Fans saw Jesse Lally’s marriage to Michelle Saniei crumble during the first season of The Valley, but since their split, both parties have moved on in their love lives. Jesse was spotted with girlfriend Lacy Nicole on the red carpet one month after he and Michelle announced their divorce in March 2024. While Lacy won’t make an appearance in The Valley season 2, viewers are dying to know more about her.
Who Is Jesse From ‘The Valley’ Dating?
Jesse’s girlfriend, Lacy, is a philanthropist and the founder of Shame to Sparkle, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “normalize discussion and advocacy for those suffering from trauma/ PTSD.” The foundation helps provide resources and education to those in need.
Along with Shame to Sparkle, Lacy serves as a cochair for the Children’s Oncology Support Fund, another nonprofit that’s dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer.
When Did The Valley’s Jesse Start Dating Lacy Nicole?
While Jesse and Michelle, who share daughter Isabella, didn’t announce their divorce until March 2024, they had actually split several months earlier in October 2023. Jesse and Lacy went Instagram official in April 2024 when he shared a photo of their time on the red carpet at Sparkle’s Drag Spectacular, a charity event benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The dad of one later gushed about his relationship with Lacy during an interview on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast in May 2024.
“I’m super happy right now,” Jesse said at the time. “We’ve been great friends, we newly started dating. She’s just a very amazing person and she’s a beautiful soul.”
The real estate agent added that Lacy helped keep him “grounded” and added that she “definitely grounds me for sure because she doesn’t let me get away with anything which is nice.”
Why Won’t Lacy Nicole Be on ‘The Valley’ Season 2?
Even though Jesse and Lacy were in a relationship when Bravo’s cameras were picked up to start filming season 2 of The Valley, Lacy won’t be making an appearance on the reality TV show.
“We had just started a new relationship [when filming began]. It’s hard enough going through a divorce in private, [we’re] going through a divorce on television, talking about Michelle and I …” Jesse said in a previous interview with Entertainment Tonight. “For the health of Isabella, we talked about it, and she’s meeting a woman for the first time that is not her mother, and just for the sake of Isabella … we just decided it probably wasn’t best.”
However, that doesn’t mean Lacy isn’t part of the drama. Jesse and Michelle got into a heated argument during the April 22 episode of The Valley and Michelle claimed that the woman Jesse was dating was cheating on him.
“You want to talk about the random girl you just started dating?” Michelle asked her ex in the episode. “You know what kind of s–t she says to my friends and other people? It’s actually embarrassing and I feel sorry for you. She’s told people — including a friend of mine — that she’s sleeping with other people.”
In that same episode, Michelle also alleged that “Jesse’s girlfriend” sent her a “horrific” text.
“The problem is this girl that is dating Jesse,” Michelle told her costars Brittany Cartwright and Janet Caperna. “She sent me a really horrific text message. Basically, she’s constantly threatening to sue me. Like, it doesn’t feel really good.”
Lacy has not addressed the accusations.
