Following a series of TikToks by YouTuber Brooke Schofield who accused Clinton Kaine of being a “master manipulator” and lying about his mother's death, the singer is now denying her accusations. She claims she was referring to the death of a “mother-like figure” all along.
“Clinton Kaine and Brooke Schofield had a brief three-month relationship two years ago,” read a statement sent to Rolling rock. “Brooke's recent comments about Clinton are untrue.”
The statement comes a day after Schofield did a 14-part TikTok series where she shared the story of how she met Kane. She described a tumultuous relationship and accused the singer of lying about the deaths of his family members, including his mother and brother.
In her videos, Schofield claimed that Kane tried to remove an interview from the Internet after people commented that he was lying about his mom's death and that his mother lived in the Philippines. Schofield also claimed that Kane had told her that he grew up with his mother in a mansion in Australia, that she was Norwegian, blonde and a Hillsong pastor, and that he had been neglected by her as a child. “His mom is Asian like him. Why would you lie about it?' Schofield said in the video. “I could say he's an extreme pathological liar.”
In Thursday's statement, the spokesperson says the “mother” referred to in the interview with Sang was actually “a very special motherly figure in his teenage years, who sadly passed away,” not his biological mother, as alleged. The representative's statement did not address any other details Schofield described.
“Clinton regrets the manner in which this devastating news was communicated at the time,” the statement said. “Clinton genuinely felt that he had lost an irreplaceable mother figure. Clinton was and is largely estranged from his immediate family.”
In another video, Schofield shared a clip from her match with Kane where she doesn't appear to have an Australian accent. He also claims he showed a police officer a fake Australian ID with a different age on one occasion when he was pulled over. In Thursday's statement, Kane's spokesman says he lived in Australia “for a time as a child” and “considers Australia to be his home”. “He was never disingenuous about it,” the statement said.
In several videos, Schofield accused Kane of being controlling and refusing to let her leave his side. He shared that during one trip, he was “triggered” by the fact that he was on her phone during dinner because his mother ignored him as a child. Schofield claims Kane was telling her she should be “more sensitive” to his trauma.
“It became a situation where I mothered this man and if I did something wrong … he went ballistic because he was a baby,” she claimed. “It was too much for me to handle.”
Schofield also accused Kane of cheating on her and claimed he had also cheated on his ex with her. “I could never have imagined he was capable of that, given what a romantic and love bomber he was,” claimed Schofield. “He's a master operator.”
After they broke up, Schofield says she confronted Kane and he admitted to fabricating the deaths of his mother and brothers. “There's 1 in 3 that's dead, but the rest are still kicking,” he said in the video. Kane's rep's statement does not address Scofield's claim that Kane's brother is alive.
“Publicly airing these details is simply an attempt to draw attention and focus to Brooke's podcast, at the expense of tearing down another ex-boyfriend — a tactic she's become known for,” the statement from her rep said. Kane. “In the years since that relationship took place, Clinton has moved on and remains focused and dedicated to putting out new music.”
Schofield's recent videos about her relationship with Kane came after she began promoting a new single, out on Friday, from video post with a caption supposedly about her: “When you've been in a relationship for 2 years but won't stop fooling around.”
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