Jenny Mollen Addresses Hate for Calling Son a 'Toxic Guy' Amid Divorce

Jenny Mollen is standing by her controversial social media post jokingly comparing her oldest son to a "toxic" boyfriend in the midst of her divorce from actor Jason Biggs.

"‘Your eldest child will be the most toxic guy you ever date.' Which is true." Mollen, 47, recalled of her controversial social media caption in a clip of her upcoming appearance on Amanda Hirsch's "Not Skinny Not Fast" podcast scheduled for Tuesday, June 23. "If you have a son, you f***ing know that. And I can explain what that means."

Last month, Mollen shared a photo featuring the author laying on top of her son, Sid, 12, as they embraced on a bed. After sharing the post online, Mollen received mixed reactions from social media users. Mollen shared during the podcast appearance that she believes that her post got on the wrong side of the internet.

"Somebody attached my Instagram to my Facebook and Facebook is a different [demographic] of human," she claimed. "And I think that's where it started to get this weird traction."

Mollen pointed out that the post was a typical joke she's been making about her kids for years, adding that she believes she received the backlash in part because she's no longer "attached" to a man. (The Girls actress shares sons Sid and Lazlo, 8, with estranged husband Biggs, 48.)

"It's like, this is the joke I've been making forever," she reflected. "Like, I'm in this dysfunctional relationship with a guy who's like, ‘Can you hold my head while I vomit into the toilet?' … ‘Can you give me a full body massage before bed?' ‘Can you be a dear and put more ice in my water bottle?' Like, this is the treatment."

Mollen joked that her eldest will "use and abuse" her and jokingly compared him to being a "dictator."

"He's the dictator And I live in this autocratic regime where I have to like … it's like, thumbs up or thumbs down, off with my head if I f***ing serve you sun-butter," she quipped.

While Mollen doesn't know if people thought the snap of her embracing Sid was too "lascivious," she also wonders if the timing of her and Biggs' separation played into it. (Mollen and the American Pie actor announced their split last month.

"I think if I made this joke a month, or two months ago it would have played differently," she said, explaining that if she "was publicly with a man" at the time the post would have been taken in a different context. "And I think that there's something about a woman who is not attached to a man that somehow reads as a threat, dangerous."

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This story was originally published June 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM.