*Meagan Good is speaking out about her divorce from DeVon Franklin, saying it was not her decision to pull the plug on the marriage.
“It’s nothing that I would have ever chosen, and when I realized that it was happening, I was devastated,” said Good in an interview with ESSENCE. “I was like, ‘This is me, Lord. I did everything that I could do to the best of my ability. I don’t understand why I did all these things, and then this is my end result.'”
Good and Franklin announced their divorce in December 2021 after nine years of marriage. The actress told ESSENCE she still considers Franklin “an incredible and beautiful person.”
Good’s parents split up after 10 years of marriage so she took her own separation especially hard.
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“That was rough because my biggest fear was what happened between my mom and my dad would happen to me, which is you’ve been with your husband for 10 years and you break up,” she said. “I would say, ‘I’m never getting divorced. I’m in it forever, good, bad, whatever it is, I’m never going to give up. You’re my person, I’m your person, that’s it.'”
Now nearly a year after the divorce was finalized, Good said she gets to “start life all over again, in my prime, with so many incredible things happening in my life and in my career,” she shared. “I get to do this again.”
Good told PEOPLE in a 2022 interview that she is now putting herself first following her split from Franklin.
“I’ve learned to not be as much of a people pleaser,” she said. “I’ve learned that not everybody’s going to get you or like you, and that’s okay. And knowing who your tribe is and being really thankful for that, and knowing sometimes they’re not your tribe — that’s okay too.”
Goode went on to say that she remains focused on “loving and treating people with respect regardless, and never letting how people treat you change the integrity of who you want to be. I think in this season especially, I’m learning to live again in a different way.”
