The oldest son of an iconic ’90s couple said, “My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. ... Family ’love’ is decided by how much you post on social media.”

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"The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family," he concluded.

Several months later, Victoria told WSJ magazine, "I think that we've always — we love our children so much. We've always tried to be the best parents that we can be. And you know, we've been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we've ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children. And you know, that's all I really want to say about it."

A 1992 "Wayne's World" sketch poked fun at then-13-year-old Chelsea's looks. However, following public backlash, the jokes were edited out of reruns of the episode. A year later, Mike Myers wrote the first family an apology as well.

Executive producer Lorne Michaels told the Seattle Times, "We felt, upon reflection, that if it was in any way hurtful, it wasn't worth it. She's a kid, a kid who didn't choose to be in public life."

Caitlyn's reps declined People's request for comment on her private conversations with Brody and his wife, Tia Blanco, but they said, "Caitlyn has a positive relationship with Brody and Tia."

Then, in a 2021 Instagram post, Rumer said, "I punished myself for not looking like my mom, after being told I was BW twin since birth - I resented the resemblance as I believed wholly my 'masculine' face was the sole reason for my unlovability - FALSE!

I was/am inherently valuable and worthy, at any life stage, at any size, with any hair do! (As are you.)"

She also said, "Dave [Grohl], Krist [Novoselic], and Pat [Smear] came over to a house where I was living. It was the first time [the ex-Nirvana members] had been together in a long time. And they had what I call the 'K. C. Jeebies,' which is when they see me, they see Kurt. They look at me, and you can see they're looking at a ghost. They were all getting the K. C. Jeebies hardcore. Dave said, 'She is so much like Kurt.' They were all talking amongst themselves, rehashing old stories I'd heard a million times. I was sitting in a chair, chain-smoking, looking down like this [affects total boredom]. And they went, 'You are doing exactly what your father would have done.' But I was glad they came over. It was a cool experience, like having a Nirvana reunion minus one. Except for his spawn."

Per Rolling Stone, he also said, "I don't hate my father, and I don't resent him existing. It's just something I've grown up with all my life — not being part of a life that had so much energy. When you're a kid, people assume you have no mind of your own, which at a very early age I did. It's my way of resisting people's singular vision of my music."

And in the documentary Everybody Here Wants You, his mom, Mary Guibert, said, "He really didn't see himself linked to his father in that way, that somehow he would inherit his father's lifespan. Did we see evidence of him intentionally trying to avoid the very same pitfalls? Absolutely.”

Sadly, Jeff drowned at 30, only two years older than Tim had been when he died.