GOD IS STILL GOING TO BE THE JUDGE, BUT WE ALL SHOULD KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PERSON WE ARE LISTENING TO, PURCHASING BOOKS, CONCERT TICKETS, BET GOSPEL AWARDS ETC. I AM GLAD THIS IS OUT ABOUT STEVE. I USED TO LIKE STEVE. I THOUGHT HE MET LADY HERION ,OOPS I MEAN MARJORIE AFTER THE BREAKUP. SO SAD FOR MARY TO SLEEP IN CARS AND BE BROKE WHILE HELPING HIM BUILD A CAREER- ONE THAT IS STILL SUPPORTING HIM AND HIS NEW FAMILY. IT’S GOOD TO KNOW THE REAL STORY-SO I CAN HAVE A CHOICE TO LISTEN, PURCHASE, READ BOOKS OF PEOPLE I RESPECT. THE DEVIL IS BUSY-HE SHOULD MAKE IT RIGHT WITH WYNTON’S MOTHER IF HE LOVES HIS SON SO MUCH.