Bringing Up Bates alum Katie Bates’ husband, Travis Clark, admitted that he had been untrue of their marriage.
“That is exhausting to put in writing, however I owe the reality and I owe an apology. I used to be untrue to my spouse,” Clark, 24, wrote in an announcement shared through his Instagram Tales on Saturday, January 17. “I had an affair and repeatedly broke her belief. There isn’t any excuse for what I did.”
He added, “This was my failure and my duty alone. I do know that phrases don’t start to precise the harm I triggered or the depth of the harm I’ve introduced into her life, however I’m really sorry.”
Bates, 25, and Clark have been married since December 2021, later welcoming youngsters Hailey and Harvey in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
“I’m sorry for the ache, humiliation and betrayal I triggered my spouse by means of my selections,” the nursing pupil continued in his social media assertion. “I perceive that an apology doesn’t restore what I broke and forgiveness shouldn’t be one thing I deserve or can ask for.”
Clark additional revealed that he’s “taking duty” for his actions by looking for an undisclosed kind of assist.
“I’m taking duty by getting assist and doing the work to alter and change into a extra sincere and accountable man, no matter [the] consequence,” Clark mentioned. “I ask for privateness and style for Katie as she processes this in her personal time.”
Bates has not publicly addressed Clark’s confession. Us Weekly has reached out for remark.
Hours earlier than Clark’s admission, Bates revealed that she had suffered a being pregnant loss.
“I’ll spend the remainder of my life lacking you,” she wrote through Instagram on Friday, January 17, sharing footage from her being pregnant. Bates included clips of Clark on the time, highlighting the second they discovered that they have been anticipating earlier than being seen crying in a hospital room.
Katie is one in all Gil and Kelly Jo Bates’ 19 kids, who adopted in her well-known household’s custom of courtship. Us solely confirmed in 2020 that Katie began courting Clark after assembly by means of mutual buddies after they have been each 19.
“Travis and his household are lively of their native church and likewise journey collectively to sing, so our households have been in a position to go to at close by live shows and church occasions,” Katie instructed Us on the time. “Travis and I are so grateful that the Lord, not solely allowed our paths to cross, however that now we have been in a position to start this new section of our journey collectively.”
She continued, “Travis made the night [he asked to court me] so particular, and proper now, I really feel just like the luckiest lady on the planet.”
Clark finally relocated from his native New Jersey to Katie’s residence state in Tennessee. They received engaged in April 2021, tying the knot the next December.
“At the present time has been value the entire ready, the entire dreaming and even value the entire work of marriage ceremony planning, with its occasional stresses and anxieties,” Katie and Clark instructed Us after their marriage ceremony day. “It’s been value each second, and we actually can’t imagine we are literally married! We all know we nonetheless have quite a bit to study marriage and relationships, however we’re excited to spend our lives studying and rising collectively.”
