Dion Derrico says he felt ‘anger and hatred’ from ex Karen

Doubling with Derrickos alum deon derrick Talking openly about the consequences of separation from his ex-wife Karen Derrick.

“There was a falling out to the point where I told her I didn’t want a relationship between[her]and me anymore,” Deon, 55, exclusively reveals. us weekly Speaking about his relationship with Karen, 46, after their separation in 2024, he said that they decided to raise their 14 children under one roof for two years. after their divorce.

“We were trying to make it work for the kids,” he recalls. “I know I was very committed and devoted to her. She seemed to be the same way. But we just had problems and, you know, financial problems, you name it.”

Although Karen suggested they try couples therapy to improve their co-parenting dynamic, they continued to grow apart. Karen also reportedly pressed Deion about whether he was seeing another woman, which led to a transparent conversation between them.

“(She) just kept asking me that and saying, ‘I can handle it, tell me. If that’s the case then I can handle it.’ And then I just said, ‘Yes, my love interest is somewhere else, but I don’t want it to affect you and my kids,'” he recalls, noting that he has had a “special friend” in his life for about a year. “And, of course, you know, he had moments of crying. It felt like a Kumbaya moment. We were really transparent. I told him it wasn’t her. We just drifted apart. I’m not blaming anyone.”

According to Deon, Karen eventually decided it was best for him to move out.

“I helped him get out, and that was on April 3 (2026),” he adds. “The very next day, I found out she was telling several lies, and I addressed those issues with her. And everything went down very quickly.”

Although Deon felt he and Karen were in a good situation, he says he saw “anger and hatred” in his ex-wife when she moved out with their seven children.

“I just kept telling him, ‘Hey, look, I need peace.’ I am a peace-loving person by nature,” he says, recalling the day when Karen allegedly did not allow him to meet her with the care of one of her sons.

“I went to their house to pick up three boys who were in their care to get their hair cut, and then when I brought them back to drop them off, I asked to see one of my sons. She refused to let me see her, and I then said, ‘Don’t do this, don’t play this game. We’ve never done this before,’ which we haven’t,” he recalls, adding that they were “always supportive” of each other as parents, despite being romantically off. Have been.

exiled children share Darien18, Derrick, 13, twins Denver and Dallas, 12, quintuplets Denico, Darriz, Deoni, DeSean and Dayton, 10, Diaz and Dyer, 6, and triplets DeSean, De’Aren and Diver, 4.

“When he did that, I knew something was wrong,” he says of her alleged behavior, adding that Karen filed a temporary protective order against Deion the next day.

“After it happened, I couldn’t believe it, because she said threatening things to me and said things that made me question my life as well. I even told my mother, on a few occasions, probably in January, that if anything happened to me, to see Karen, because I was feeling that level of anger and hatred from her,” he claims, adding that as far as she was concerned, they were “on the same page” about their relationship.

“My daughters noticed it too. They started sleeping in the room with me. So she and I were sleeping in separate rooms, and my daughter started staying in my room with me and closing the door,” says Deon.

We Reached out to representatives for Karen and TLC for comment.

Karen was Recently arrested in Las Vegas He was charged with harassment, violating a restraining order, preventing a witness from testifying by threatening violence and aggravated stalking, according to records viewed online. We On Wednesday, June 24. Prosecutors accused him of sending emails to Dion in which he threatened to kill her and their children. She also allegedly tried to prevent Deion from attending a court hearing regarding the temporary protection order she requested.

Karen was arraigned on felony charges on Tuesday, June 23, and pleaded not guilty.

“The allegations are completely false.” “And we will prove that they were completely fabricated by Mr. Derrico.”

His lawyer said, “We are in the process of proving that these emails are crude frauds committed by the alleged victim and were never sent by my client.” jess marches said in a statement We. “We have retained a forensic expert who is uncovering major inconsistencies in her story.”

Karen was released from custody on $2,000 bond and was fitted with an ankle monitor. His next hearing is to be held on August 6.

Karen and Deon became famous on the TLC reality series Doubling with DerrickosWhich documented the former couple’s life parenting their 14 children. The show ran for five seasons from 2020 to 2024.