Mary Jo Eustace 'Respects' Son's 'Right to Express Himself' After Calling Her Out Online: Source

A source tells PEOPLE thatMary Jo Eustacecontinues to “respect” her son Jack McDermott’s “right to express himself” after he called out his mom on Instagram this week,alleging she created a “strain on our family dynamic.” On Monday, Eustace’s 24-year-old son withDean McDermottclaimed in a since-deleted Instagram post that she “spread information about my Dad, Step mom and my siblings” on the former couple’s podcastEx’s & Uh-Ohs. Dean was married to Eustace until 2006 and is now married toTori Spelling, with whom he shares five additional kids.

Mary Kay Letourneau's Ex Vili Fualaau Says He Wasn't Contacted forMay December: 'They Chose to Do a Ripoff'

Vili Fualaau; Charles Melton in “May December”.Photo:Doug Hyun / A&E / Courtesy Everett Collection; Francois Duhamel / Courtesy of Netflix Doug Hyun / A&E / Courtesy Everett Collection; Francois Duhamel / Courtesy of Netflix “I’m still alive and well. If they had reached out to me, we could have worked together on a masterpiece. Instead, they chose to do a ripoff of my original story,” said Fualaau. Fualaau said “my story is not nearly as simple as"May Decemberportrays it.

Mary Lou Retton Opens Up About Recovery from Rare Form of Pneumonia That Left Her in the ICU: 'I'm a Fighter'

Mary Lou Retton.Photo:NBC NEWS/TODAY NBC NEWS/TODAY Mary Lou Rettonmay be on the mend now, but last fall she was “fighting for her life” after a battle with rare form pneumonia sent her to the ICU. “I’m not great yet, I know it’s going to be a really long road — I don’t know how long, I may indefinitely need oxygen — but you have no idea how blessed and how grateful I was for this holiday season,” Retton she said in an interview from her home in Boerne, Texas, that aired on Monday’s episode of theTodayshow.

Mary Lou Retton's Daughter Remembers 'Saying Their Goodbyes' to Her Mom in the ICU

Mary Lou Retton and daughter Shayla Schrepfer.Photo:TODAY/ YouTube TODAY/ YouTube She was hospitalized last October after collapsing in her bedroom the morning she was supposed to go on a “girls trip” with her daughter Emma Jean to see Emma’s boyfriend play football for the University of Arkansas.“I didn’t know what was wrong with me,” Retton recalled, explaining that a friend came into the house after noticing her car was left on the driveway with a door opened.

Maryland Man Is Fatally Shot While Pumping Gas During Carjacking

A 54-year-old Maryland man was shot and killed during an apparent carjacking at a local gas station, thePrince George’s County Police Department announcedon Tuesday. On Dec. 19 around 11 pm, officers arrived at a Largo, Md., gas station to find Lee Alexander Thomas, who reportedly lived just a few blocks away, suffering from gunshot wounds. Thomas was transported to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries a few hours later, the police statement says.