WASHINGTON — George Santos, once a representative for Long Island, has announced that he will embrace fatherhood next year.
The 37-year-old ex-legislator shared that he and his spouse, Matheus “Matt” Gerard, are already planning extensively for their future family, particularly focusing on their children’s upbringing and education.
“We’re expecting kids next year, which is a significant milestone for us,” Santos shared during the “Citizen McCain” podcast on Wednesday. “We’re thrilled about the preparations, ensuring everything is ready, from college savings to rainy day funds.”
In the past, Santos has expressed his desire to become a parent, vowing to “welcome my child in whatever way they come to us.”
Details regarding the exact timing of Santos’s new role as a parent or the number of children remain undisclosed.
The former New York congressman brought up his future parenthood during a conversation about safety issues at children’s summer camps. He recounted his own experiences attending day camps in Nantucket as a child but expressed reservations about sending his future children to overnight camps.
“Unfortunately, I like the trust in the professionals that are hired to take care of our kids, and having been a victim of sexual assault by a gym teacher in a New York City public school, I’m at a point where I don’t want my kids to be exposed,” he said.
“I would be mortified if I knowingly or because I had the lack of awareness to protect my child, that my child becomes a victim of something like this,” he went on. “We’re probably going to start sending our kids to some sort of private school where there’s an abundance of oversight.”
“I don’t want to homeschool my kids because I believe in social interactions, Santos stressed. “It’s tough, it’s really tough.”
Santos, who served in Congress for less than a year in 2023, became the sixth House rep ever expelled, losing his seat over identity theft, wire fraud and other ethics concerns.
The following year, he pleaded guilty to identity theft and wire fraud and was sentenced to 87 months behind bars. Ultimately, President Trump commuted him last fall.
