Despite years of publicly feuding with her children’s fathers and previously revealing to fans that she has spent more than $1 million duking it out in custody court with them, Kail Lowry claims she’s been unfairly “villainized” by the public for her baby daddy drama, with the former Teen Mom 2 star also admitting that she has a “hard time” dealing with criticism regarding her personal relationships.
As you know, the mom of seven shares 16-year-old son Elliott with ex-boyfriend Jo Rivera, 12-year-old son Lincoln with ex-husband Javi Marroquin, eight-year-old son Lux and five-year-old son Creed with Chris Lopez, and three-year-old son Rio and two-year-old twins Verse and Valley with former fiancé Elijah Scott.
Throughout the years, Kail has opened up– on ‘Teen Mom 2’ and her assorted podcasts– about her co-parenting challenges with each of her baby daddies, though according to her, some of the public backlash she’s received as a result of those conflicts has been unwarranted.
“ … I’ve been villainized for a long time, you know, partially because that was sort of the storyline on ‘Teen Mom [2],’ but I don’t fight with my kids’ dads nearly as much as people think and my life does not revolve around my kids’ dads,” Kail recently told E! News while promoting her upcoming Fatherless Behavior podcast tour.
After going on to describe co-parenting as “a marathon” and something that will always come with “bumps in the road,” Kail insisted that her particular co-parenting situation is one that a lot of people can relate to in one way or another.
“So, I kind of have a situation– I have several situations– in my co-parenting that, you know, I think that a lot of people can relate to in some way … so I think that in some ways, my situations can apply to a lot of people, so that’s kind of helpful,” Kail explained.
While she’s seemingly happy to open up to fans about the ups and downs in her different co-parenting relationships, Kail revealed that she struggles accepting the criticism she receives from the public.
“I have a hard time with the criticism, to be honest, especially when it comes to my relationships,” she said.
Though Kail debuted her relationship with boyfriend Isaac “Ike” Knighton within just months after splitting with her fiancé Elijah (and proceeded to allow Ike to move in with her and her children), she insists that her romantic relationships have been few and far between.
“ … I think that in the grand scheme of things, I haven’t really dated a whole lot of people,” Kail said. “But because people feel so close to me, they feel like they know me … .”
According to Kail, this judgement is based largely on the fact that there is “no real measure of time on social media,” which can lead to confusion when it comes to relationship timelines.
“You might post something [on social media] that’s old or information might come out sooner than you thought or after you think,” Kail explained. “And so people think that I’ve been with a lot of people in a short amount of time.
“But I mean, if you think about it, I’ve been on TV or in the public eye for about 17 years and I’m like, I actually haven’t been with that many people,” she continued. “So I do have a really hard time with the criticism that I face when it comes to that.”
As The Ashley told you last week, Kail– who exited ‘Teen Mom 2’ in 2022– recently revealed on her Coffee Convos podcast that she’s still angling to nab a reality series about her family, despite claiming back in 2024 that she was “under contract” with a network to do a “Kail and the Chaos” show, which has yet to materialize. Despite her prospective reality series having the word “chaos” in the title, Kail said she would not want to discuss any baby daddy drama on her show.
“I don’t want to talk about my personal problems or my drama,” she said. “I want it to be the funny spin on all the things [my kids do].”
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