Jennifer 'JWoww' Farley's ex Roger Mathews sticks up for Jersey Shore star after social media trolls attack their co-parenting skills
He was lambasted by his estranged wife in April for letting a friend watch their kids while he partied.
But now Roger Mathews is defending his former wife, Jersey's Shores Jennifer 'JWoww' Farley from online trolls criticizing her parenting.
The 43-year-old truck driver opened up about his 33-year-old reality star wife in an Instagram post featuring their two adorable children, four-year-old Meilani and three-year-old Greyson.
Sticking up for her: Roger Mathews, 43, defended his Jersey Shore star ex-wife Jennifer 'JWoww' Farley, 33, after trolls attacked their co-parenting skills
The post, which was published Monday morning, featured a video of Roger arriving home in the evening with the two tots snoozing in the backseat.
An accompanying selfie showed him shirtless in bed as he cuddled up with Meilani and Greyson, who were already in their pajamas.
'Happy Memorial Day everyone,' he began,' There seems to be an overflow of negative comments both toward me and toward Jenni on many of my posts still.'
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'I’m a big boy and a proud supporter of free speech, I can take it. Jenni also has tough skin and can take it however the comments as to who the better parent is, or who spends more time our children are unnecessary.
'I accept my responsibility in the divide I caused In the eyes of the public but I’ll always post about my children and if we can move past the negativity certainly it wouldn’t be to much to ask for everyone else too. We both love our children emphatically and always will. It takes far more effort and energy to be negative than it does to be positive. Enjoy this beautiful day,' he concluded.
Staying strong: 'I’m a big boy and a proud supporter of free speech, I can take it. Jenni also has tough skin and can take it however the comments as to who the better parent is, or who spends more time our children are unnecessary,' said Roger; JWoww pictured Saturday
Postive mindset: 'We both love our children emphatically and always will. It takes far more effort and energy to be negative than it does to be positive. Enjoy this beautiful day,' he concluded
Exhausted: The post, which was published Monday morning, featured a video of Roger arriving home in the evening with the two tots snoozing in the backseat
While her ex was home with the kids, JWoww spent Memorial Day in Las Vegas with her new beau, professional wrestler Zack Clayton Carpinello, 24.
The couple made their red carpet debut at the Hakkasan night club following the Double or Nothing Live wrestling event at the MGM Grand's Garden Arena.
The Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star posted her own photos of the Vegas getaway to Instagram, but the comments were peppered with attacks from people criticizing her for dating too soon following her September 2018 divorce filing and for letting her children meet her boyfriend.
The couple's relationship was first announced in April, though they've known each other longer than that, and he was a guest at her 2015 wedding to Mathews.
New love: While her ex was home with the kids, JWoww spent Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas with her new beau, professional wrestler Zack Clayton Carpinello, 24; pictured Saturday
Though Roger and JWoww were able to spend Easter together this year, the couple have still squabbled publicly on social media.
The reality star criticized her ex in late April with a now-deleted Instagram post for his parenting choice.
Roger had shared a video of himself having a fun night out with friends, which he said was a 'rare dad night out' which had been planned in advance.
It was his day with the kids though, so he'd left them with a friend, but Jenni didn't buy his explanation.
'When you find out on Wednesday your kids will be with someone other than their father over the weekend because he wants to rage during HIS time because it's been planned "for months,"' she vented on social media.
She added some rolling eyes emojis to the post and added: 'Loving all your "dad posts," Please keep over posting… really shows how "involved you are."'
Tense relations: Though they managed to spend Easter together, JWoww criticized Roger for leaving the kids with a friend while he partied in April
Smoothing it over: But there don't seem to be any hard feelings, and he shared two photos of her dressed as Belle from Beauty And The Beast for Mother's Day
There don't seem to be any hard feelings though, as Roger offered his love to hi ex-wife in a Mother's Day post from May 12.
He shared two photos of the reality star playing with their two children.
JWoww was dressed up as Belle from Disney's Beauty And The Beast with her blue farmhouse dress, whereas Meilani had on a sweet costume of Belle's golden ball gown from later in the animated film.
Another photo showed her displaying a proud gaze while holding Greyson, who was diagnosed with autism last fall.
