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As part of his vow to lead with \u201cmore vulnerability\u201d in the new year, Chris Redd<\/a> is getting candid about his romance with girlfriend Christina Evangeline \u2015 who was previously married to his former \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>\u201d co-star Kenan Thompson<\/a> \u2015 for the first time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n On Tuesday, Redd posted an emotional video to Instagram<\/a> in which he described his relationship with Evangeline as a \u201cvery unique, nuanced thing\u201d that began while he was dealing with \u201cpill problems and issues\u201d during his five-season stint on \u201cSNL<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Evangeline, he said, was \u201cthe only one to call me on my shit, help me on my shit,\u201d and encouraged him to start therapy. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cShe told me things about her life that made me look at a lot of people involved differently,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd in that time, we fell in love.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Evangeline and Thompson split in spring 2022<\/a> after about 10 years of marriage. The former couple share daughters<\/a> Georgia and Gianna. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n While the exact timeline has never been clear, Evangeline and Redd were first romantically linked in the media that fall, shortly before Redd confirmed his exit from \u201cSNL\u201d after five seasons. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n In his Instagram video<\/a>, Redd hinted that his relationship with Evangeline had already begun prior to his \u201cSNL\u201d departure, thus making the situation \u201can emotional double-edged sword\u201d given his professional ties to Thompson. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI think that we were a great team. And I hate doing something to somebody that I know would hurt them,\u201d he said, choking back tears. \u201cI don\u2019t feel player for this shit at all, but I did choose love.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI don\u2019t feel like a pimp,\u201d he continued. \u201cI don\u2019t feel cool about this at all, besides the fact that I found someone that makes me feel like I didn\u2019t even know what love was for real. And I just felt like I couldn\u2019t miss out on it.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Elsewhere in the clip, Redd also reflected on being punched in the face<\/a> outside of a New York comedy club in 2022, and suggested the incident was somehow connected to his then-new relationship becoming public knowledge around that time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cMost people who know me from back home would know that I would be retaliating in a heartbeat, but not this time,\u201d he said. \u201cThis time it felt fair. Fair enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Redd, 40, shared the video while announcing a Jan. 28 comedy show in New York. Fans, he said, can expect to hear more about his personal relationships in the show, which is about \u201clove.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n As of Wednesday afternoon, Thompson had yet to respond publicly to Redd\u2019s video. He\u2019s also remained tight-lipped about the demise of his marriage to Evangeline since their split. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n When asked on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d<\/a> why he didn\u2019t divulge details about his divorce in his 2023 memoir \u201cWhen I Was Your Age,<\/a>\u201d the actor and comedian said he avoided topics that would require him \u201cto speak out of turn on people who aren\u2019t there to tell their version of the story.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cSo I just kind of told my perspective,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n