DUANE “Dog” Chapman told his daughters he “wants to marry” his new girlfriend, Francie Frane, despite vowing to never wed again after Beth’s death.
As The Sun broke, Dog, 67, has been dating Colorado rancher Francie, 51, for a few months after his split from Moon Angell.
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The family approves of the romance, as Beth’s daughter Cecily from a previous relationship exclusively told The Sun that the siblings “really like her.”
She said: “We haven’t met her personally. We’ve only spoken on the phone, but she’s been amazing.”
Cecily, 25, continued that her father even sees marriage with Francie, despite vowing to never tie the knot again after Beth’s June 2019 death from cancer.
She claimed: “He said, ‘I have someone I want to talk to and be with. I want to marry this girl.”
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Dog’s brood has been protective of him, as Cecily warned Francie: “‘If you push his kids away, we’ll eat you alive!’”
The new romance comes after Dog vowed to never re-marry.
Dog told People in August 2019: “What deal we said is I will never take ‘Beth’ off my chest, I have her name here. And I will never get married.”
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Dog’s daughter Lyssa Chapman and close family friend Rainy Robinson previously told The Sun that they met after Dog called Francie’s husband Bob to do some yard work at his Colorado house.
Sadly, Francie told him Bob had passed away months before Beth’s death.
The pair began talking on the phone and have been helping each other deal with the grief of losing their spouses.
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Lyssa told The Sun: “They are both so happy together and they are good for each other.
“Francie has been very respectful to all the kids – and to Beth’s memory – and my dad is the same way with Bob and their children.”
Lyssa explained how they go to church three times a week and how Dog is trying to quit smoking for her.
Lyssa continued: “She is a good woman for my dad. He’s the happiest I’ve seen him in a long time – he’s so in love and wants to spend the rest of his life with Francie.”
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Dog’s daughter from a previous marriage said Beth “would approve” of the relationship.
She said: “I honestly believe that Beth sent Francie for my dad – I feel like Beth and Bob are up there watching down over them.”
The relationship comes after Dog’s romance with longtime family friend Moon.
Lyssa and Cecily both slammed Moon over social media for dating Dog so soon after her best friend’s death and for moving into the home he once shared with Beth.
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The relationship caused a rift in Dog’s relationship with his children.
When the two split after a stint on The Dr. Oz Show in February, Dog reconnected with his kids.
Rainy previous told The Sun: “So when he told me about Francie and how their path’s crossed – I started looking into her and I thought ‘wow she’s not too bad at all.’
”Then I spoke to her and the first thing she said to me was ‘I will always treat these kids with respect and honor and I will always honor their mother.’”
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She continued: “I spoke to Dog and I have never heard him this happy, he was crying happy. Then I spoke to her and she was the same crying about how much she cares about him.
“I think she is somebody that Beth would have picked. I’m happy because he deserves to be loved and I want him to spend the remainder of his life happy.”
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