Selling Sunset star Mary Bonnet (née Fitzgerald) revealed that her ongoing fertility journey has gotten “complicated” as she and husband Romain Bonnet plan for another round of IVF.
“I have had an MRI scan, a full body scan and I have to have a surgery on my uterus,” Mary, 43, exclusively told Us Weekly at a Los Angeles party celebrating her and her husband’s Bella Magazine cover The Godfrey Hotel on Tuesday, April 9. “It’s gonna be an interesting process. It’s not going to be as easy as we thought it would.”
Mary went on to say that she’s “OK” with everything that’s going on in terms of her fertility.
“I’ve had plenty of time to process and, in the beginning, it wasn’t easy. I think that I’ve really taken a stance, and it’s become a passion of mine to raise awareness for women’s issues,” the Netflix star continued. “I think it’s so common now. So, I’m being very forward on that front. But when it comes to myself, there’s not a lot I can do about it. Whatever happens, happens but in the meantime, I’m going to try to help other women.”
Mary revealed via Instagram in March 2023 that she suffered a septic miscarriage. “We did get pregnant and unfortunately that didn’t work out,” she wrote at the time, revealing that she underwent surgery. The pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage were showcased on Selling Sunset season 7, which premiered in November 2023.
She told Us on Tuesday that there hasn’t been “any downside” to sharing her fertility journey so publicly.
“I’ve already been open and, you know, it doesn’t change who I am,” she added. “Although it feels like that as a woman, it doesn’t really change your worth.”
Romain, 30, has taken on the role of supportive husband, staying by his wife’s side through it all. (Mary and Romain got married in October 2019.)
“Obviously, she has to take care of herself and then make sure that everything is good,” he shared exclusively with Us on Tuesday. “I don’t want to put any pressure. Obviously, if it happens, that would be great. … We’re gonna see how it goes.”
Tuesday’s event celebrated Mary and Romain’s Bella Magazine cover, which the couple said was “so much fun” to shoot. (The couple’s fellow Selling Sunset stars Jason Oppenheim and Nicole Young were also there to celebrate the occasion.)
“We finally got to just relax and do this old school Hollywood kind of shoot,” Mary gushed. Bonnet added, “The whole team was amazing. [We were] just really comfortable.”
Reporting by Kevin Zelman
