Disgraced “7th Heaven” star Stephen Collins has allegedly married a “superfan” after his monumental fall from grace – and the girl is alleged to be 40 years his junior.
Collins, 77, was dubbed “America’s Dad” throughout his 10-year tenure as Reverend Eric Camden on the favored WB household drama. However his world – and popularity – got here crashing down in 2014 when it was found he had been investigated for youngster intercourse abuse.
In a brand new ID docuseries titled “Hollywood Demons,” it was revealed the place Collins has been for the reason that surprising scandal pressured him to go away Hollywood in disgrace.
In keeping with the documentary, Collins resides in Fairfield, Iowa with a 37-year-old “7th Heaven” “superfan” named Jenny Nagel.
“Stephen Collins now lives with a woman who is 40 years younger than him,” Dr. Drew Pinsky claimed within the upcoming particular, which premieres Monday, March 24. “She was a superfan.”
“The age difference — given what we know about his history — certainly raises an eyebrow,” Dr. Pinsky added. “Let’s hope he can commit to this woman and not perpetrate on others.”
The “All the President’s Men” actor was first linked to Nagel in 2019, per Every day Mail. The outlet claimed Collins and Nagel acquired married. It additionally reported that the pair often attend transcendental meditation classes collectively.
Collins himself didn’t take part within the premiere “Hollywood Demons” episode – titled “Stephen Collins, America’s Dad.” The present’s producers reportedly reached out to “more than 100 contacts” linked to the disgraced actor, however “nearly everyone declined to participate or did not respond.”
Though not one of the foremost solid members who performed Collins’ seven youngsters on “7th Heaven” seem within the particular, two former solid members – Jeremy London and Kyle Searles – are featured reacting to the recording of Collins speaking about exposing himself to minors and his follow-up “20/20” interview with Katie Couric later that very same month.
“I’m kind of like shaking right now,” Searles, 39, stated whereas watching the footage.
Searles, who appeared because the Camden household’s pal Mac on the present, additionally defined that it was his first time watching the “20/20” interview as a result of when the scandal first broke, “It was me just trying to ‘stick your head in the sand’ kind of thing.”
“This is the first time that I’ve ever thought that he’s full of s–t,” he continued. “I’m not satisfied with this, I have, like, a knot in my stomach. My whole world changed when I had kids, my whole worldview.”
“I think that goes without being said, but you know what I mean,” Searles added. “I just think that I put him up on a professional pedestal a bit too much.”
As for London – who joined “7th Heaven” in Season 7 as a fellow minister – he stated, “Stephen Collins was most certainly America’s dad, I wanted him to be my dad.”
He continued, “I was hearing some buzz but [thinking], ‘There’s not a chance in hell my Steve Collins is being accused of these things. You don’t accuse saints of things.’”
“It’s tough, it’s hard. I’m a dad first and foremost, above everything else,” London, 52, added. “So, my first thought goes to the children. Stephen Collins would be a dead man if that was my child.”
Collins first got here underneath fireplace in 2014 when TMZ revealed a recording from a wedding counseling session the actor had along with his then-wife, actress Faye Grant. He admitted to sexually abusing three underage women from 1973 to 1994.
He then denied being drawn to younger women throughout his subsequent interview with Couric on “20/20.”
“I’m a flawed person,” Collins advised Couric on the time. “In the church, it’s actually one of the things I love about the church. It’s really one of the main things about the Christian faith. Christ said in so many ways, ‘Bring me that which about you is broken, bring it,’ and most people are broken in some way.”
“Most people get to, or have to, or choose to hide it,” he continued. “This came out. I didn’t choose this to come out. I didn’t want to have to deal with these things publicly. I had dealt with them very, very strongly, and committedly, in my private life, but I think I’m a human being with flaws and I’ve done everything I can to address it.”
Though an investigation was launched into the claims in opposition to Collins in 2012, no expenses had been introduced in opposition to him.
Collins’ rep didn’t instantly reply to the Publish’s request for remark.
