Dog the Bounty Hunter shares video of him kissing late wife Beth days after revealing plan to marry girlfriend
Dog the Bounty Hunter plans to marry his new girlfriend Francie Frane but has revealed he still misses his late wife Beth Chapman.
The reality TV star whose real name is Duane Chapman took to social media to share a video of his late wife and captioned it, "Sadly Missed." He was seen kissing Beth who died last year after battling cancer in the throwback clip.
The pair got married in 2006 and had two children together -- 22-year-old Bonnie and 19-year-old Gary. Duane recently revealed that he wanted to marry his new girlfriend and said that his late wife would have definitely approved.
He had said though there will "never be another Mrs. Dog" while referring to Beth, he does want Frane to be "the last Mrs. Chapman". "There will never be another Mrs Dog but it looks like there will be a final Mrs. Chapman," Duane shared.
While speaking about his new relationship, he said, "It's going really good. It's a God relationship because it's just like a miracle. It's a miracle how we met and it's a miracle how great we're getting along," the Sun reports.
"I know that when I start to feel bad about Beth and it's overwhelming, Francie seems to show up and that helps the kids. And I feel that Beth expects her to show up to take care of me. And Bob, Francie's late husband, expects me to be a man and a gentleman and so I am," he added.
We had previously shared that the pair have been dating for a few months and had met after Chapman had called Frane's husband, Bob, to do some yard work at his home in Colorado. Frane had to break the unfortunate news that Bob had passed away several months before Chapman's wife, Beth, died from cancer last June.
The couple had started out by talking on the phone and had become increasingly close. They are helping each other deal with the immense grief of losing their loved ones, Lyssa added. Both Duane's daughter Lyssa Chapman and a close friend of the family, Rainy Robinson had both given their approval to the new couple.
"They are both so happy together and they are good for each other. Francie has been very respectful to all the kids — and to Beth's memory — and my dad is the same way with Bob and their children. They go to church three times a week and dad is trying to give up smoking — she is a good woman for my dad," Lyssa revealed.
"He's the happiest I've seen him in a long time - he's so in love and wants to spend the rest of his life with Francie. They are both lost their spouses to cancer so they know what it's like to go through that and they are helping each other through it," she continued.
"Beth would approve — I honestly believe that Beth sent Francie for my dad — I feel like Beth and Bob are up there watching down over them," Lyssa said. "I spoke to Dog and I have never heard him this happy, he was crying happy. Then I spoke to her and she was the same crying about how much she cares about him," Rainy revealed.