{"id":9933,"date":"2026-01-25T21:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/married-to-medicines-dr-heavenly-shares-update-on-her-estranged-son\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:19:04","slug":"married-to-medicines-dr-heavenly-shares-update-on-her-estranged-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/married-to-medicines-dr-heavenly-shares-update-on-her-estranged-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Married to Medicine\u2019s Dr. Heavenly Shares Update on Her Estranged Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Married to Medicine<\/i><\/span> star <span class=\"s1\">Dr. <strong>Heavenly Kimes<\/strong><\/span> has a positive update to share in regards to her estranged relationship with son Damon Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen him on FaceTime. We\u2019re talking every day now, so we\u2019re building and I\u2019m happy for that,\u201d Heavenly, 55, exclusively shared with <i>Us Weekly<\/i> on Wednesday, January 21. \u201cWhatever he needs, I got to give him the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During season 12 of <i>Married to Medicine<\/i>, which is currently airing Sundays on Bravo, Heavenly revealed that she wasn\u2019t speaking to her son after learning about his past arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the Atlanta-based dentist still hasn\u2019t seen Damon Jr. in person in \u201calmost a year now,\u201d she is grateful for the progress they have made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Bravo reality star is also happy that she chose to share this part of her life through reality TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt helps other people out there,\u201d she argued. \u201cI cannot be the only one dealing with something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2025, Damon Jr. was indicted for alleged felony aggravated assault on a police officer during a 2023 altercation. In August 2025, the case was placed on judicial hold, and Damon Jr. was ordered to complete community service and mental health counseling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During a <span class=\"s1\">December 2025 episode<\/span> of <i>Married to Medicine<\/i>, Heavenly revealed to the cameras that she found out about her son\u2019s arrest through social media \u2013 even though her husband, Dr. <strong>Damon Kimes<\/strong>, was aware of the legal situation for the two years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4231600\" style=\"width: 768px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.28571428571%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4231600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Married to Medicine Dr Heavenly Shares Update on Her Relationship With Estranged Son\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Dr. Heavenly Kimes<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Phylicia J. L. Munn\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHad it not happened publicly, you wouldn\u2019t have seen it on camera to be very honest with you,\u201d Heavenly shared with <i>Us<\/i>. \u201cHowever, I look at it as a testimony. It was something that happened, and you can look at yourself and I blame myself for different things, but I\u2019m not in control of anybody but myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Heavenly said her son is in another state and joked that he looks \u201cplump\u201d when they FaceTime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou always worry about if your baby ate or not. You know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d she told <i>Us<\/i>. \u201cHe\u2019s doing well. I\u2019m sure I will see him soon, but it\u2019s a testimony, because things could have gone very differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The incident has given Heavenly another reason to pursue politics. The reality star is currently running for the Georgia District 13 Congressional race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to her <span class=\"s1\">campaign website<\/span>, Heavenly\u2019s main focus is education, access to healthcare, generational wealth and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI want things to be different for people when they have experience with a police officer,\u201d Heavenly shared. \u201cWe\u2019re coming up with so many different things. \u2026 It always takes a Black female or female in general to fix things in my community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Why-The-Pitt-Cast-Is-Thankful-for-Health-Care-Workers-This-Thanksgiving-and-Beyond-Katherine-LaNasa-Noah-Wyle-Supriya-Ganesh-Shabana-Azeez-2243477650-2243478258-2243477641-2243477648.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Why The Pitt Cast Is Thankful for Health Care Workers This Thanksgiving and Beyond Katherine LaNasa Noah Wyle Supriya Ganesh Shabana Azeez 2243477650 2243478258 2243477641 2243477648\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Why-The-Pitt-Cast-Is-Thankful-for-Health-Care-Workers-This-Thanksgiving-and-Beyond-Katherine-LaNasa-Noah-Wyle-Supriya-Ganesh-Shabana-Azeez-2243477650-2243478258-2243477641-2243477648.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018The Pitt\u2019 Stars Give Thanks to Health Care Workers on Thanksgiving 2025<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThis Thanksgiving season, The Pitt cast is expressing gratitude for health care workers. While actors like Noah Wyle, Supriya Ganesh and Shabana Azeez play doctors on TV, they know firsthand just how hard \u2014 and important \u2014 the job of hospital workers is. \u201cDuring the pandemic, we saw this unbelievable rise of appreciation for frontline [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">When asked if she will continue filming <i>Married to Medicine<\/i> if she is elected by the people, Heavenly said fans will just have to watch what happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEverybody keeps asking every day. I think it\u2019s unprecedented,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not closing any doors ever. This political [race] is very important to me. I think it\u2019s very much needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Married to Medicine<\/i> airs on Bravo Sundays at 9 p.m. ET. Stream new episodes the next day on Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Married to Medicine star Dr. Heavenly Kimes has a positive update to share in regards to her estranged relationship with son Damon Jr. \u201cI\u2019ve seen him on FaceTime. We\u2019re talking every day now, so we\u2019re building and I\u2019m happy for that,\u201d Heavenly, 55, exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 21. \u201cWhatever he needs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/married-to-medicine-dr-heavenly.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}