Jeff Lewisis making strides in the surrogacy process.
The 51-year-oldFlipping Outalum offered anupdate on his SiriusXMradio showJeff LewisLivethis week, sharing that thesurrogate he matched withon his road to expanding his family is going through medical evaluations.
“It’s been confirmed: My future surrogate flew from Phoenix last night to Orange County and she’s at the fertility clinic today. She’s getting all of her medical clearances,” he says. “This is really happening.”
Lewis is already dad to 5-year-old daughterMonroe Christine. He jokes that he’ll be “a little bit more discerning, though, when Ichoose the godparents this time,” hinting at his falling out with Jenni Pulos (the othergodparent is Chaz Dean). “That didn’t work out,” says Lewis.
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In September, Lewis said on his show, “Imatched with a new surrogate. I like her a lot. We’re actually in the contract phase.” The interior designer went on to say that he has already had “serious” conversations with co-host Megan Weaver about his situation, particularly when it comes to deciding which embryo the surrogate should use.
“So Megan was giving me really serious advice — she’s a mother of three,” he explained. “She gave me some really good sound advice and I said, ‘To be honest with you, Megan, I really want both of them.’ "
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Trent dismissed all claims anddropped the lawsuit, which also named Bravo and Authentic Entertainment, in March 2019 shortly after Lewis hadsplitwith Edward following a decade together.
This past May, Lewis announced he and Edward had agreed to split custody of Monroe after what he called a"contentious” 26-month custody battlewith his ex.
source: people.com
