Noella Bergener‘s boyfriend has finally been identified.
Months after the Real Housewives of Orange County cast member confirmed she was seeing someone new amid her messy split from estranged husband James Bergener, an Instagram fan page confirmed her mystery man as Bobby Schubenski, a clothing brand owner and single dad.
In a post shared by Queen of Bravo Dot Com on Instagram, Bobby’s identity and several posts were shared, one of which featured a photo of his hand in an Instagram Story shared by Noella.
On Bobby’s Instagram, which is followed by a number of Real Housewives personalities, including Heather Gay, Braunwyn Windham-Burke, and Alexis Bellino, it is noted that Bobby owns “some brands,” one of which is labeled BlackCraft Cult.
As RHOC fans may recall, Noella first opened up about her new romance during an interview with Us Weekly in January, admitting that her boyfriend was “somebody [she’s] known for years.”
“He knew me married and knew my husband. That’s not weird at all, but we just have a lot of love and respect for each other,” she explained. “He was one of those that just constantly checked in on me… Like the moment James left, just like, ‘How are you? Did you need anything? Do the kids need anything?’ Like one of those.”
At that time, Noella had been dating Bobby for about a month.
“It’s just slow. It’s very, very fresh,” she shared. “So, who knows. At the end of the day, I have an amazing friend, but right now, we’re friends who kiss.”
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Months later, Noella again spoke of her then-mystery man, telling the Daily Mail that the two of them had known one another for three years.
“We actually met like three years ago, and he was friends with Dennis Rodman who is at a dinner table at Maestro’s,” Noella revealed. “I saw him, he had a very interesting table, I was at a very interesting table, our friends who knew each other kind of interconnected, and afterwards the invite came out during COVID. There was nothing going on in Orange County, everything was shut down, so we like we heat the pool, heat up the barbeque, invite cool interesting people over, and he came over with friends.”
After she and James split amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Noella and Bobby enjoyed what she described as “COVID after parties.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 16 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.