'Raising Sextuplets' Couple Had Long History of Fighting

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 29th 2010 04:00PM

The 'Raising Sextuplets' family were a picture-perfect model for happiness, but now after learning of the breakup, a long and ugly history of fighting between the couple was revealed.

According to PEOPLE, Jenny and Bryan Masche said back in April 2009 even before the cameras turned on that their marriage was far from perfect and that they had already entered marriage counseling.

"We knew marriage was going to be hard no matter what," Jenny said back then when talking about their brutal fights. "We have some ground rules...[including] never go to bed angry. So, there [are] some fights we're up really, really, really late or even all night."

Although friends and family were surprised about their split, some relatives blamed the move from Lake Havusu, AZ to Destin, FL for changing everything.

"I have no idea why they did it," said Jenny's uncle, Sergio Bustamante in Arizona. "There's more support here."

Others like Jenny's brother, Jeff Simbric, thought there was "too much interference from outside people."

"I don't think they put a lot of thought into it," Simbric added.

In the meantime, the couple is back home in Arizona at their parents' homes where they can possibly rehab their relationship.

Jennifer filed for legal separation from her husband, Bryan, earlier this month after his arrest for domestic violence in Arizona. Masche is seeking sole custody of the couple's children.

According to court records, Masche filed the petition days after Bryan was arrested at her father's home in Cape Verde on Sept. 11 after the pair fought over where to take the children on a trip. In 911 calls, Jennifer's father made comments that hinted the couple was already nearing separation.

When asked whether Masche had become physical with Jenny, the father-in-law said no, but that "she doesn't want him to leave because if he takes three and then he files [for separation], then she's got three kids here and three kids there and then all of a sudden it becomes a bargaining tool."

Court records filed earlier this month in Yavapai County show she is seeking primary custody of the children, who were born in June 2007, with reasonable visitation rights for their father.

Back in 2009, Bryan and Jenny admitted that raising six young children was difficult and caused tension between them. "We have totally brutal fights," Jenny told PEOPLE.

The couple were a "work in progress" and hoped to resolve their marital problems. "When you understand that there's no way out of marriage, that forces you to work on your marriage. If we're going to be stuck with each other for the next 80 years, we better make it good," Bryan added.

The third season for the WE reality series is on hold until further notice.

Tags: bryan masche, Jennifer Masche, raising sextuplets

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Wednesday 29 September

By Nancy

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He was the male version of Kate Gosselin....controlling and nasty. Glad she is getting away from him. Unfortunately for the kids, the parents will probably be fighting over them for the next 18 years.

Thursday 30 September

By Juja

I AGREE 100% THIS MAN IS ANGRY MAN

By Megan

agreed! This man was a ticking time bomb and I have a feeling this isn't the big bang just yet. He's a VERY mean person!
Jenny, Run far and fast. This man will destroy you and your kids. Stay away and if visitation must be given, make sure its supervised. Its only a matter of time before he snaps off and the kids bear the brunt of it.

By kate

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I agree, he is so abusive and mean. If he is stupid enough to behave like that in front of cameras I can only imagine how mean he is when the cameras aren't rolling! LOSER and go Jenny go, you will be fine and blossom once you aren't being abused anymore!!!

By Donna

May be after their divorce, Bryan can date Kate plus 8.
Just a thought, I wouldnt want Kate to go through it, no woman should.
This guy is a time bomb.

By Kookie

Kate and Bryan should get together. They deserve one another. Kate will find out what she put Jon through and how she's ruining her own kids. Living with him would teach her how to appreciate the feelings of other people and not use them as stepping stones to get her own way.

By sandy

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By Lola

I watched that show from time to time and I always wondered how she could deal with such an angry man. It was obvious he had some serious anger issues, issues he couldn't try to fix while on national television. On one episode their marriage couselor even told him no one deserves your rage. Even the way he handled the kids sometimes was rought and impatient.

It's sad yet another broken family.

By Audre

I agree with you and I have watched the programs. Too many cameras I think were also the problem. He moved to Florida to
start a business (with his temper and attitude who would go to
him for advice or do business with him). She made the mistake in
marrying him. He didn't even know how to help her around the house. He should have stayed home and live with his parents. She
made the mistake of marrying him.

By kathy

I agree. He is the nastiest man and so angry. he belittled her all the time. i am so glad she got rid of him. my daughter is in a relationship with a crazy person too and she wont leave him. he ran her over with a car, broke her ankle messed up her knee and ran from the accident and she took him back. a few months later he threw her down the stairs went to jail again for 3 months and took him back again. at least jenny learned before it was to late.

By Nico Toscani

Having six kids at once would make me cranky too.

By marilyn

Its so sad that Jenny and Bryan are separated. They should have never left Arizona since both sides of the family were there for support. Young couples today do not think about the consequences of having multiples let alone the expense of having them. I do understand that many couples today are desperate to have a child and the chances of having one by implanting more than one embryo increase the odds, but having multiples can put a huge strain on a marriage. I hope Jennifer and Bryan will be able to work things out.

By Pamela L. Moore

That was very well said marilyn... Agree with your post, I think you are right in what you said about this couple... I think that having that many babies at once and then moving away like that put even a bigger strain on the couple because they didn't have that family support like they had before...

I hope they find away to work it out too... For themselves and the kids too...

By maria

they left because they are greedy not thinking about the consequences about taping a show about their lifes ,six kids will keep them busy . Thanks God I am not watching this garbage ....but of course we have to deal seeing them in all the tabloids ...aughhhhhh.

By Lori

I agree. It is very sad. I sure hope they can work it out. They are so cute together. Even though Brian has some anger and other issues, he admits to it and is trying to work things out and willingly goes to a therapist. A lot of men wouldn't even do that. I watch the show all of the time. I think the move put way too much stress on them. Besides the loss of family support for the daily caring of the kids, the financial aspect had to be very bad. they should have saved up more money before moving and taking on that challenge of starting Brian's own business. I sure hope he gets his business started and it is very profitable and once they are earning enough money, I bet the stress will be so much less.

By ron

i have a show about a man helping his sisters family out, raising his nephew and working every day any TV station wanna pick it up?lol what they put on television

By Lisa

pretty obvious that multiples of that magnitude ruins your life...take notice...

By BGD

I still don't get why couples continue to do reality shows (besides the money. I mean, is it worth all the money to sacrifice your marriage and family? 99.9% break up during or after the show. I think the only couple I can name that is still together is Mr. & Mrs. Ozzy Osbourne. The rest: Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey, Carmen Electra & Dave Navarro, Jon & Kate Gosselin, the beauty queen and the guy from Blink 182, and many others... ALL are divorced now. Heck, even Hulk & Linda Hogan who were married 20+ years split up after their MTV reality show! Wake up people, can't you see a pattern here?

By Andrijana

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They may be even pumped against each other on some way. TV needs action on screen not boring, same, happy people every day. Who would watch it over and over again, without anything interesting, juicy and explosive, ever?

By Kar

I think that creepy gene simmons is still w/ his wife and that dopey kardashian woman is still happily married to jenner. I think that jenner and scott make the kardashian show at least somewhat entertaining, the mother and her kids are so fake and phoney its pretty ridiculous.

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