Bringing Up Bates’ Katie Bates Appears to Share First Photo With Husband Travis Clark Since Cheating Scandal
Katie’s post comes a couple weeks after her husband Travis confessed to his infidelity on social media. Bringing Up Bates‘ Katie Bates Clark may have just shared her first photo with husband Travis Clark since he admitted to being unfaithful in their marriage.
On Monday, Feb. 2, the 25-year-old shared pictures of a recent trip to Disney World with her children Hailey, 2, and Harvey, 1, to Instagram. While none of the photos showed Travis’s face, one image appeared to show Katie’s daughter holding her hand alongside that of a man wearing a wedding ring. Fans on Reddit quickly speculated that the mystery man was indeed her husband.
“That is Travis’s hand and the hoodie 🤣,” one fan wrote. “It is him I looked on his [Instagram] and he wears a ring on both hands.” commented another.
“It’s Travis for sure with wedding ring prominently featured,” added a third. “This is a deeply sad situation.”
Travis confessed to his infidelity via Instagram Story on Saturday, Jan. 17. “This is hard to write, but I owe the truth and I owe an apology. I was unfaithful to my wife. I had an affair and repeatedly broke her trust,” Travis wrote. “There is no excuse for what I did. This was my failure and my responsibility alone.”
“I know that words don’t begin to express the damage I caused or the depth of the hurt I’ve brought into her life, but I am truly sorry. I’m sorry for the pain, humiliation, and betrayal I caused my wife through my choices,” he continued. “I understand that an apology doesn’t repair what I broke, and forgiveness is not something I deserve or can ask for. I am taking responsibility by getting help and doing the work to change and become a more honest and accountable man, regardless of outcome. I ask for privacy and grace for Katie as she processes this in her own time.”
On Monday, Jan. 19, two days after Travis publicly admitted to his extramarital affair, Katie issued a response of her own via Instagram.
“This is not how I imagined beginning this year or this new season of our lives. This has been an incredibly painful time for me and for our family,” Katie began her post. “As many now know, our marriage has been deeply hurt and my trust has been broken. Right now, I am taking life one day at a time and focusing on what matters most: our children, their future, and my own healing.”
“We are working through this privately, seeking counsel both together and individually as we try to determine the best path forward for our family. I am also being supported by legal counsel,” she added. “This is not a quick or easy process, and it is not one I am taking lightly. Every decision about our future will be made slowly and carefully, with what is best for our family and our children as the highest priority.”
The mom-of-two added that it was her “heart’s desire” is to “preserve” her marriage.
Katie and Travis married in December 2021 and are best known for starring in Katie’s family’s upTV reality series, Bringing Up Bates, which documented Katie’s parents, Gil and Kelly Jo Bates, and their 19 children for 10 seasons from 2015 to 2021.
