On Monday, June 26, American TV personality Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman announced that he had a secret son named Jon Chapman. The announcement was made on the fourth anniversary of his wife, Beth Chapman’s death, who tragically passed away after a long battle with stage 2 throat cancer. She died in June 2019 at 51 years old.
Duane has a total of 13 kids, with Jon being the latest addition to the family. Yesterday, Duane took to his Instagram to post about Jon.
Beth, and Duane Chapman at The Fox Reality Channel Really Awards in Hollywood, 2008 | Source: Getty Images
The eccentric TV personality posted a picture of Jon standing next to his wife, a woman named Jodi. In the caption, Duane detailed the following:
“For the last four years, this day was a terrible reminder of one of the greatest losses of my life. But God redeemed this day when I discovered my son Jon, who I just met recently, was born on this day. So now, instead of sorrow, this day has a new meaning… Happy birthday son; love you both.”
As soon as fans caught wind of the news, many of them commented about how much Jon is the spitting image of his father. One Instagram user even went so far as to say:
Duane Chapman Got Engaged to a New Woman Only 10 Months after Beth Chapman’s Demise
After suffering tragic loss when Beth sadly passed away, Duane was once adamant about thinking he would never find love again. In fact, there was a time back in 2019 when he professed to ET that he would never marry again. However, just ten months after Beth passed, news of him getting engaged made headlines.
In May 2020, Duane proposed to Francie Frane in Colorado. Like her husband, Duane, Frane lost her former husband to cancer only six months before Duane lost Beth, so the pair bonded over their mutual loss.
The 24-year-old asserted that Frane had told her that she and her sister were not invited to her wedding because of their support for the Black Lives Matter protests via “The System.”…CONTINUE READING