Deon Derrico is aware of what you might be considering and he understands why.
However the actuality star would love a second to clarify.
Just below a month in the past, the TLC persona shocked followers when he and his spouse, Karen, confirmed that had finalized a divorce.
The break-up comes whereas the newest season of Doubling Down With the Derricos is airing on the aforementioned community… and whereas the pair stay dad and mom to an astounding 14 youngsters.
“Together, we remain unified in the parenting of our 14 beautiful children — their well-being is our priority,” Deon and Karen mentioned in a joint assertion a number of days in the past.
“We thank everyone for their understanding and support as we move forward for the good of our family.”
Earlier this week, Karen then broke her silence on the stunning break up, saying on social media that she is doing “as good as can be” and including:
“The children are doing good. It’s summertime, we definitely want to keep them all busy and occupied, and that’s the plan right now.”
Within the wake of his spouse’s message and the completed paperwork on his divorce, Deon shared a quote to his Instagram Story by actor Robin Williams (who dedicated suicide in 2014) that talked about Despair, telling followers he discovered the late actor’s phrases relatable.
Yikes, proper?
Conscious of the priority that cropped up on-line regarding his psychological well being, Deon has gone forward and uploaded a video in response to those worries.
“I’m doing very good,” he mentioned on this footage. “Just like all of us, I am dealing with a lot, I have a lot going on — a lot of you guys know what I have going on — but no, I’m not suicidal.”
Continued the veteran actuality star:
“After I posted that factor about Robin Williams, it’s as a result of it’s true.
“He, similar to myself, loved making different individuals completely happy, however a number of that [came] from his personal ache at occasions. Similar factor with me.
“I attempt to make individuals completely happy due to what I’ve gone by way of and me understanding what ache is like and eager to make it higher for different individuals.
“But there is no way under God’s green earth that I’m in any way depressed, suicidal, any of those things.”
Based on their divorce papers, they ex-couple plan to separate authorized and bodily custody of their 13 minor youngsters equally, with Deon ordered to pay $1,166 per 30 days in baby help.
Together with an 18-year previous — whose need to maneuver throughout the nation has been a degree of rivalry on this season of their TLC sequence — the Derricos are dad and mom of:
Derrick, 13… 12-year-old twins Dallas and Denver… 10-year-old quintuplets Deonee, Daician, Daiten, Deniko and Dariz… 6-year-olds Diez and Dior… and 4-year-old triplets Dawsyn, De’Aren and Dyver.
The household beginning filming its ongoing actuality sequence in 2020.
Deon went on to encourage those that are coping with Despair or suicidal ideas to succeed in out to a well being skilled or native group with a purpose to discover somebody who might be of help.
These points “can become very severe — and deadly, of course, as we all know,” he mentioned.
“But Deon Derrico is good. I am good, I mean I am really and truly, mentally good. But thank you guys for your expressed concerns.”
Within the caption that went together with this video, the daddy of 14 added:
I’ve been inundated with a number of challenges right here lately, however I’m emotionally very wholesome, sound in my considering, and feeling very blessed for my nice well being and household!!!
Again after they introduced their divorce, the previous husband and spouse concluded as follows:
“Collectively, we stay unified within the parenting of our 14 lovely youngsters — their well-being is our precedence.
“We thank everyone for their understanding and support as we move forward for the good of our family.”
