‘Doubling Down With the Derricos’ Stars Karen and Deon Are Divorced

Published: 1:29 PM PDT, June 14, 2024

Karen and Deon Derrico of TLC‘s Doubling Down With the Derricos have reportedly called it quits. On Friday, TMZ reported that the reality star couple filed for divorce on June 4 and received the judgment two days later on June 6.

According to the court documents, obtained by the outlet, the former couple is splitting legal and physical custody of their 13 minor children equally. Deon will pay $1,166 a month in child support while Karen bears the responsibility of the kids’ medical insurance.

The pair’s oldest child, Darian, isn’t mentioned in the divorce filing because she’s 18 years old.

Karen gave birth to all 14 of her children naturally, which included two single births (Darian, 18, and Derek, 13), twins (Dallas and Denver, 12), quintuplets (Deonee, Daician, Daiten, Deniko and Dariz, 10), twins (Diez and Dior, 6) and triplets (Dawsyn, De’Aren and Dyver, 4).

The family’s reality series, Doubling Down With the Derricos, has chronicled their family life since 2020. 

In 2022, Karen and Deon spoke with ET about the possibility of having a 15th child. 

“No, that diaper bag is not being hung up,” Karen said. “I don’t feel complete. I don’t think we are 100 percent complete.”

Deon echoed those sentiments. “[I] think when you have created — what I think we have created — in this home, the love, the amount of love, I could just never get tired of.”

The idea of adding another child also made Karen emotional.

“I would have never thought that not only would he have given me 14 amazing children,” she said as she started choking back tears, “but 14 really, like, good … I just want the best for all of them.”

The divorce filing doesn’t mention an unborn child, so it seems the Derricos decided against adding another baby to their brood.

The most recent season of Doubling Down With the Derricos follows the formerly Las Vegas-based family as they move into their fixer-upper home.

New episodes chronicle Karen and Deon as they handle Darian wanting to live out her dreams in New York City; Derrick being ready to shave; Dallas and Denver starting their journey with puberty; and Deonee, Daician, Daiten, Deniko and Dariz trailing close behind their big brothers in the “girl crazy” department as Diez, Dior, Dawsyn, De’Aren and Dyver continue growing up fast.

Doubling Down With the Derricos airs Tuesdays on TLC.

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