Bringing Up Bates alum Lawson Bates is sharing his public assist for sister Katie Bates after Travis Clark admitted to dishonest on her simply hours after she revealed a latest being pregnant loss.
“@kgbates2000, I nonetheless can’t consider you dropped all the things at a second’s discover to come back be with us and assist doc this enormous life second. It meant the world,” Lawson, 33, wrote through his Instagram on Sunday, January 18, alongside a photograph of the brother-sister duo standing beside his spouse, Tiffany Bates, after she gave beginning.
Lawson, one in every of Gil and Kelly Jo Bates’ 19 youngsters, and Tiffany welcomed sons Will and Theodore in 2024 and 2026, respectively.
“You’re one of many kindest and most real individuals I do know,” he concluded. “We love you and are all the time right here for you.”
Lawson’s message comes at some point after Clark revealed through his Instagram Story that he had stepped exterior of his marriage with Katie.
“That is arduous to put in writing, however I owe the reality and I owe an apology. I used to be untrue to my spouse,” Clark wrote on Saturday, January 17. “I had an affair and repeatedly broke her belief. There is no such thing as a excuse for what I did. This was my failure and my accountability alone. I do know that phrases don’t start to precise the harm I triggered or the depth of the harm I’ve introduced into her life, however I’m really sorry.”
“I’m sorry for the ache, humiliation and betrayal I triggered my spouse by my decisions,” Clark continued. “I perceive that an apology doesn’t restore what I broke and forgiveness will not be one thing I deserve or can ask for.”
Clark defined in his assertion that he deliberate to take accountability for his actions by “getting assist,” although he didn’t make clear what sort of assist or assist he could be in search of.
“[I am] doing the work to vary and turn out to be a extra trustworthy and accountable man, no matter [the] end result,” Clark concluded. “I ask for privateness and style for Katie as she processes this in her personal time.”
Katie has not publicly addressed Clark’s assertion. Us Weekly reached out to Katie for remark on the time.
Hours earlier than Clark’s admission, Katie revealed that she suffered a being pregnant loss. “I’ll spend the remainder of my life lacking you,” she wrote through Instagram on Friday, January 17, sharing footage from her being pregnant.
Us completely confirmed in 2020 that Katie began courting Clark after assembly by mutual associates one 12 months prior.
“Travis and his household are energetic of their native church and in addition journey collectively to sing, so our households have been capable of go to at close by live shows and church occasions,” Katie completely informed Us in March 2020. “Travis and I are so grateful that the Lord, not solely allowed our paths to cross, however that we’ve been capable of start this new section of our journey collectively.”
She continued, “Travis made the night [he asked to court me] so particular, and proper now, I really feel just like the luckiest woman on the planet.”
The pair tied the knot in 2021. Katie and Clark welcomed daughter Hailey and son Harvey in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

