Jenny Mollen Defends 'Toxic Boyfriend' Caption About 12-Year-Old Son After Backlash
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Updated · BuzzFeed · Jun 2
Jenny Mollen Defends 'Toxic Boyfriend' Caption About 12-Year-Old Son After Backlash
2 articles · Updated · BuzzFeed · Jun 2
Summary
June 8 brought Mollen’s direct response: in a new Substack essay, she said critics wrongly branded her a “child molester” over a photo of her hugging 12-year-old son Sid.
She doubled down on the caption — “Your eldest son will be the most toxic boyfriend you ever have” — arguing it was a long-running joke about the one-sided devotion and approval-seeking parenthood demands.
The backlash grew after she posted the bed photo and after an earlier essay described Sid texting a 12-year-old girl, with Mollen joking she wanted to intervene and that the girl “wasn’t even hotter than me.”
Mollen said the image captured a mother trying to hold onto closeness as her children grow more independent, a shift she linked to broader upheaval after her split from Jason Biggs last month.