Vicki Gunvalson and Brooks Ayers announce split

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Vicki Gunvalson has announced via Facebook that she and Brooks Ayers have spilt up after four years of dating

"After much prayer, thought, counseling, and consideration, we have decided to end our four year relationship," the couple wrote in a joint statement they posted on social media.

"We both wish nothing but a great future for each other," the statement said.

"We have come to realize that one can indeed love someone in their heart, but that the time may come for their lives to take separate paths. Though the remaining episodes of Season 10 of The Real Housewives of Orange County will show us as a couple, the filming took place in January 2015 through May 2015. There will be no further statements or interviews regarding our relationship as we choose to move on with our lives."