Real Housewives of Orange CountystarGina Kirschenheiteris apologizing to her fans for her recentDUI arrest.
On Monday, Kirschenheiter, 34,shared a quoteon Instagram that read, “The best apology is changed behavior.”
The Long Island native, who made her debut on the Bravo franchisein the summer of 2018, was arrested early Thursday at 12:20 a.m. in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, a representative for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department tells PEOPLE.
She was stopped for a traffic violation and arrested for driving under the influence, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Kirschenheiter was released on Friday at 12 p.m.
“It’s amazing how in the course of less than a week you can realize the full extent of allowing people into your every day [sic] life and how the opinions of everyone watching can run from incredibly chastising to extremely supportive,” Kirschenheiter continued on Instagram.
“Bad choice have bad consequences. Mine are magnified bc I chose to share my life with you on a very public stage,” Kirschenheiter wrote.
“Those who are a part of my real life gave me words of encouragement and love knowing the content of my character and the love in my heart.”
While Kirschenheiter is appreciative of the kind words, she believes her actions are inexcusable.
Gina Kirschenheiter.Eugene Gologursky/Getty
“I could easily join in with the chorus saying ‘you’re right, it could be any of us’ but it shouldn’t be any of us. EVER!”
“It’s terrible that this has become a social norm. I am disappointed in myself and that I am part of this social norm. Especially since everyone who knows me knows I’m the queen of Uber/Lyft,” Kirschenheiter continued.
“This didn’t happen to me. I wasn’t ‘unlucky’ I made a conscious decision to do something especially stupid. One time is one time too many. I am awake now. I can promise this will NEVER BE ME again.”
Last April, Ginafiled for divorcefrom her husband, Matthew Kirschenheiter.
“All of a sudden, it all collided,” she said.
The couple met before they graduated college and had been together for 11 years and married for eight. They share three kids — sons Nicholas, 6, and Luca, 3, and daughter Sienna, 4.
source: people.com
