A “hot mom” who loves getting cosmetic surgery and wearing sexy clothes has hit back at critics who say she’s a gold digger and a neglectful parent just because of her looks.
Jen Ferguson, 31, from New York, was 19 when she had her son Levi. More than a decade later, she is expecting her second child with husband Stephen Donnelly, 43, with whom she shares two stepsons, Parker and Lincoln.
“People judge me as a hot mom,” she shared on a new episode of Truly’s My Extraordinary Family. “They assume I’m a bad mother for showing skin. I’m still an amazing mom. I’ll just show you. ‘
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Jen Ferguson, 31, of New York, opened up about being judged a “hot mom” in a new episode of Truly’s My Extraordinary Family.
Ferguson raises their son Levi and their two stepsons Parker and Lincoln with her husband Stephen Donnelly. She is now pregnant with her second child, her first with Donnelly
Ferguson described her style as “very trendy” and said she likes to look younger than her actual age.
“I’m 31 but I like to dress like the young girls. I just like to feel sexy. That’s my vibe,” she explained, though she noted she’d toned down her outfits a bit during pregnancy.
“Now that I’m carrying this baby, I don’t like wearing super tight all the time. I’ll wear some more I guess, “Mom like,” she said, pulling a purple blouse from her closet.
“It’s no fun,” she added. “I’ll make sure to unbutton it a bit.”
Ferguson shared some of her favorite outfits including a zebra print blouse and ties, which she wears open with a bra underneath and a black Playboy bunny suit.
Ferguson explained that people often assume she’s a “bad mom” because she dresses like that
The expectant mother of two likes to wear low-cut blouses, mini skirts and cropped tops
“I’m still an amazing mom. I just show it,” she said of her form-fitting outfits
“It’s fun to show a little bit of skin and a little bit of cleavage,” she pointed out. [But] I was judged for wearing that and stuff like that. I think their biggest problem is they think I’m a mother, I have sons, I shouldn’t show that, but come on. We all have a breast. We all have a body.”
The soon-to-be mom-of-two’s aesthetic has garnered her nearly 225,000 followers on TikTok, where she’s flaunted her hot mommy outfits and clapped back to critics who didn’t agree.
“I honestly think a lot of women are jealous because they don’t have the confidence that I have,” she said. “And confidence doesn’t mean that I’m so into myself and everything. It just means I’m confident in who I am and it’s taken many years to get here. People either love my style or hate it, but I just live with it.”
Ferguson credited the plastic surgery for boosting her confidence, but she admitted that’s another thing she gets criticism for.
“In 2015 I had my first cosmetic procedure, which was my first breast reduction,” she said. “I love having plastic surgery because it makes me feel more confident, and some people aren’t okay with that.
“I honestly think a lot of women are jealous because they don’t have the confidence that I have,” Ferguson explained
Ferguson, who got her first breast job in 2015, credited the plastic surgery with boosting her confidence
Ferguson’s aesthetic has garnered her nearly 225,000 followers on TikTok, where she flaunts her hot mommy outfits and claps at critics who don’t agree
Describing her style as “very trendy,” Ferguson said she likes to look younger than her actual age, although she did realize she toned down her outfits a bit during pregnancy
“They say, ‘Why would you do that? It’s so vain.” But you know what? I have insecurities like probably every other woman in the world. And for me, if I can afford it and I’m able to do it, I… do it.’
Recalling how her family struggled financially growing up, Ferguson said her mother was “broke” and they “lived on food stamps.” She said that’s why she’s always worked hard to give her son “what he deserves.”
“A lot of people say I want Stephen for his money and they assume because he’s 12 years older than me,” she explained. “He’s successful, but honestly I love him because I love him.”
The couple have a blended family and Donnelly noted that his son Lincoln has been friends with Levi since kindergarten.
“My family didn’t respond very well to my relationship with Jen,” he admitted. “You are very stubborn. They are very old fashioned. They are very old fashioned. It is what it is.
She donned a purple blouse that looked more “mom-like” during the episode, and explained that she would make sure to “unbutton it a little” if she wore it
“Moms are hot too,” she insisted. ‘Like what, so I had kids and I can’t be hot anymore? How no way’
Ferguson shared that she’s also been accused of being a gold digger for marrying Donnelly, who is 12 years her senior, saying, “I love him because I love him.”
Donnelly admitted his family “didn’t respond very well to his relationship with Ferguson,” but he added that he “couldn’t have a better stepmom for the boys.”
“You know, at the end of the day I obviously love her. i love our family I couldn’t ask for a better stepmom for the boys.”
Both Levi and Lincoln said they have no problem with how Ferguson dresses, despite what other people may think.
“All my friends have a crush on my mom, as do they all. I’m not even joking when I say that. Sometimes she wears dresses that are as short as very short,” Levi said.
“But honestly, I don’t care because if she dressed and acted differently, she would be different than she is now, and I don’t want anything different than who she is now.”
Adding that he thinks his stepmom is “pretty cool,” Lincoln said, “I’m not really embarrassed about what she puts on TikTok. I do not mind. To be honest, I think it’s cool.”
Ferguson said most of the negative reactions she gets come from people a decade or so older.
Ferguson’s son Levi insisted he’s not embarrassed by the way his mum dresses, although he admitted she wears “very short” clothes and all his friends have “very crushes” on her
“I don’t care because if she dressed and acted differently, she would be different than she is now, and I don’t want anything different than who she is now,” he explained
At the end of the episode, she and her husband treated their children to pedicures at a local salon, where they met their mother, Andrea
When asked what she thought of her daughter being a hot mom, Andrea replied, “She just can’t help it.”
“You can’t go wrong with having a cool mom,” Ferguson said
“Usually people’s reactions depend on their age. It’s when we start hitting like 40, 45,” she said. “They love to say I shouldn’t do that and I shouldn’t squirt my lips and it looks awful and you’re a mom and I think who cares that I’m a mom?
“Moms are hot too. Like what, so I had kids and I can’t be hot anymore? Like no way.’
She added that she believes her lifestyle and interests actually make her a “better mom.” At the end of the episode, she and her husband treated their children to pedicures at a local salon, where they met their mother, Andrea.
When asked what she thought of her daughter being a hot mom, Andrea replied, “She just can’t help it.”
Ferguson noted that she believes her kids would be more likely to be bullied for having a “frumpy, old, not cool mom” than if they had her as a parent.
“You can’t go wrong when you have a cool mom,” she said. “Haters motivate me. They keep me evolving into who I am. And when I’m confident, mind your business.”