Jana Kramer warns ex Mike Caussin about book revelations

Jana Kramer This is an open book about her divorce from her ex-husband Mike Caussin — but she wouldn’t share anything publicly without his approval.

“Even when I was writing about my ex in my book, I was like, ‘Hey, I’m obviously writing stories, and here are some stories. Do you want to see them?'” Kramer, 42, recalled on the Friday, March 13, episode.complain” podcast.

Cramer said she gave Cousin, 39, a reminder about what she planned to include in her 2023 book, Next Chapter: Making peace with painful memories, finding hope around me, making space for good things—coping with heartbreak and loss with wisdom.

“I think if you’re going to talk about someone, it’s respectful to engage with them,” Kramer explained.

this one tree hill The alum joked that she told Cousin at the time that she planned to write about her experience as a divorcee “because our book deal on trust disappeared.”

The current exes have worked together before The Good Struggle: Wanting to Leave, Choosing to Stay, and the Powerful Practice of Loving Faithfully When Kramer learned of this, they were supposed to be collaborating on a second project about trust Cousin allegedly cheated on her . (Cousin has not spoken publicly about the alleged infidelity, but Kramer wrote about it in her book). They split permanently in the spring of 2021.

“I said, the first thing I want you to know is, this is not an ‘I hate Mike book.’ This is a year after my divorce,” Kramer recalled on Friday’s podcast.

She told him, “There are things I’m not talking about to protect you, mainly the kids. Because if I put something out there, he’s going to fight (for it).”

Kramer told her audience, “I think I have a good taste for these stories,” and Caussin agreed.

“He said, ‘I believe what you’re saying is your version of these stories, and you’re not going to add anything to it that I wish you wouldn’t add to it,'” she shared.

If the situation were reversed, Kramer admits, “I would read every page.”

When asked if she would “change” any part of the story if Cousin had gone against it, Kramer admits She would only write “snippets” from the book because it was her “truth.”

Kramer noted that when it comes to her breakup with Cousin, her book and what she discusses on the podcast focus solely on their past together, not What this retired NFL player is doing now.

“Whatever you do now, it’s not my place to talk about it. I’m not that person,” Kramer said. “I’m just talking about past experiences when we were married.”

Kramer Announced April 2021 She and Caussin were divorcing after nearly six years of marriage.

“‘It’s about time.’ Those words have now become reality as I try to make sense of a reality I never thought would happen again,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “I’ve fought you. I’ve loved hard. I’ve forgiven. I’ve put in the work. I’ve given everything I’ve got and now I have nothing left to give.”

Kramer and Caussin Previously separated in 2016 back US Weekly It was revealed that he was unfaithful. Cousin later underwent sex addiction treatment and the two renewed their vows in 2017.

Those exes who shared Daughter Julie, 10, and son Jess, 7He allegedly broke up for good in 2021 after he once again admitted to being unfaithful to her. (Cramer is now married Alan Russellwith whom she has a son Roman, 2 years old. )

Kramer continued The highs and lows of her relationship with Caussin and their co-parenting dynamics on her podcast.

In her book, she claims that during divorce proceedings, Cousin told her, “You know, I never really loved you.”

“He wanted to hurt me, that’s exactly what the news reports said,” she wrote. “Over the past few weeks, I have taken a big step away from him and toward a new future, but hearing these words confirmed that little voice in my head that had been telling me that everything he did and said in our marriage was because he didn’t love me.”