Bachelor Nation alum Amanda Stanton is setting the record directly on what took place to her and other half Michael Fogel’s Golden Retriever George.
“George was actually Michael’s mom’s dog. His aunt got his mom George as a birthday gift. They used to live in New York and they moved to California,” Stanton, 33, revealed throughout an episode of “The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast,” launched on Friday, August 18. “Somewhere in that time, Michael took George while they were moving and all that, and never gave him back.”
However, after among her in-laws’ other dogs died, they desired George back. At initially, Stanton “didn’t feel comfortable” sharing the story openly.
“It’s fine if I want to tell people what’s going on with me,” Stanton explained. “But when it involves Michael and his mom, I didn’t want to go on Instagram for all my followers and be like, ‘This is what’s going on.’ It was really tough. We still are very sad. We miss having George here.”
Stanton was required to resolve what occurred with George after eagle-eyed fans saw that the puppy was no longer present on social networks. Initially, Stanton felt that “no one believed” her story.
“People keep saying, ‘That’s not true.’ It is true,” she shared, keeping in mind that the general public’s response is “strange” in general. “People flipped out.”
Stanton firmly insisted that individuals can scroll on Fogel’s Instagram profile to see when his mother initially got George in a post from August 2015.
That being said, Stanton made it clear that she and her family “still get to see” George, since he is dealing with her in-laws.
Previously, Stanton and her children — Kinsley, 8, and Charlie, 6 — had actually a dog called Princess Poppy as part of their family. While some fans have actually hypothesized that Poppy deals with Stanton’s moms and dads, it’s uncertain what took place to the Doodle as its Instagram account has actually been non-active considering that 2018.
Stanton and Fogel are presently dog moms and dads to Moose, a “sweet” Bernese Mountain Dog.
“He’s going through his little teenager phase right now,” Stanton joked of Moose on the “Almost Famous” podcast. “He’s the sweetest, cuddliest thing ever. His thing is, he always leans on us. … It’s the sweetest thing ever. We love him, he’s good.”
The couple, who are anticipating their very first kid together, presented fans to their Moose in October 2022.
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“2 years ago we went on our first date in Aspen and we talked about how one day we’d get a Bernese Mountain Dog and name him Moose!” she composed on Instagram at the time. “This sweet little boy found us in Aspen & we think it was meant to be. Welcome to the family, Moose.”
