“Pregnant Man” Thomas Beatie announced on a taped but unaired episode of The Doctors that he split with wife of nine years Nancy before finished his female to male gender reassignment surgery.
Thomas, who used to be a woman named Tracy LaGondino, carried all three of their children (Nancy, Jensen, and Austin) because Nancy was unable to carry a child due to a hysterectomy. He was also able to garner a tabloid-level celebrity off of the “pregnant man” moniker and pictures of himself heavily pregnant while wearing a beard that no doubt helped provide for their growing family.
He didn’t say that he and Nancy are divorcing, but that right now they’re separated, and Nancy hasn’t seen his finished female-to-male surgery.
“Nancy hasn’t seen the new me yet. Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we’re going through a rough patch right now. At the moment, we’re separated.”
This March Thomas admitted in an interview how much of a strain his fame has had on their family:
“We have had death threats, crazies. I’ve been called a freak. The really nasty stuff has come online, with email, Facebook and YouTube. Some of it has just been weird — such as people going to Hallowe’en parties dressed as me, ‘The Pregnant Man.’
“Some of it has been terrifying. One man has made videos pretending he has kidnapped Susan. He has a Susan doll and he hits her over and over. It’s sick.The FBI have been involved and they monitor things for us. The world is full of crazy people and we have to have our wits about us.”
There’s a lot of hate on the internet, but it’s sad when the FBI has to be involved. No doubt the stress of all this has had it’s effect on their marriage.
This episode of The Doctors airs Monday, May 7.
