Jeff Lewis reveals daughter Monroe, three, is having ‘behavior’ issues at school

Jeff Lewis revealed his worst fear that his three-year-old daughter Monroe is having ‘behavior’ issues at school amid an ongoing custody battle with ex Gage Edward.

The 50-year-old reality star updated listeners on his SiriusXM Jeff Lewis Live show when he recalled picking up Monroe from school where administrators confronted him about concerns.

He recalled picking up his daughter one day at school: ‘Out come the two administrators [without] Monroe and I’m like, “What the f***?” And they say, “Can we talk to you for a minute? … We’re very concerned about Monroe. We’re concerned about her behavior.”‘

Lewis said the school’s officials continued: ‘She’s been crying, she’s confused, she doesn’t know who’s picking her up … there’s been a little bit of a regression.’

Jeff was at the school with his ex Scott Anderson following a therapy session between the former couple to see if they could work things out. 

‘I’m like, “Oh my God.” And then it’s just on my face — I’m concerned, I’m worried,’ he said. ‘They went back to get her and honestly if [Scott] wasn’t there, I probably would’ve started crying because I’m very, very worried about Monroe.’ 

His therapist had encouraged Jeff and Scott to ‘keep things light’ at home while they navigate new terrain.

‘There’s never a f***ing light day here. It’s dark every day,’ he said. ‘There’s no light day. There’s no light evening. There’s no light dinners. Nothing’s f***ing light.’  

The Flipping Out star recently shared that he’s looking into a psychologist for his little one due to the ‘ridiculous’ saga with Gage as they shell out thousands of dollars in legal fees to figure out the right situation for Monroe.

Lewis and Edward split in January 2019 after a nearly decade long relationship and have since publicly battled over Monroe’s situation in separate households.

After another arduous court situation where Gage attempted to receive 2-2-3 custody (two nights for Gage, two nights for Jeff and then switching off for three nights between each parent,) Jeff admitted to seeing ‘some very noticeable changes in the last 30 days’ with his daughter. 

‘I don’t think Monroe going three nights without seeing him or three nights without seeing me is very good idea,’ he said. ‘Now, I don’t know if he’s paying attention at all to Monroe’s behavior.

‘We went from, uh, two nights a week with Gage to three nights … she immediately became, and she’s an independent child, very, very clingy to me, needy, uh, constantly asking me where I am, where am I coming back? Can I put her down to nap? Will I wake her up from nap? I’m not going anywhere, right. Can I watch you from the monitor?’ 

The Flipping Out star argued ‘this is not my kid’ with Monroe’s recent behavioral changes. 

‘My kid doesn’t act like this and she’s been crying a lot,’ he added. ‘There’s been a lot of tantrums and all of this. This could have, you know, this could have something to do with school as well, but I noticed that it was almost immediate once the third day was added.’

Monroe was actually expelled from her Montessori preschool last fall after Jeff criticized the school on his Radio Andy Show. 

Then at her next school, Jeff claimed that his daughter was bullied by another toddler who pushed her down on the playground.

‘And I’m now considering, um, uh, hiring a child psychologist to come in and maybe talk to her or observe her,’ he said. ‘Cause I’m concerned.’ 

Jeff and Gage welcomed their little girl into the world via surrogate on Oct. 25, 2016, a birth which saw its own legal battles after the woman who carried the child filed a lawsuit against the couple and Flipping Out‘s production company, Authentic Entertainment for unlawful recording, invasion of privacy and fraud.

The surrogate, Alexandra Trent, claimed the show had filmed her delivery without permission, but later dismissed all claims in 2018.