Sherri Papini’s ex-husband is still wondering why the mother of two faked her kidnapping.
"I do believe the core thing would be attention," Keith Papini told Fox News Digital. "I think she likes it when people feel for her and look at her as a victim… at anyone’s cost. To be honest, I don’t think she’s capable of seeing what she did and the lives that it affected, the ripple effect, how much pain she caused so many people."
"I always think about all the people who tried to help during those 22 days she was missing," Keith reflected. "All the kids that probably weren’t allowed to ride their bikes anymore, all the women that probably didn’t go jogging anymore… I don’t think she has any understanding of how detrimental it was."
After seven years of silence, Keith is speaking out about the high-profile hoax that rocked his Redding, California, community. He’s appearing in a new true-crime docuseries on Hulu, "Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini."
"I’ve been approached over the years by a lot of different outlets," said Keith on why he’s coming forward now.
"I think I was finally in a spot where I could talk about all the pain Sherri caused our family… I wanted to get the truth out about what really happened."
Keith said before his life turned into a nightmare, it seemed like a fairy tale. He described being instantly smitten by the blue-eyed "hot blonde." After tying the knot in 2009, he and Sherri welcomed a son and daughter. Life appeared picture-perfect for the couple.
"I never felt unloved by her," said Keith. "She would write songs, she would write me notes constantly. She would tell me how happy she was in our marriage and how we would never get a divorce. She was just so in love with me, and I would repeat those things back to her."
"There was no part of me that ever thought she would fake injuries and have this whole hoax to the extent that she did," he shared. "I could not foresee that. But I did think we had a happy life. We do have amazing children."
"I was blindsided," Keith added.