'Real Housewife' Heather Dubrow shuts down claims she shared son's transition to 'remain relevant'
10.03.2023 - 14:51
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Heather Dubrow addressed Internet trolls on her podcast after celebrating International Sons Day last week with a post dedicated to honoring her 12-year-old child, Ace. The "Real Housewives of Orange County" star was faced with a barrage of negative comments on Instagram after revealing Ace's new name and choice to transition. On the first episode of her revamped podcast, "Let's Talk with Heather Dubrow," the actress was "very emotional" as she thanked her "community of moms and parents, caregivers, grandparents, teachers, kids" for supporting her family over the years and "especially right now." Dubrow denied revealing Ace's transition was to "remain relevant or create a storyline on a television show." She admitted, though, that due to their family's status in the public eye for more than a decade, "something had to be said by us before someone else made a statement." Dubrow shared a beach snap last week with her son's name scrawled in the sand.
"It's International sons day! We love you, our youngest son, Ace," she wrote. "Our job as parents is to give our kids a safe and supportive environment so they can grow up as healthy, happy, confident, independent humans.
Since Ace is a 12 year old child, with a long life ahead of him - we will let him tell his own story someday if he chooses to do so. All we can say is Ace, we love you so much and we are proud to be your parents.
Your brother and sisters love and support you too." Dubrow said the supportive comments on her post made her cry, but she also needed to "clarify some things." "You know, with all the support, of course there’s always going to be hate. You're going to have haters, you're going to have people that don't understand," she said before addressing the
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