![]() ![]() His rationale: "If I bought 'em enough and gave 'em enough, they wouldn't notice that I wasn't there." He compensated by spending lavishly on them. Eric had been dating Geis for the past few months, and his eight-year-old son was best friends with her son, the story said.Įric Hansen also was interviewed on-camera and identified as Dale Hansen's son in a story by WFAA8 reporter Jonathan Betz.ĭale Hansen, in his on-air commentary Sunday, said he had been too much of an absentee father during his son's and daughter's formative years. She thinks I care too much about him."Īs reported by The Dallas Morning News, Eric Hansen had been questioned by police for informational purposes after real estate agent Jeanmarie Tolle Geis and her two young children were found dead in the family's North Dallas home Friday. And along the way I'm losing my daughter, too. "I've tried everything I know, and I'm not giving up, but I'm afraid I've lost him. "He doesn't like his dad much anymore, and hasn't for quite a while now," Hansen added. Eric dropped by to see him Sunday for the first time in two years and a month, Hansen told viewers. Hansen's relationship with his only son, Eric, now 38, has worsened over the years. ![]() He's made no secret of that, but they still communicated. Hansen had many problems with his own father, who died earlier this year. "And that's probably exactly what it was. 'Sounds like a plea for help with your son' " It gets in the blood.Īsked about his "unusually personal commentary" in an email query, Hansen said that his longtime friend and former Cowboys assistant coach Joe Avezzano "might have said it best. But for better or worse, Hansen communicates best when talking through a television screen or entertaining a large crowd at a public gathering. Whether it was the right forum is another matter. But this wasn't just another blast at a pro sports figure. It's both made him a star and led to a few firings along the way. Hansen, who remarried before his first wife's death, has never been known to hide his feelings. And no matter how long it takes, I promised their mom when she died 11 years ago, I will take care of our babies." ![]() His voice breaking, he then closed by saying, "I tried to be a good dad. The veteran WFAA8 sports anchor has been doing it every Christmas season since 1982.īut this time around, Hansen make a major point of lashing himself as an inadequate father while also faulting his adult son and daughter for not thinking better of him. More than 200,000 D-FW viewers watched Dale Hansen's "Thank God for Kids" segment Sunday night. Then and now: Dale Hansen still doing "Thank God for Kids." ![]()
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