Jenny Mollen Draws Backlash Over Essay About 2 Sons After 18-Year Marriage Split

1 articles · Updated · BuzzFeed · Jun 2

Jenny Mollen, 47, drew widespread criticism for a May 10 Substack essay about her two sons that framed motherhood as a rivalry with their future partners.
The piece said she wanted her sons to marry women with dead mothers, called them the most emotionally high-maintenance men she had dated, and ended with: "I pray that at least one of them is gay."
Mollen also wrote that she wanted to intervene when her 12-year-old son texted a girl, saying she complained to Jason Biggs that the girl was "not even hotter than me."
The backlash spread across social media and Reddit, where commenters called the essay disturbing and unhinged; Mollen has not publicly responded.
The controversy follows confirmation earlier this month that Mollen and Biggs had split after 18 years of marriage, and after another viral post about her eldest son that she partly deleted.

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