Kenya Moore is feeling gone with the wind fabulous after her divorce from Marc Daly was finalized.

“I can exhale. I’m like the late great Whitney Houston. I can exhale,” Moore, 53, exclusively told Us Weekly when promoting her new children’s book Brooklyn Bound: Paris on Thursday, November 14. “It is liberating. I think I finally have my idenтιтy back and my freedom, obviously, which I didn’t really care about the freedom part. But now that I really want to date and find someone, it has been enough time.”

In September 2019, Moore announced that she and Daly, 54, had called it quits after two years of marriage. It wasn’t until June of this year when the couple settled their divorce and Moore was awarded primary custody of the pair’s 6-year-old daughter, Brooklyn.

“I’m kind of excited,” Moore said when it comes to dating again. “I feel like it’s ignited something in me that was kind of dormant. “

When asked if she didn’t want to date anybody until her divorce was finalized, the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star said she never anticipated divorce proceedings would last so long.

Kenya Moore and Marc Daly. Paras Griffin/Getty Images

“Initially, I didn’t know it was going to take five years or however long,” she explained. “Literally, in my mind, it feels like 10 years. I didn’t know it was going to take that long. But now that it’s over, I feel like it wasn’t the plan, but I’m OK with it.”

While Moore admitted “there isn’t much” of a coparenting relationship with Daly, she remains hopeful things will change in the future.

“I don’t hold onto bad feelings or harsh emotions or anything like that,” she said. “But for Brooklyn, I just would want her dad to be present.”

Until then, Moore and her daughter are teaming up on a brand-new children’s book тιтled Brooklyn Bound: Paris.

In the family-friendly read, Brooklyn takes readers on an exciting adventure through the City of Lights to celebrate her birthday. With her mom by her side, she explores the wonders of Paris including the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe.

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“Brooklyn is really smart and she’s great at rhyming so that’s how she really helped me with the story,” Moore revealed to Us. “It was just great working with her. And again, she’s a great author. She comes up with great ideas and we bounce well off of each other.”

Brooklyn Bound: Paris is available now.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi