2 years ago
37
Karamo Brown Comes to Fun Realization About Late Grandmother
Karamo opened up astir a frightening infinitesimal arsenic a parent.
The Queer Eye star revealed that his son Jason, 25, suffered from a cause overdose astir 2 years ago—something Karamo has "never talked astir publicly."
"Today, I'm going to beryllium precise susceptible with you all," Karamo said successful a preview clip for the Oct. 27 occurrence of Karamo. "Almost 2 years ago, I recovered my oldest lad Jason, lying connected the floor, dying from a cause overdose."
The 41-year-old continued with tears successful his eyes, "And I was terrified. I was astir to suffer my son. I didn't cognize what to do. I was successful shock."
Reflecting connected the scary situation, Karamo shared with viewers, "For anybody other who's retired determination that's going done this stuff, determination are radical retired determination that privation to assistance you."
As seen successful the preview clip, Jason joins his dada for an interrogation during the episode, wherever helium volition sermon what helium remembers astir that day.
Karamo learned helium was begetter to Jason erstwhile his lad was 10-years-old, erstwhile Karamo received a subpoena for kid support, per Parents.
"My past woman successful precocious school—when I was 15—became large with my kid but did not archer me," Karamo told the outlet, noting of the subpoena, "I was confused, sad, angry, and weirdly excited to beryllium a dad, but felt mislaid nonetheless."
Karamo past took afloat custody of Jason and, aft aboriginal learning of Jason's half-brother Chris, the TV property took ineligible guardianship of him successful 2011.
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
In fact, embracing his relation arsenic a begetter besides affected his ain acquisition with drugs and alcohol. The E! analogous told the outlet his kids were a origin successful him deciding to shingle his "functioning addict" tendencies.
"It wasn't until I became a dada that I asked myself however would I consciousness if my lad had the aforesaid narration with drugs and intoxicant arsenic I did," Karamo told Parents. "I discontinue and person ne'er looked back."
As for his attack to parenting, Karamo expressed the value of listening successful a 2021 interrogation with Yahoo Life's So Mini Ways.
"When it comes to my kids oregon erstwhile it comes to talking to different parents, I'm like, ‘You've got to let radical to archer you what they're experiencing.' Create the signifier for radical to fto radical successful and to let them to say, 'Hey, this is what I'm feeling,'" helium said. "And past the 2nd happening is to judge them."
For the latest breaking quality updates, click present to download the E! News App
