Hey, we'll be on with your regular programming and Nick DiPolo and Third Chair in a little

bit, but needed to take a moment here to address some issues out there that are circulating.

It's never fun.

But I guess let me be clear here.

I have been living with a proverbial boot on my neck for going on years now.

Since 2021, I've been living through what has increasingly been a horrendous divorce.

Now, let me send the outset to be clear.

There is no infidelity, any kind of physical abuse at all on either side, and no, this was

not my choice.

My then wife decided that she didn't want to be married anymore.

And in the state of Texas, that is completely permitted.

It's been the most heartbreaking experience in my life.

What I consider to be my deepest personal failure, and just so you know my opinions on

parenting and families.

I've not changed.

I've always believed that children need a mom and a dad that divorce is horrible.

And I still believe that children need a mom and a dad and that divorce is horrible.

But in today's legal system, my beliefs don't matter.

In Texas, divorces permitted when one party wants it, period.

So for well over a year, well over a year, in the best interest, as well as physical safety

of my children, we've decided to keep this issue private.

To resolve it privately with the appropriate attorneys, what have you, legal jargon.

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