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WHEN Charisse got with her partner, Jereme, she ended up in a unique family dynamic. "I'm raising kids with my boyfriend's ex-wife - and no, I'm not a homewrecker," she told Truly. Jereme and his ex, Cami have one son, Kylan, together. Since the split, Jereme has moved on with Charisse, having two daughters, Jenalise and Londyn together. Meanwhile Cami is now married to Chris and they're parents to Myla and Miles. While they now co-parent all five kids, it wasn't always a plain-sailing dynamic. Cami admitted, "When I knew that Jereme was with someone new I was p****d!" But they soon got through the tension, constructing a shared parenting arrangement that works for everyone. Despite this, trolls can't seem to get their heads around the family. Cami revealed, "One of the hardest comments I got was talking about how I was a bad mom for letting another parent 'take over'. I'm still parenting my child just as I would, but I'm just sharing him." In this episode of My Extraordinary Family, we'll be hearing how this blended family works and the hate that they receive.

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00:00I'm raising kids with my boyfriend's ex-wife, and no, I'm not a homewrecker.
00:04People assume she's still my man.
00:06Or that we're sister wives.
00:07We're not.
00:08We knew that the internet was really going to come for us, and they did not disappoint.
00:13People think that we are throuple, that we're poly,
00:16that I am still messing around with the ex-husband, that she's a mistress.
00:20I think our co-parenting relationship has been rocky.
00:23The toxicity we had, and you couldn't put us in the same room.
00:26Camry and I are here filming TikToks.
00:29Oh.
00:29What did you think about, like, me being here and raising someone else's son?
00:36I got your coffee.
00:38Oh, thank you.
00:40My name is Sharice.
00:41This is London.
00:42She's almost 10 months old.
00:44This is Jenna-Lise.
00:45She is six.
00:46And this is Jeremy.
00:50Normally our mornings are pretty chill.
00:52We don't really like to yell or talk too much.
00:55But that's going to end soon because Cammy, his ex-wife, is coming.
01:00Hi.
01:01Hi.
01:03I'm Cammy.
01:04And I'm Sharice.
01:05And we co-parent our five kids together.
01:07But don't call our sister wives.
01:09All right.
01:09Let's go sit over here.
01:11Me and Jeremy separated after about a year of being married, and then we got divorced.
01:15I was very nervous when I first got with Jeremy.
01:17I never wanted to date anybody that had children.
01:19But I fell in love with the kid.
01:22I fell in love with the man.
01:23And here we are 10 years later.
01:25Super day.
01:25Super day.
01:26I have three kids.
01:27And Sharice has two kids.
01:29We all co-parent Kylan, who is their son.
01:32Jeremy and I have Jenna-Lise and London together.
01:36And then Cammy has her husband, Chris.
01:39And they have Myla and Miles together.
01:43Can you tell me what's the best thing about having two parents?
01:46You get love from each one of them every time you go to a different house.
01:51What do you think about your stepmom?
01:54I love her.
01:55And she cooks and cleans from me.
01:59And I'm really thankful for that.
02:01Our parenting styles are 100% different.
02:04I like a little bit more of a schedule, a little bit more of a consistent routine.
02:08I'm pretty strict.
02:09I'm a lot more lenient.
02:10I'm like, let's go crazy.
02:12More gentle parenting, I guess you can call it.
02:14We've always made it very clear.
02:16You may love each other and be close, but understand you're not sisters.
02:20Cammy's not your mom.
02:21I'm your mom.
02:22Who's the most strict?
02:23Which one of us four?
02:25Daddy has the most rules?
02:26Okay.
02:27Who do you think is the most fun?
02:29Me?
02:30Aww.
02:31Okay.
02:32Kylan?
02:32Oh, this guy is the strictest.
02:35Okay.
02:35This guy?
02:36You're me.
02:37No.
02:38Who's the funnest?
02:39The one in my life.
02:40The funnest is Sal.
02:42Oh.
02:43Who's the funnest?
02:45Yeah.
02:45I'm the funnest.
02:46Cheers.
02:47You think I'm the funnest?
02:48It's like a pic for something.
02:50Who wants to make a TikTok?
02:51Because it's TikTok time.
02:53Woo!
02:54Do it.
02:55When I heard Jeremy was with someone, I was f***ed.
02:58We were not good at all.
03:00You couldn't put us in the same room.
03:02But after a while, we were able to talk.
03:05And she was able to see how I was with Kylan, how I was with Jeremy.
03:08Can we put this...
03:09Yeah, can we change the babies while we're getting set up?
03:11I realized that it's not about me and my feelings.
03:13It's about my son.
03:15And realized she's in his life.
03:16She's taking care of him.
03:17Be a bigger person.
03:18We're still working on it.
03:20And we're just two girls who are deciding to be friends who only have the love of this
03:25little boy in common.
03:26The TikTok page is pretty much just her and I.
03:29Mostly it's about our dynamic, our relationship, and us being friends in our unique situation.
03:35The views started coming in and we're literally looking at our phones and it's like 600,000
03:39views, 700,000 views.
03:41We just hit a million views on like three different videos.
03:43If you want to see more of our hot mess life, we can put a camera up and we can
03:46show you.
03:47You want chaos, what can you chaos?
03:48All right, you ready?
03:49Hug your biological mom.
03:51So hug your mommy.
03:52Run to your mommy and hug her.
03:54What mommy did you come out of?
03:55What mommy did you come out of?
03:55Who came out of?
03:57Who would you rather have a hangout day with?
04:04We always say that our daughters are like our opposites.
04:07She's mean.
04:07Like this is my girl and she's her daughter.
04:10She is mean.
04:10And she's like a little mini me.
04:11All right, let's do nap time.
04:13Guys, go play in the room.
04:15Girls, go to the room.
04:17We knew that the internet was really going to come for us and they did not disappoint.
04:25They just kind of blew it up, but it created a conversation that people need to have on
04:30why you would or wouldn't do this.
04:34People think that we are Threpple, that we're Polly, that I am still messing around with
04:40the ex-husband, that she's a mistress.
04:42They think that all the kids are his and he has cheated on me.
04:46That video posted, look at the comments.
04:49This is Polly Amory, but it's okay to be Polly, but it's not okay to call it for what it
04:56actually is.
04:58Oh, what about this one?
05:00My son's stepmom, is that your wife or your ex-husband's new wife?
05:04I don't know.
05:04That's weird AF posts to make and one goofy way to clout chase her social media.
05:09Like, okay, girl.
05:09The internet thinks that I just want to live in her bedroom with Jeremy and all five kids
05:14and her husband and her dog.
05:17All of it.
05:17I'm good.
05:17I think one of the hardest comments that I had gotten one time was talking about how
05:22I was a bad mom for letting another parent take over.
05:26I'm still parenting my child just as I would, or I'm just sharing him.
05:30Jeremy, do you ever feel uncomfortable or weird having your ex around?
05:34In the beginning, I didn't like her around because I couldn't stand her.
05:38But yeah, she's cool.
05:40She's cool.
05:40Yeah.
05:41We don't always get negative comments.
05:43As a bonus mom, this makes me happy, jealous.
05:45I've tried for 10 years to be that woman's friend.
05:47And the last three, I've protected my peace, but happy for you.
05:50That's very sweet.
05:51There's definitely a lot of blessings on our page and a lot of people who are proud of
05:55the lifestyle we're creating for each other and our children.
05:57I'm going to check on London, guys.
05:59I'll be back.
06:00Okay.
06:01Adios, muchacho.
06:03Oh, my sister's calling.
06:07Hi.
06:09Hi.
06:10What are you doing?
06:11Just hanging out.
06:12Cami and I are here filming TikToks.
06:15Oh.
06:16Hey, Cami.
06:17Hey, girl.
06:18What's up?
06:19Somebody's warming up a little bit.
06:21What did you think about, like, me being here and raising someone else's son?
06:26I was f***ed off that you were going to be so far.
06:29I think that I was probably a little worried because I wouldn't see you.
06:34And I wanted to, at that time, know Cami, but I didn't know anything.
06:39So can I ask you something?
06:40Be honest.
06:41At the beginning, was it something personal against me that you didn't like me?
06:44Or was it just the situation?
06:46Um, I think it was a little bit of both.
06:51Okay.
06:51I think it was personal because of all the stuff that happened between you guys in the beginning.
06:57Yeah.
06:57But the goal is making sure that they're not miserable at the end of the day.
07:01Goal checked.
07:03I'm really proud of you guys for getting through everything that you've been through.
07:08Thank you for the kind words.
07:10Bye.
07:11Bye.
07:11That was my first time talking with her, honestly, and having that conversation.
07:14So it was really emotional to hear that she can come to an understanding with me as well.
07:18So it was a very special, very sweet moment.
07:20Let's go get the kids situated and get them outside and, like, breathe in air or something.
07:25Sounds good, girl.
07:27Yay!
07:28That counts.
07:28I believe our co-parenting setup is great for our children.
07:31The fact that they are all able to really see that we are able to get along and put everything
07:35aside,
07:36I don't think I would want anything less for my children ever.
07:39Go, go, go, go, go!
07:41If you don't like it, that's fine.
07:43We're not preaching.
07:44We're not telling you how to live your life.
07:45But this is much simpler than arguing.
07:48They're going to have these memories, and we know that we did that.
07:51What is next for your family?
07:52Any more kids?
07:54Calm down.
07:55I think I'm done.
07:57Kind of doing what we're doing now.
07:58Keeping their childhood just happy and healthy.
08:01Not everything's going to be picture perfect.
08:03You can still navigate and make it possible to have that happy ending.
08:07I hope we're raising five of the most smartest, sweetest, brightest kids in the world to flourish.
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