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VIRAL social media stars and gay dads Mark, Tom and Moke live together in their glamorous Hollywood home with their 8-year-old twins Beau and Coy - and this family does not shy away from their unique setup! Mark and Tom were married with the hope of having children - and when their prayers were answered by surrogate Ashley, they each biologically fathered one of the twins. When they later divorced, Mark and Tom decided to continue living together to co-parent Beau and Coy - but, a year later, the family would unexpectedly gain a new member... Mark met Moke at their local gym and it was “pretty much love at first sight.” The three dads eventually agreed that they should find a new home together and now Tom has his own “quarters”, staying in the pool house at the back - but he is still very much involved in family life, even after Mark and Moke tied the knot last year. Mark and Moke are extending the family once again and are now planning on having another baby together with the help of Ashley. Moke said: “We wanted the kids to have all the same surrogate as well as the same egg donor so they’re 100% brothers and sisters.”
Beau and Coy admit that their family situation is “pretty crazy” but they are both “very happy” to have the three dads they have. Unfortunately, that has done nothing to calm the social media backlash their parents receive - with many judging them for being gay dads and others even suggesting “Child Protection Services needs to be called immediately.” But Mark, Tom and Moke shrug off the hate, choosing to focus on the positivity they receive - with Tom even having an online “fan club.” Today though, Moke’s cousin Krista is coming over to find out how the three dads are getting on together. With her previous reservations, as well as Tom still wearing his wedding ring from his marriage to Mark… is there a storm brewing?
Beau and Coy admit that their family situation is “pretty crazy” but they are both “very happy” to have the three dads they have. Unfortunately, that has done nothing to calm the social media backlash their parents receive - with many judging them for being gay dads and others even suggesting “Child Protection Services needs to be called immediately.” But Mark, Tom and Moke shrug off the hate, choosing to focus on the positivity they receive - with Tom even having an online “fan club.” Today though, Moke’s cousin Krista is coming over to find out how the three dads are getting on together. With her previous reservations, as well as Tom still wearing his wedding ring from his marriage to Mark… is there a storm brewing?
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00:00We are a three-dead family with another one on the way.
00:03I'm having a child with my husband and my ex.
00:07It's pretty crazy, the situation, but it's fun.
00:11We do get a lot of hate online.
00:13Aren't you embarrassed of yourself?
00:14Be an effing man.
00:16Child Protection Services needs to be called immediately.
00:20My cousin Krista is coming over today.
00:23So, Mo, what are you doing?
00:25Be honest.
00:26Yeah.
00:27Has it been challenging living with Tom?
00:31Koi and Bo, it's time to get up.
00:34Let's go have breakfast with your other two dads.
00:37I'm Daddy Mark, and I'm 59 years old.
00:40I'm Daddy Moke, and I'm sugar goo.
00:44And I'm Daddy Tom, and I am 71.
00:47So, we have a son and a daughter.
00:48Our son's name is Koi.
00:50He's eight.
00:51Daddy Moke and Daddy Tom are making breakfast down the stairs.
00:53Hi, Bo.
00:54I'm hungry.
00:55And our daughter's name is Bo.
00:57They're twins.
00:58Hi.
01:00Hi.
01:00Hi.
01:01Hi.
01:02Tom and I used to be married.
01:04And, uh...
01:05Let's see, what else could I add?
01:07It was a disaster.
01:08No, I'm kidding.
01:09No.
01:10So, Tom and I had the twins together through surrogacy.
01:15We have a surrogate named Ashley, and we're the biological parents.
01:21I am Bo's biological dad, and Tom is Koi's biological father.
01:27The kids were born in 2017.
01:29I think we separated in 2018.
01:31But, you know, have always lived together and co-paired together.
01:37Because I wanted to be involved with the kids growing up, and Mark realized that.
01:41And we get along really well.
01:43And Mocha night at first, you know, it was a little interesting.
01:47When and how did you two meet?
01:48We met at the gym.
01:51He came out of the locker room, and we locked eyes, and it was pretty much love at first sight, right?
01:57Yeah.
01:58I had to ask Mark, are you married?
02:00That's the first question.
02:01He said he was separated, and I was like, oh boy.
02:04Okay, okay, let me see how this goes.
02:06When I finally found the love of my life, Mark, then I have to deal with a three-way, or not a three-way, but a third person in our family.
02:17But...
02:17We got married last year.
02:18Yep.
02:20And, Tom, how did you feel when you learned Mark had a new partner?
02:23I was a little depressed for a little bit, but, you know, life goes on, and we get along well.
02:31Mark and Mocha have a great wedding.
02:33You guys are perfect for each other, and I love you both.
02:38Good morning, guys.
02:40Good morning.
02:41Good morning.
02:41Good morning.
02:42Good morning.
02:44I think you're going to make us breakfast.
02:46And how did you three come to the decision to all live together and parent the three kids as a group?
02:51Gosh, when we started, there were times when I thought, what have I done?
02:56Because there was a lot of tension, and, you know.
02:59Well, let's clarify this.
03:00I lived in my own apartment for a while because I didn't want the kids to be like, who's this stranger living in our house?
03:06And I didn't move in until they were really comfortable with me.
03:09And then I said to Mark, it'd be nice if we just bought a new home.
03:13And a big priority was to find the proper quarters for Tom to make sure he's comfortable.
03:19And I live in the back pool house.
03:23It is very fun having three dads.
03:25Pretty crazy, the situation we're in.
03:27But it's fun.
03:29When one says no to something, I have a shot with the next one.
03:33And what do your friends at school think about the fact that you have three dads?
03:36They think it's kind of cool.
03:38Yeah.
03:39Who's the strictest parent?
03:41I think it's you.
03:41You're not strict, really.
03:42Yeah, I agree.
03:43But you're very strict about that green couch up there.
03:46You won't let anybody sit on it.
03:48Nope.
03:49No one sits on it.
03:50I'm an interior designer.
03:54I designed this whole home so I have a, you know, way I want everything to look.
03:58And I know that's impossible because we have two kids that are eight.
04:01There's three dads.
04:02Really, that's the only thing that makes me a little tense.
04:06When we first moved into this house, it was kind of like figuring out everyone's role in the house.
04:12Mine was to be obsessively clean.
04:16And no one can sit on anything here, including or walk on the rugs or anything like that.
04:20I'll set you to drop a queen.
04:23And you do see a therapist.
04:27I do see a therapist.
04:28And we've had a couple group therapy sessions.
04:32One namely in particular about Tom Stilwhite wearing his wedding ring to Mark.
04:38And we're trying to change that.
04:41Does this cook a bar are not?
04:44Of course, yeah.
04:45And Moke and I are planning a third child.
04:48We're going to have one more baby.
04:51And Ashley is going to be our surrogate one more time.
04:54Yeah, we wanted the kids all to have the same birth mother.
04:57So they'd all have the same mother.
04:59So I know, guys, that this is our guest room.
05:02But it's really the only option because we don't want the baby downstairs.
05:06Yeah, so I think we just changed the color wall.
05:08Seafoam green.
05:10And then that really cool quilt.
05:12And what does the baby do?
05:13It looks like the baby's going to be due in the spring.
05:16So Tom, what do you think your role's going to be like with the new baby?
05:18Of course I'm going to be here when the baby comes and help it grow up.
05:22And help it be a brother and sister to Beau and Coy.
05:25And looking forward to it.
05:27I'm excited about Tom being a third dad to the new baby.
05:30This is Jenny.
05:31Hey, Jenny.
05:31This is our nanny, Jenny.
05:33Hi.
05:35Hi.
05:36And we wanted the kids all to have the same surrogate as well as the same egg donor.
05:41So they're 100% brothers and sisters.
05:44That was Beau and Coy's fifth birthday.
05:47Beau, something I could just tell was troubling her.
05:50And she's like, you're the best dad in the world.
05:54And the last thing I ever want to do is hurt your feelings.
05:57But she said, I really miss not having a mom.
06:01And that's when I got on the phone with Ashley.
06:05And Ashley started crying.
06:07I started crying.
06:08So in the last three years, we've seen them way more.
06:11And now, you know, Ashley is in our show as well.
06:14So she flies out for filming.
06:15And we're doing a much better job of, like, really seeing them more often.
06:21So speaking of filming, we're going to do a social for our show downstairs.
06:26If you guys want to follow us downstairs.
06:28All right.
06:29We started posting, I think it was a year ago in June.
06:33Okay.
06:33So the social that we're doing today, the idea is, of course, if you were doing it correctly,
06:40you would be dropping these from the front.
06:43But since we're stupid Hollywood people, you're going to be dropping them from the back.
06:47Just because we're from Hollywood doesn't mean that we're not smart.
06:50That one's going to stay in the front.
06:52It's a joke of it.
06:53Okay.
06:53I don't get it, but let's do it.
06:58So why did you decide as a family to start posting on social media?
07:02Because we're fabulous.
07:03That's true.
07:05You know, there have been so many questions.
07:08People are so, like, curious about what is this?
07:10And, you know, is this a thruple?
07:12And no, it is not a thruple.
07:14And we started doing, like, funny videos.
07:17And it's just taken off.
07:19Do you get judged online for being older dads?
07:22No, I think we've been judged about being gay dads.
07:27I pulled up some negative ones here.
07:29I've got to share these lovely comments.
07:31Aren't you embarrassed of yourself?
07:34Be an effing man.
07:36You don't need to make some stupid, cringy as hell, super gay video.
07:41Just go back inside and...
07:42See, that's why I don't read them.
07:46Child protection services needs to be called immediately.
07:50Those are the ones that really bother me.
07:51To the people out there who don't think we are, like, happy, um, well, I'm very happy.
07:58For one.
07:58We are very happy because we have an amazing dad.
08:04I don't know where the other two are.
08:06I'm surprised Koi actually said,
08:08Dad, if you don't have haters, you're doing something wrong.
08:11When we got our first haters, he's like, all right, we're on to something.
08:14Oh, here's a great comment.
08:16Is this mean?
08:18No.
08:18Oh, all right.
08:19Mark is my favorite.
08:21He always makes me smile.
08:23What, Moak is or Mark is?
08:25Mark.
08:25Oh.
08:26I love that there's a lot of positive comments about my hair, which is always really good.
08:31I love you guys' sense of humor.
08:34You guys are the rainbow after the storm.
08:37Aw.
08:38Well, fortunately, we get more positive than negative.
08:40The positive ones are fantastic.
08:42There's quite a fan club that Daddy Tom has.
08:45There are all kinds of men and women saying, like, is Daddy Tom available?
08:52Can I be the fourth dad?
08:53Is he looking?
08:57Hey, y'all.
08:59Hi.
08:59My cousin Krista is coming over today.
09:02Oh, wow.
09:03The house is beautiful.
09:06Initially, she was a little bit put back.
09:08She thought it was a throuple as well, and I had to explain it to her.
09:12She wasn't happy about that.
09:13You know, I was just concerned, like, what are you doing?
09:18Nothing against you, Tom.
09:19I just didn't know you at the time.
09:21Right.
09:22But Mark are getting married and having this wonderful life together, just starting out.
09:28And his ex-husband is moving in, and y'all gonna live together?
09:31Mm-hmm.
09:31Didn't understand it.
09:33And then it just grew on me.
09:34We, you know, got to know him.
09:35And I got to know Mark more and, gosh, Bo and Koi.
09:38So, um, I got to see what you live and why you love your family so much and why they love
09:44you.
09:45So, yeah.
09:46But be honest.
09:48Yeah.
09:49Has it been challenging living with Tom?
09:51Um, maybe when Tom walks into our bathroom, we're taking a shower and saying, Mark, Mark,
09:58Mark.
09:58Help me with the computer.
09:59I can't remember the password.
10:01But, no, it's been great.
10:03Tom, boundaries.
10:04Yes, boundaries.
10:05Tom and the wedding band sit.
10:08You know what I'm saying?
10:09Not saying anything, Tom.
10:10What would you think if you had to share your boyfriend with his ex-wife and live in the
10:15same house?
10:16Absolutely not.
10:19Hey, so we've got some barbecue cooking.
10:22Yum.
10:22Oh, I'm starving.
10:23Jenny's the best.
10:24She is.
10:25Thanks.
10:25Yay.
10:26Hi, my name is Jenny.
10:27I work for the dads, and I'm their nanny.
10:31It's been fun.
10:32What do you think makes you a good man?
10:34Unconditional one.
10:35I would say putting the kids first.
10:36I want them to have an exceptional childhood.
10:38That's what I want to see for our kids.
10:41As they have three dads, we'll have three kids now.
10:43So it's triple the fun, triple the drama, triple the excitement in this family.
10:49It's going to be a blast, kids.
10:50Awesome.
10:51Tom, would you ever consider bringing another partner to the family?
10:56Sure, why not?
11:08Yes.
11:11Amen.
11:13Amen.
11:14Amen.
11:15Amen.
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