“He hasn’t supported me at all in any way,” she continued. “He thinks it’s not his child, and he doesn’t want to have anything to do with it.”
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Soares went on to share that Cerza-Lanaux initially “seemed supportive” of the pregnancy but “things just changed” last December.
“So he was supportive in the beginning, and then it just changed. Like, around December, things just changed, and he was just not interested anymore,” she told Cohen.
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Soares also claimed that on New Year’s Day, she received a text from the deckhand that read, “Don’t go around telling people I’m the dad of this child.” He also said he wanted a DNA test, which Soares agreed to as long as Cerza-Lanaux organized and paid for it.
In a separate one-on-one with Cohen, filmed after the reunion as the deckhand did not make an appearance, Cerza-Lanaux argued that he does want to be in Lilly’s life if he is the father. He shared similar sentiments in anInstagrampost over the weekend.
“I asked for a paternity test, and essentially, that turned into a lot of backlash and her not wanting to hear from me and essentially not having to do anything with me,” he told Cohen. “…And I told her that if this is my child, I want to be a part of that child’s life every single day as much as I can for the rest of her little life or for his life.”
“The fact that people are telling me that I want nothing to do with this child, it’s really tearing me up. Like, all my friends and all my family know the type of person I am and know that I want everything to do with that child, everything, if it is mine,” he continued.
“I want everybody to know, who watches your show, who watches Bravo, who watchesBelow Deck Sailing Yacht, if that is my child, I wanteverythingandanythingto do with that child’s life. Bottom line.”
Cerza-Lanaux said he hopes he and Soares can “co-parent together mutually and have respect for one another” if he is Lilly’s father.
“What I can’t get over is if this is my child, is not being there for her, to watch her grow up, to watch her learn how to eat, to watch her learn how to walk. I can’t get over that,” he said. “And I need you to know that I did support your decision, and I still do.”
source: people.com
