Jeff Lewis and his longtime partner Gage Edward are separating after 10 years together.

“This has been a long time coming. We were in separate rooms a significant portion of last year, so it was kind of like a roommate situation,” the 48-year-old reality star said on his Sirius XM radio show Jeff Lewis Live. “I think the reason we hadn’t ripped the Band-Aid off and separated is because a) we had the baby and neither one of us want to leave the baby and then b) financially, it wasn’t the best time because I have four properties right now — three of which are in construction and one of which is sellable.”

The Flipping Out stars share a two-year-old daughter named Monroe.

“We were like friends with benefits. We would still hook up, inconsistently,” Jeff added. “I was still encouraged, like, ‘There’s still something here… he’s still interested in me… But there was a real lack of intimacy because he wasn’t in my room. So I actually felt very lonely and sad and disappointed.”

“I’m hoping that the guy wakes up. I’m hoping that he sits in his hotel room, misses his family, starts focusing on the positive, and stops focusing on the negative. That’s what I’m really hoping,” he continued.