Jana Kramer & Mike Caussin Get Brutally Sincere About Baby Assist Scenario

On the newest episode of Kramer’s Whine Down podcast, by which she was joined by her ex-husband, the previous couple — who share daughter Jolie, 8, and son Jace, 5, — revealed that the “solely factor” they “struggle” about of their post-divorce relationship is Kramer sending Caussin youngster assist funds.

Kramer, 40, her husband, Allan Russell, and Caussin, 37, answered fan questions in the course of the episode, with Kramer asking, per a fan, if her ex “dislike[s]” her citing that she pays him youngster assist.

Caussin laughed, earlier than getting critical as he admitted, “Yeah, in fact. And that is a scorching button for us, and we all know that.”

“You hate it. I hate it,” he added, to which Kramer stated, “That is the one factor we actually, really struggle about.”

“Sure, it truly is. That is the form of actually true, final remaining resentment,” he stated. “And Jana hasn’t made up that I take pleasure in receiving that, particularly with cash being a factor in our marriage and our historical past.”

Due to this, the previous soccer star admitted that the “very last thing” he desires is for his ex to suppose he wants monetary help from her.

“So discovering my approach post-divorce, discovering my profession, discovering the factor the place I can present and do all of that stuff has taken a while,” Caussin stated, mentioning discovering his personal enterprise. “It is a battle as a result of I reinvest stuff that I make again into my enterprise in an effort to make extra and construct and construct and construct.”

“Belief me, it is my objective … to indicate up and have a paper from my lawyer signing over, ‘Hey, this isn’t your authorized obligation anymore,'” he added. “Like that’ll be essentially the most releasing second for me ever within the historical past of Mike and Jana due to our historical past and so no a part of me enjoys it.”

When Kramer requested her ex why he “hate[s]” having her pay him youngster assist, he continued his clarification, telling her, “I understand how a lot weight you’ve got with it, the way it impacts you. You maintain it in opposition to me and it creates this narrative that simply is not correct.”

“It is only a final remaining factor conflicting between us that also lingers from our previous. I would like to have the ability to relinquish each of us, all of us, … from that,” Caussin stated.

“That is the final lingering factor between us and my very own pleasure and ego is destroyed [by] the truth that I’m able the place I have to take it, to be fully weak,” he concluded. “It’s what it’s.”

Kramer and Caussin, who separated greater than as soon as throughout their six-year marriage, known as it quits in April 2021 after a slew of dishonest allegations, with the One Tree Hill alum accusing her ex of “inappropriate marital conduct, irreconcilable variations and adultery” in her divorce submitting. Their divorce was finalized in July 2021.

In accordance with E! Information, Kramer — who has custody of Jolie and Jace two-thirds of the time — offers her ex $3,200 per thirty days in youngster assist, and pays for the youngsters’s medical health insurance.

In the meantime, additionally throughout Caussin’s look on his ex-wife’s podcast, the previous NFL participant shared his ideas on the opportunity of his kids referring to Russell as “Dad.”

“That is a troublesome one. They’ve by no means known as Allan ‘Dad’ at my home,” Caussin stated. “I am not going to sit down right here and inform them you may’t name him what you need to name him.”

“Which we additionally had a dialog about that too,” Kramer replied. “I three of us, keep in mind, after we had a dialog final yr after I was pregnant with Roman.”

“And we’re like, ‘We won’t say what they will and may’t do. In the event that they need to name him the Easter Bunny, they will name him the Easter Bunny. They will name him no matter he desires,'” she added. “I am not going to say it’s important to name him dad.”

Nevertheless, Caussin admitted that it could impact him.

“Nobody has to do any form of correcting. However that one stings essentially the most,” he stated. “If I have been to listen to it, or if the children inform me, ‘Oh, Mother informed us to name him Dad.’ That may ship me.”

Russell, in the meantime, chimed in, claiming that the hypothetical scenario “would not occur,” particularly if Caussin was there.

Kramer added, “Yeah, I feel the one factor is, with now Roman, it’s extra like I nonetheless say Allan 90% of the time, however generally I will be like, ‘Go give this to Dad.’ As a result of it is Roman.”

Caussin stated he is “cool with” that, noting that he is “capable of separate myself to a level. However he admitted it is the “hardest factor” understanding that he is “lacking moments” along with his kids.

“It’s what it’s. Comes with the territory,” he stated.

Finally, Russell would not suppose Kramer and Caussin’s youngsters will ever consult with him as “Dad” as a result of they’re “very clear who their dad is and who their stepdad is.”

“It isn’t like I have been with the children since they have been 1 yr previous, 6 months previous, the place it could be any completely different. Positive, generally it would slip out of their mouth positively. I do not suppose it’ll ever be a behavior,” he stated. “I do not suppose they’re going to ever continually name me ‘Dad.’ I feel they’re at an age the place…this has all form of occurred the place they’re at an age the place they’re sufficiently old.”

“Yeah, at this level they form of name you what they name you,” Caussin agreed, including, “However I defend that, it is like, a father or a dad is somebody who gives, protects, takes care of a kid, whether or not organic or not. So, you recognize, you are still worthy of the title clearly. However yeah, the children know.”