Kelly Rutherford used this week’s issue of Life & Style Magazine to show off her motherly side… and throw another verbal beat-down at her ex-husband Daniel Giersch.

Kelly told the mag that she originally thought that the little creature pictured above would save her marriage, but boy was she wrong:

I found out I was pregnant, and I thought, Oh, maybe things will be nice, maybe it will be calm… But it wasn’t. Things only got more intense.

Daniel apparently threatened to sabotage her career and ruin her life. He even bugged out her friends, to the point where they finally had to combine their powers to help Kelly leave him.

Kelly even told the mag that with a crazy guy like Daniel, her kids are better off without a daddy. According to her,

The most important thing is that the children have love and stability in their lives, whether that comes from a mother or a father. I can raise them to be much more peaceful.

The couple have been battling out custody arrangements for Helena and her 2-year-old brother Hermes in court for the better part of this year.