Flipping Out star Jeff Lewis has continued to broadcast the details of his bitter custody battle with his ex Gage Edward over their three-year-old daughter Monroe.
Jeff, 50, claimed he asked Gage how much child support he wanted, prompting Gage to text: ‘How dare you try to bribe me?’
On his Radio Andy show this week Jeff fumed that ‘I will say something with pure intentions and he misinterprets it like I have, like as an insult or an attack.’
The way they were: Flipping Out star Jeff Lewis (right) has continued to broadcast the details of his bitter custody battle with his ex Gage Edward (left) over their daughter Monroe, three
Gage’s only public response to Jeff’s new remarks was to tell People: ‘I cannot comment on pending litigation.’
‘We’ve been in contact for the last couple weeks and it’s been very civil, friendly but then of course, me, who you know, I really just want to resolve all these issues and move past this, and so I started bringing it up, which was probably a bad idea.’
Jeff added: ‘But I did say: “You know, what is it that you want? Like, what is – just tell me what you want.” He’s like, you know, and he goes like: “I want 50% custody.”‘
The reality star continued: ‘”Okay, but the financial end of things we’ve never talked about before,” I said. “But now that’s apparently an issue for you, because you told me you didn’t want child support but now you do. What are you looking for?”‘
To hear him tell it: Jeff, 50, claimed he asked Gage how much child support he wanted, prompting Gage to text: ‘How dare you try to bribe me?’
Jeff noted that ‘then there’s that other lawsuit, the civil lawsuit, the hundred grand, all of that, he wants attorney’s fees, whatever.’
Gage has sued Jeff to the tune of $125,000 for alleged breach of an oral contract, The Blast reported this March citing court documents.
The suit claims that Gage loaned Jeff $125,000 during their relationship and that Jeff has ‘failed to repay Plaintiff the money owed.’
Jeff said on Radio Andy this week that he wanted to find out from Gage: ‘What do you want? And let me see if I can do that.’
Father and daughter: Gage is pictured in an Instagram snap with Monroe
His assessment of himself was that he was ‘trying to be generous. This is me trying to move past this and solve all these problems. Well, a couple hours later he sent me a couple really nasty texts, like: “How dare you try to bribe me?” I’m like: “This is not a bribe. This is me trying to settle things. This is me trying to mediate.”‘
Jeff confessed that ‘many times over the last year’ he has ‘had feelings for him and I feel like I have regret and, you know, and I go through it, and especially when we have like really nice exchanges and things like that.’
However the recent texts Gage sent him on ‘I think it was Sunday or Monday’ have persuaded Jeff ‘that this is where I’m supposed to be, like not with him. Because what he’ll do is, and I remember this so distinctly – I will say something with pure intentions and he misinterprets it, like I have, like as an insult or an attack.’
Happier moment: Jeff and Gage are pictured together with their little girl, whom they have been fighting over legally
Jeff explained on his radio show: ‘It’s such a dealbreaker for me that it just like: “Ugh! This is what I can’t stand!”‘
Gage and Jeff broke up last year after a decade together and have since been wrangling over both money and custody of Monroe.
Shortly after his split from Gage, Jeff briefly dated a chiropractor, and in September he went public as an item with his latest beau Scott Anderson.
Erstwhlie couple: Jeff went public with his new beau Scott Anderson in September of last year but three weeks ago he announced on the radio that they were through
However on his Radio Andy show three weeks ago Jeff announced that he and Scott have decided to close the curtain on their romance.
Jeff has frequently aired out the details of his personal and legal problems on his SiriusXM Radio program for Radio Andy.
His indiscretion has led to trouble before as when he blasted Monroe’s posh Montessori preschool last year, resulting in her expulsion.