‘We have adults’: Comedian Gary Owen responds to wife’s accusations he’s a deadbeat dad
Regardless of what his estranged wife says Gary Owen has made it known he’s a dedicated father. In an recent interview on The Wendy Williams Show, the comedian responded to his wife’s claims he’s a “deadbeat” dad. Williams asked Owen about his relationship with his children he clarified by saying, “we have adults.”
“No, for real, ’cause it got out there that I’m a deadbeat dad, but our kids are adults” he added.
Owen says his legal counsel advised him to stay quiet on the issue, but he did say, “My lawyer doesn’t want me to say anything.” Owen said, “We got a lotta legal stuff we gotta go through. But I will say, there’s a big twist in my divorce that a lot of people don’t know about. It’s a doozy, but I can’t speak on it yet. But it’s big. It changed the whole dynamic of the divorce.”
Owen and Kenya Duke got married in 2003 and share two adult children. In March, Duke filed for divorce in Los Angeles, California. Duke went on Instagram to call the comedian out for his lack of parenting.
“You haven’t supported us since April 1st. Nothing, nada, zero not electric, water, gas, not insurance (medical, dental, life, car, house, etc.), not groceries, not maintenance for the house, not the gas or maintenance of the cars, not the platinum card I got for us (because you wanted one) and you couldn’t get one (on your own), not the cell phone you had for 23 years; instead, you just got another phone number and didn’t pay the bill,” she wrote in the caption.
“All of our bills are attached to my SSN and credit. You have paid the $4500 mortgage that is attached to your SSN and credit (for the 1st time) but that is it. You haven’t seen your daughter in over 6 1/2 months, you haven’t seen your son in over 4 months. This is your choice. You do remember us right???? I “guess” we were useful when your content was needed.”
Duke also said she gave up her career to support her husband’s entertainment career and claims her husband’s monthly income is between $200K – $400K and has never dipped below $100K a month even during the pandemic.
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