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Duane "Dog" Chapman and Francie Frane are moving forward with their plans for a September wedding despite having family drama.
The 68-year-old reality TV star told Us Weekly, "I have a large family and most of them are going to be here for it. I love all my kids and it’s going to be great to have so many people here to celebrate."
"We’ve spent so long on this to ensure it’s going to be just perfect and believe me, nothing is going to get in the way of us," the "Bounty Hunter" star added.
Meanwhile, Duane's daughters claimed this week they weren't invited to the nuptials.
DUANE 'DOG' CHAPMAN'S DAUGHTERS CLAIM HE DIDN’T INVITE THEM TO HIS UPCOMING WEDDING
Cicily Chapman – who is Duane’s step-daughter with late wife, Beth Chapman – told TMZ on Monday that she believes the reason why she and her sister weren’t invited to see the exchanging of vows on Sept. 2 is the idea that she and Bonnie Chapman, Duane’s biological daughter with Beth, bear too much resemblance to Beth. Beth died of throat cancer in 2019.
Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman is marrying fiancee Francie Frane without some of his family attending. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
"My only guess or idea would be that he’s just not really on the same path as me and my sister," Cicily told TMZ. "What I’m seeing personally is just my dad is having a hard time dealing with the fact that maybe he’s not going to be able to replace my mom and that me and Bonnie bring a lot out from my mom and he sees our mom in us."
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"I feel like that scares him," she continued. "Yes, he can move on. Yes, he can get married again – that’s not the problem. I just think he’s too scared that we remind him too much of my mother."
While Duane and Beth’s biological son, Garry, was in fact invited to the ceremony, the daughters maintain they have no negative feelings towards their dad’s new bride-to-be and claim that they’ve always been cordial and OK with their relationship.
Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman (L) and his late wife Beth Chapman in 2017. (Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images)
"She’s a great lady and she’s never done anything to us," Cicily explained. "So that’s why I feel that this is more of a personal thing with my dad towards us girls because we do resemble my mom a lot and I feel that especially with where our direction is going – Bonnie is doing protests and she’s getting out there and she’s being an activist and my mom actually thrilled off that stuff – and if you knew Beth, you knew that she was like that."
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Duane responded to their claims and told the Us Weekly it's sad his kids are trying to "bring a cloud over our wedding."
"They’re my daughters and I love them, but they will learn. I’m sad they can’t be a part of the wedding," he added.
The TV personality was married to this late wife Beth from 2006 to her death in 2019. Since her passing, Chapman has started a relationship with Frane. He popped the question less than a year after Beth's death.
Fox News' Julius Young contributed to this report.
