Rascal Flatt member Jay DeMarcus’ memoir, “Shotgun Angels: My Story of Broken Roads and Unshakeable Hope”, came out yesterday . . . and one of the big revelations is that he and a former girlfriend had a baby that they gave up for adoption.
They didn’t plan to get pregnant. In fact, it was the first and ONLY time they had sex, and the condom broke. Quote, “[We] discussed options, like getting married and raising the child, but determined we’d be making that decision for the wrong reason.
“Abortion was never an option, so we began to discuss adoption. It became evident that Maggie wanted nothing to do with me. There was no interest in the two of us somehow working things out so we might raise our child together.”
Jay’s mother offered to raise the baby, but the girlfriend said no. Quote, “From the very beginning, I wanted to be in [my baby’s life.] But her mother didn’t want either one of us in her life. That was a hard pill to swallow.”
He’d love to meet his daughter, but it’s not in his hands. Quote, “The adoptive family was supposed to give her a letter when she turned 14, explaining that I loved her, didn’t abandon her, and have tried several ways to make it possible to be in her life.”
This happened when he was in his early 20s, before Rascal Flatts. He married his wife Allison in 2004. They have two kids: Eight-year-old Madeline, and Dylan, who is six.
