Balancing work and motherhood is difficult, but balancing both while dealing with a very public divorce is almost impossible. Yet “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” star Melody S. Holt continues to defy the odds in the manner our forever first lady Michelle Obama prescribed, “when they go low, we go high.”
Previous seasons of OWN’s reality series, “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” have played out like a soap opera with Holt’s troubled marriage consistently delivering drama to keep the blogs popping. The storyline included an ex-husband with a surprise lovechild and a tight-knit group of gossipy friends scattering to choose sides on the Holt split. The franchise diva acknowledged the breakdown of her marriage was difficult, but she refused to fold. Instead, she focused on her children, disentangling her business from her ex-husband and rediscovering herself.
Although many women have reached out to her in support with their own stories of heartbreak, infidelity and abandonment, Holt says her divorce didn’t leave her bitter or angry.
“I realize I am blessed to have this platform to be able to encourage and motivate others, but it was important to me to stay focused on positivity because that’s who I’ve always been,” she said. “I am blessed in so many other ways, I don’t have time to be bitter or sad. When I shared the testimony of knowing when God says it’s time to go that was real for me. When you leave a situation that he’s truly released you from, the result is a feeling of peace.”
Dr. Christal D. Jordan Jennings is a journalist and professional entertainment publicist with several years of experience in celebrity marketing and branding. Jordan worked in the corporate PR sector before relocating to Atlanta, GA and founding Enchanted Branding and Public Relations in 2008. The company specializes in public relations strategy, media training/consultation, and crisis communication in service of notable celebrity talent such as TLC’s Chilli, Roy Jones Jr.,Kenan Thompson, and more. Further, Jordan serves as a journalist. She serves as editor-in-chief for Lenox & Parker, Sr. Editor with with Rolling Out and Sr. Features writer with Collider, where she specializes in stories that emphasize the importance of empowering women.
Jordan earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communications and her Master of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of Oklahoma. Most recently, Jordan started a YouTube channel pulling from her own experiences with celebrity endorsement and strategic relationships. The channel, entitled From Christal with Love XO, boasts over 27k subscribers and works to celebrate love and relationships from a progressive lens. She is also the host of Fox 5 Atlanta’s bi-weekly segment on celebrity relationships. After twenty years of notable stellar contributions in journalism, public relations and literature, Christal received an honorary doctoral degree in Literary Studies from TIUA in June 2024.
