The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives‘ Zac Affleck revealed he and spouse Jen Affleck quietly rehomed their household canine earlier than the arrival of their third child.
Zac, 28, was requested about his pet in a TikTok touch upon Thursday, July 3, which learn, “I keep in mind that u have a canine besides ur lovely youngsters. Is he OK?”
In response, Zac wrote again, “We ended up giving him to a detailed member of the family who can take significantly better care of him and provides him the love he wants!”
The couple haven’t beforehand addressed rehoming their canine as they ready to broaden their household once more. Jen, 26, and Zac began relationship in 2018 and acquired married one yr later. After welcoming youngsters Nora, 2, and Luca, 22 months, Jen and Zac joined the forged of Hulu’s actuality collection a few group of Mormon mother influencers in Utah.
The primary season, which premiered in September 2024, highlighted the challenges in Jen and Zac’s marriage, which finally led to an offscreen separation.
“It was positively rocky after season 2. We have been each in a distinct mindset and there’s lots to navigate,” Jen solely advised Us Weekly in Could. “With me doing the present and Zac in medical faculty, we’re form of lastly seeing gentle on the finish of the tunnel in any case of that chaos.”
Jen mentioned season 2 documented “the worst of what occurred in our relationship,” including, “However once more, it’s all issues that we’re grateful for and I hope we are able to discuss extra about it after everybody has seen season 2. I haven’t seen season 2 so I don’t actually know what occurs. There’s effort on each ends of a relationship and also you’re each prepared to place in that work. You’ll be able to all the time make it work and that’s form of what occurs.”
After highlighting the problems of their marriage, Jen and Zac have been capable of reconcile earlier than she gave delivery to their daughter, Penelope.
“[This experience] pressured me to get assist when it got here to my psychological well being as a result of I knew that it wasn’t simply affecting me, — it was affecting this child that was coming into this life,” Jen defined to Us on the time. “So it actually was the largest blessing that would have occurred in our marriage. It was actually what made a shift in my life and made me notice it doesn’t matter what occurs in our marriage, I wish to be one of the best model of myself.”
Jen added: “I don’t suppose I used to be that starting of season 2 and being pregnant is what finally led me to that. Now that I’m in a greater place, I’m really grateful for this child and all this being pregnant journey has taught me.”
Jen confirmed on Wednesday, July 2, that she and Zac are actually formally a household of 5. “Child Penelope is right here & she is ideal,” she wrote through Instagram. “Going unmedicated was really essentially the most painful however empowering expertise of my life. I couldn’t have completed it with out Zac and my supportive doula! I’m so grateful and so pleased that Penny is earth facet now.”