In a new interview with People, Kail Lowry revealed that her eldest child, Isaac Rivera, wants to get into acting after spending nearly his whole life on reality TV.
The former Teen Mom 2 star, who shares 15-year-old Isaac with ex Jo Rivera, told the outlet that Isaac recently appeared in his first school play and has since expressed an interest in pursuing acting as a career.
“He did opening night and then it was a full weekend of the play,” she said. “That was really, really cool to experience that for the first time. And I think that he’s really found his people and what he loves to do.
“He wants an agent now and wants to act,” she continued. “And so, I love that for him.”
While Isaac literally began appearing on TV at birth, Kail noted that the teen has only dipped his toe into a public-facing life at this point– first by appearing on 16 and Pregnant and ‘Teen Mom 2’ and more recently by entering the “young influencer space.” Kail said she and Isaac have conversations about the pros and cons of being a public figure, with the mom-of-seven claiming that she understands her son “not wanting to be recognized publicly, but also loving the community that he’s built online.”
“He has a very big social media presence and he loves theater and drama and that sort of thing,” she said. “I worry about the conflict that he will be presented with if he ever was to get an agent and be in movies because part of it is being publicly recognized, but then you want your privacy.”
Like other kids from the ‘Teen Mom’ franchise, Isaac is active on social media and currently boasts more than 400,000 followers on Instagram alone. (While Isaac’s profile is public, it is “supervised” by Kail, according to his bio.)
Kail said she believes it’s “been challenging” for Isaac to ignore the fact that people recognize him in public for being on reality TV, as he’d also like to be recognized publicly for his social media influencing or, eventually, his acting roles.
“ … I don’t know what that looks like for the future, but we’ll see,” Kail said.
As The Ashley told you earlier this week, Kail revealed to People that while the ‘Teen Mom’ franchise is where she got her start in the entertainment industry, she hopes to one day be known for her business endeavors. The podcast host also said she hopes to eventually be out of the spotlight all together, ideally within “the next 15 years.”
Although she’d like for people to forget that she made a name for herself by appearing on reality TV, Kail said she doesn’t regret signing on for ‘Teen Mom 2.’
“I’m thankful that I was on it,” she said. “I don’t have many regrets about it. To this day, I think it was the right decision.”
