We can’t even begin to imagine some of the pressures facing Jenni “JWoww” Farley and her son Greyson after the little boy’s autism diagnosis.
But now, because of some surprising revelations on the newest episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, we’ve learned the fallout from his diagnosis put a huge strain on the reality TV star’s family — and ultimately, her marriage.
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Now that’s NOT to say Greyson’s autism is at fault for the MTV star’s impending divorce from Roger Mathews, of course. As JWoww noted on Thursday night’s episode, though, the stress and uncertainty that came with it really affected the couple and their growing fam.
The momma of two admitted as much to Deena Nicole Cortese during last night’s ep, saying (below):
“I took the initiative for getting [Greyson] help. That was a huge argument between Roger and I. [He said], ‘He’s fine, he’s fine.’ [Roger] had a nervous breakdown in the pediatrician’s [office]. My heart broke for him because he was like, ‘I just want my son to walk down an aisle and have a family of his own.’ Roger believed that Greyson was a slow learner and he was going to learn on his own. That caused a lot oft tension on our household because we have one parent like, ‘I need to get ahead of this and fix it,’ which is me, and then you got another parent like, ‘What are you doing? It’s not a big deal.'”
Wow!
Obviously, we’re not hearing Roger’s side of the story for how this conversation went down at the time. We know he and JWoww have been at each other’s throats lately — to put it mildly — but it’s interesting to hear how lackadaisical he allegedly appears to have been with his own son’s health issues. Scary!!!
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Even scarier, though, was one particular event early on in the family’s autism battle, well before Greyson was officially diagnosed. It was a particularly bad and scary fit the young boy threw in an airport, which the 33-year-old remembered in her conversation with Deena (below):
“That [fit in the airport], like killed me. I have never experienced anything like that in my life. Greyson scratched his face, smashed my glasses, was head butting me in front of everybody, hitting me, slapping me, biting. I see people recording and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, f**king help me. My son has no idea what he’s doing right now. He’s completely manic, like, freaking.’ I just stated crying, defeated, done. I started bawling.”
That must be so, so scary for a young mother to deal with — especially without knowing what exactly is going on with her son, and trying to manage an incident while bystanders are looking on and taking video, and just… ugh!!!
No matter the situation with her and Roger, and whatever happened between them before the diagnosis, we really feel for Jenni and her entire family as they go through this together. Thankfully, it appears as though things ARE getting better, both for Greyson, and the family as a whole.
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