Gary Owen walks away from ex-wife’s shocking alimony demands, months after claiming he needed a new man in his life

Comedian Gary Owen has once more opened up about his personal life amid his legal dispute with ex-wife Kenya Duke.

The Ohio-born artist posted a recording of his performance at Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia online on Wednesday, September 18.

Owen is wearing a black Patriots T-shirt and a black cap. He says at first of the clip, “At one point, my ex-wife was asking for $44,000 a month in alimony.”

“That’s a lot,” he added, before the group quickly responded by cheering throughout the room.

Owen told Shannon Sharpe on “Club Shay Shay” that he filed for divorce from Duke in 2021 in Ohio before she filed shortly thereafter in Los Angeles, citing infidelity. About two months later, Duke filed more paperwork looking for $44,000 in child support from Owen to assist her and their children financially support themselves.

Responding to his audience, Owen said, “I would never do that. If the tables were turned and she made more than me, I would never say, ‘I want $44,000 a month. No.'”

“I know what my dick is worth at this point in my life,” he said, as someone from the group interrupted, shouting, “Bullshit.”

Eventually Owen understands what a number of the women in the audience are saying, because the clip cuts to him telling certainly one of them, “Why did you say I was lying?”

Reenacting the scenario, he described what happened step-by-step, saying, “I heard you say it was $44,000. I would never ask for that. And you said, ‘You’re lying.'” He then asked the girl, “Do you think I would do it?” She replied, “Yes. I think a man would do it, yes.”

The explanation that the girl was talking about men in general looked as if it would bring him some relief. He jokingly said, “A man, yes—I wouldn’t do that.”

However, one other woman challenged Owen further, saying, “Yes, you would,” to which he replied, “No, no, no, no, I wouldn’t,” and so they began exchanging views.

The father of 5 ended the conversation by joking: “We have some fierce women here in Philadelphia. I’ll tell you that right now.”

Turning to the lads in the room, he said, “My God, guys. What the hell is wrong with women in Philadelphia?” Before hanging up, he said, “Women with bitterness here. Stop being so angry. Go to McDonald’s, take your kid.”

Gary posted a short clip to his Instagram and deleted it inside two hours. The clip remains to be available on YouTube, where commenters had plenty to say concerning the heckler in the audience.

One person said, “If she tells you what YOU would do? …she’s crazy!”

Someone else said: “Goddamn it, she’s mad at the world.”

The last time Owen spoke out about her or their kids, Duke criticized her ex-husband online. This time, nonetheless, it’s unclear whether she encouraged him to delete the Instagram post.

But it’s clear that the Meet the Blacks actor often draws inspiration from his real life. During a comedy performance in July, an audience member asked if he and his ex were getting along, and Owen said they were “polite. But yeah, I wouldn’t say we’re best buds.”

“I just need someone to fuck her. I think that would do the trick,” he said, hinting at something that may ease the strain between them. “Like fuck her in the ass. She’ll probably think, ‘How are you, Gary?’”

The former couple had been married for 18 years. Since filing for divorce, Owen and his two adult children, daughter Kennedy, son Austin and Duke older sonEmilio, who was adopted by the comedian, have been estranged, with his ex-wife repeatedly claiming Owen was a “loser” who abandoned her and their children and stopped caring for them financially in April 2021.

Duke also suggested that the “Think Like a Man” actor cheated on her multiple times, which he admitted, and he knows exactly why his children want nothing to do with him.

But Owen has since bounced back and, with his fiancée Brianna Johnson, welcomed twins, Royal and Rome, into the world.

As for Duke, she doesn’t appear to regret divorcing the “Comic View” stand-up. She told Hype Comedy, “His cheating on her or whatever he did there has nothing to do with me. It’s his fault, right? So I never felt responsible. Like someone could say, ‘Maybe it’s best to have left sooner.’

Duke admitted that she could managed her money higher through the marriage. In spousal support documents, she said, “Twenty-three years ago, I gave up a promising career as an account manager to solely support Gary and his career.”