John Schneider’s Kids: Meet The ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’ Star’s 4 Children

• John Schneider is an histrion who recovered fame playing Bo Duke connected ‘Dukes of Hazzard’
• He besides played Jonathan Kent, Superman’s quality dad, connected ‘Smallville’
• The prima has 4 children, whom helium admitted weren’t ‘speaking’ to him for a play of time

John Schneider shared a heartbreaking connection portion mourning the death of his woman Alicia Allain, who passed distant from crab connected February 21, 2023 astatine 53 years old. “My beauteous Smile is symptom free, surviving successful her caller assemblage alongside Jesus,” the Dukes of Hazzard actor wrote connected his Instagram, alongside a gorgeous photograph of his producing partner, whom helium joined successful 2019.

John Schneider posing with girl Leah Schneider. ( Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock)

Alicia was the seasoned star’s 3rd wife. From 1983 to 1986, astatine the tallness of his popularity during Dukes of Hazzard’s run, John was joined to Miss America Tawny Elaine Godin. The abbreviated national was followed by a matrimony to Elly Castle, which began successful 1993 connected a precocious and ended connected a precise melodramatic enactment successful 2014, including John spending clip successful jailhouse for failed alimony payments, per TMZ.

During their marriage, John and Elly (Elvira) welcomed a girl named Karis. John besides became a begetter to Elly’s children from her archetypal marriage, Mandy, Leah and Chasen. “My woman and I person 4 kids – Mandy, Leah, Chasen and Karis – and I’m begetter to each of them, but I’m Karis’s biologic father, ” helium told Father.com successful 2012. “So erstwhile I joined Elly, she had 3 children, and we instantly became a household due to the fact that I wanted to beryllium a dada … wanted, wanted, wanted to beryllium a dad.”

Learn much astir John’s 4 big children, and wherefore they weren’t connected “speaking terms” for a play of time, according to John, below.

Karis

John with his biologic girl Kari successful 2005. (2005 Kathy Hutchins/Hutchins Ph/Newscom/MEGA)

John and Elly welcomed their daughter, Karis, successful 1997. Little is known astir their lone biologic child, though she appears to beryllium a firefighter. On her Instagram, she surely looks the part!

Mandy & Leah

Very small is publically known astir Mandy and Leah, the daughters from Elly’s erstwhile marriage. Leah has reportedly worked arsenic down the scenes successful Project Runway (2005-2013) and Project Runway All Stars (2013-2014).

John spoke retired connected however helium didn’t to look absent to his daughters portion helium worked successful Hollywood. “My tendency was, I didn’t privation to beryllium a impermanent successful my house. I wanted my kids to cognize that I kept coming backmost truthful that I could conscionable bent retired with them and beryllium a dada astatine home. And I judge it worked; they person that content that Dad is idiosyncratic that went distant to work, but that helium lived here, you know. He was here. It’s truly tough.,” helium told Father.com.

Chasen

John with lad Chasen Schneider successful 2003. (Bei/Shutterstock)

Chasen was calved successful Los Angeles connected December 31, 1991 and though not biologically related to John, helium followed successful his father’s acting footsteps. He worked connected The Secret Life of The American Teenager (2008-2011), Anderson Bench (2016), and Hate Crime (2017). Then helium up and moved to Britain to hone his craft.

“He applied to respective British play schools including RADA, Guildford, Royal Scottish Academy and LAMDA,” according to his IMDB bio. “He lived successful London and received afloat grooming successful classical, modern theatrical and movie acting, arsenic good arsenic movement, signifier combat, dance, voice, singing, theatrical clown, dependable acting and assorted different disciplines.”

Chasen present lives successful Brooklyn, New York and is slated to look successful an upcoming aviator by Luck Films.

Why The Kids Reportedly Stopped Speaking to John

John Schneider and his ex Elly Castle successful 2007. (Picture Perfect/Shutterstock)

As mentioned, John and Elly’s divorcement wasn’t a locomotion successful the clouds.

Why The Kids Reportedly Stopped Speaking to John

John Schneider and his ex Elly Castle successful 2007. (Picture Perfect/Shutterstock)

As mentioned, John and Elly’s divorcement wasn’t a locomotion successful the clouds. John was ordered to wage his ex implicit $18,000 per period successful alimony, and aft helium reportedly ran up a tab of implicit $150,000 successful backmost alimony, helium was sentenced to 3 days down bars successful LA County Jail successful June 2018. Although helium was released the aforesaid day, helium was reportedly ordered to implicit 240 hours of assemblage work to marque up for the failed alimony payments.

While its unclear however this affected his narration with his 4 children, John revealed they were not talking to him astir the clip helium appeared connected Dancing with the Stars successful 2018.  “I’m hoping that I volition bash my household proud, I’ll bash my emotion implicit determination proud,” John said, per People, referencing his woman astatine the time, Alicia, earlier adding, “and possibly my children volition talk to maine again.”

Later successful the episode, helium added, “I ne'er thought, successful the imaginativeness of my life, [what I ne'er saw] was not having a narration with my children. It much than hurts. ‘Hurt’ is simply a tiny, tiny word. I don’t person a connection for what that feels like.” The vocalist did enactment ghat helium wanted to reconcile with his kids. “I deliberation they cognize that, and it’s benignant of up to them what they bash with that,” helium said.

At the clip of publication, it is unclear if John and his kids person mended their relationship.

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