Sophia Abraham, the 16-year-old daughter of former Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, revealed this week that she doesn’t have a relationship with her grandparents Michael Abraham and Debra Danielsen, but only because she chooses not to speak to them.
Sophia opened up about the status of her relationship with Michael and Deb while appearing on a recent episode of former Teen Mom 2 star Kail Lowry’s Barely Famous podcast along with her mom.
During the episode, Sophia– whose father, Derek Underwood, died in a car wreck before Sophia was born– was asked about the different dynamics within her family, revealing that, while she continues to be in contact with some of her late father’s family, she has chosen not to communicate with her mom’s parents at all.
“And I’m fine with that,” the teen added.
As The Ashley previously told you, Farrah revealed that she decided to stop speaking to her father after completing a trauma treatment program in 2022, at which point she had already been estranged from her mom for a while.
While Farrah went on to reveal last fall that she had reached out to her mom on Mother’s Day, she had stated on a podcast a few months earlier that neither she nor Sophia had spoken to Michael or Deb in at least two years.
“I am doing what’s best for my psychotherapist’s guidance, and everyone else who’s living by the 12 Steps,” Farrah said in May 2024. “So I am going very hard and fearless with that. Again, I just send my love and light to people. It’s out of just being healthy and balanced.”
After denying that her parents were the driving force behind her decision to seek ketamine therapy, Farrah revealed on Kail’s podcast that, although she doesn’t communicate with her parents often, things are now “cordial” between them and that Michael and Deb even “loved” her foray into the “comedy thing”– aka her stand-up comedy debut in March– despite Farrah not inviting either one of them to attend the show.
“They liked it, they just texted me [about it],” she said. “I don’t really take calls with my family anymore. I really have my own boundaries that are healthy … .”
During the podcast, Farrah claimed that at one point, she was supporting her family financially, though she insists that things between them improved once she began focusing on living her life “in a healthier way.”
“ … When I now check in with them, they have their own lives, it’s not codependence, it’s not unhealthy, it’s not integrated, it’s not a mess anymore,” Farrah said. “They have their own identities, they have their own lives, they don’t rely on me to support them in any way … .”
Farrah even said that she was proud of her parents (as well as her half-sister and cousins), noting that she believes the distance she put between herself and her family has allowed everyone to begin “flourishing in their own way.”
“ … That’s just a testament to stop trauma bonds,” she added.
Also “flourishing” in her own way is Sophia, who continues to be homeschooled– a decision that Farrah said allows her daughter to travel and be “on this ride” with her.
“I love it … so much,” Sophia said of her homeschooling education. “I prefer it over public school any day.”
