Kail Lowry is hitting back at fans who are critiquing her decision to move her latest boyfriend, Ike Knighton, into her home shortly after her ex-fiancé Elijah Scott moved out. During an interview for her podcast’s Patreon released this week, the former Teen Mom 2 star also addressed comments she’s received from fans comparing her actions to those of her own problematic mother, Suzi.
As ‘Teen Mom 2’ fans are aware, Kail has been estranged from her mother, Suzi, for years due to Suzi’s alleged alcoholism and her frequently choosing men over Kail. Although Suzi appeared on Kail’s episode of 16 and Pregnant and in early episodes of ‘Teen Mom 2,’ Kail has been no contact with her mom for over a decade.
Although Kail admitted in Part 1 of the interview that moving Ike into her home with her seven kids was “selfish,” in Part 2, she denies that she’s anything like her mom.
“Some people will argue that I’m the same as my mom but with money,” Kail said. “I’ve heard that several times. I’m thinking back to my
childhood and the men my mom had me around.”
Kail went on to say that the men Suzi actually married (or was in long-term relationships with) never “hurt her” and, in fact, were helpful to her and her mom.
“It was the men in between that she also had me around that were the dangerous ones,” Kail said. “So, I think in some ways that’s my justification [for having a lot of long-term relationships].”
Kail— who shares seven kids with four baby daddies— also disputed claims that, like Suzi, she puts her boyfriends before her kids’ well-being.
“The assumption is I don’t think about my kids,” Kail said. “Contrary to that, I would say I did think about what kind of person he is before I brought him into the rest of my kids’ lives. I didn’t just meet [him]. It’s not like I met him on Tinder. I’m not saying there are unsafe
people on Tinder but I didn’t just meet him for the first time and introduce him to my kids.
“I’ve known him since pretty much high school, not in-depth obviously,” Kail said, adding that her friends did a background check on Ike before she moved him into her home.
Kail said her connection to Ike was so strong that she moved quicker than she normally would in a new relationship (and even made an exception to her rule of not dating any men with kids, since Ike has a child.)
“I don’t think I expected to have a full-blown relationship but I think after the first time we hung out I think both of us just knew what it was,” she said. “… We’ve been in toxic environments in the past and acknowledged where we’ve been toxic in the past and acknowledged we both want the same things moving forward. We don’t waste time. We’re ready to be committed and faithful to somebody and I felt we were both on the same page with that.
“…You cannot deny chemistry and attraction when it’s there,” she later added. “… If I’m not happy as a woman first. I cannot be a good mom. And I’m not saying I’m relying on men for happiness because if we are being honest and you look at my track record they have all made me miserable.”
As The Ashley reported in October, Kail declared that she was going to attempt to get in contact with Suzi. This decision came shortly after Kail confronted her long-lost father in Texas just weeks before he died.
“We have to find Suzi,” she told her co-host Lindsie Chrisley during an episode of their Coffee Convos podcast.
At the time, Kail admitted that she does share some personality traits with her mom.
“Suzi is textbook narcissist, and I think that just by being her daughter I have picked up some of those traits,” Kail said. “But I think I can also recognize what’s not OK.”
You can listen to the entire interview on Kail’s Patreon by clicking here.
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It’s giving “I’m a damn good mom”
Usually when you are a good mother you don’t feel the need nor do you have the time to be on social media trying to convince every person on the internet that you’re a good mom.
Sounds to me like she feels overwhelmed and very unsure of herself coming from such an unstable background.
I would like to think Kail had matured enough by now to see the toxic cycle she is dragging her kids through but when she talks about her relationships it is a lot of crack head logic.
On a Sunday you were in a family vacation with your fiancé and by Friday you had a whole new dude moved into your house with your kids. And she still thinks she’s a good mom, thinking of her kids best interest…crack head logic.
Also, How do we know for sure Kail was not the one cheating on the Keebler elf with the new wiener of the week?
Kail is like what the AA folks call a “dry drunk”. Even though she is not drinking or using drugs, her behaviors are addict like. Kail’s addiction is to drama. I think she used to enjoy going to court for all the kids visitation/child support stuff. Kail is nearly as bad as Amber with moving new dudes into the family home.
Denial, denial, denial.