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How Jennie Garth, Peter Facinelli Felt Seeing Kids With Other's New Partner

Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli had different reactions to watching their three daughters meet and bond with each other’s new partners

Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images; Vivien Killilea/Getty ImagesAfter Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli ’s 2012 divorce, she initially struggled with the concept of their daughters meeting potential stepparents. Facinelli, 50, meanwhile, said it was a “catch-22” situation watching his “longer-term person” meeting daughters Luca, now 26, Lola, now 21, and Fiona, now 17, while Garth had men enter and leave the girls’ lives in “shorter spurts.” Facinelli, who said on a previous “I Choose Me” podcast appearance that he ended their marriage to discover himself outside of being a husband and father, noted on Wednesday that codependency also played a factor.

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