The Valley's Michelle Saniei Confirms She's Dating Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre and The Valley's Michelle Saniei Spark Romance Rumors With L.A. Outing

Love is on the up in the Valley.

Two months after The Valley’s Michelle Saniei sparked romance rumors with Dr. Dre (real name Andre Romell Young), she’s confirmed their relationship.

"We're spending time together,” she told People in an interview published June 17. “And we love being in each other's company.”

The 37-year-old—who shares daughter Isabella, 6, with her ex-husband and Valley costar Jesse Lally—also confirmed she and Dr. Dre met through a mutual friend.

As for what her reality TV costars and friends think of her new boyfriend, she noted, “For now we're just keeping everything super private. I'm just living my life."

Saniei and the music mogul—who was previously married to Nicole Young for 25 years before their 2021 split and is dad to 10 kids from various relationships—first turned heads in April when they stepped out for dinner together at Nobu in Los Angeles.

But while her romance with Dr. Dre is unlikely to make its way onto The Valley, Saniei and Lally’s breakup and their ongoing coparenting challenges have often taken center stage on the Bravo series.

Despite the challenges, however, Saniei has no regrets about the decision to end their six-year marriage.

"I think in the beginning you get so scared, 'Did I make the right choice and is this best for myself and my child?'” she admitted. “But now looking back, I feel like everything I did was the best decision for myself and for my daughter.”

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As she noted, “I'm truly happy with where life is taking me."

And when it comes to how much she and Lally—who for his part told TMZ he didn’t get a heads up about her romance with Dr. Dre—interact on and outside of the show, Saniei stressed she tries to keep it to a minimum.

“I try not to really have a relationship with him unless it has to be about our daughter,” she explained. “We won't text, we won't see each other unless like Isabella has a school function, then we'll go and we'll sit next to each other.”

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And though The Valley fans have seen Saniei and Lally’s complicated relationship dynamic firsthand, she noted the exes have better found their footing.

“We definitely have our moments,” she said. “He still makes me upset at times and it's hard to navigate, but I just focus on myself. Don't get me wrong, we definitely fight here and there, but we're much better than before."

For more celebrity couples whose love, like that of Saniei’s with Dr. Dre, has blossomed under the summer sun, read on.

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