{"id":2926,"date":"2026-05-20T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/shawn-johnson-details-feeling-disconnected-and-so-much-tension-in-marriage-to-andrew-east\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:47:08","slug":"shawn-johnson-details-feeling-disconnected-and-so-much-tension-in-marriage-to-andrew-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/shawn-johnson-details-feeling-disconnected-and-so-much-tension-in-marriage-to-andrew-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Johnson details feeling &#8216;disconnected&#8217; and &#8216;so much tension&#8217; in marriage to Andrew East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128332511.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shawn Johnson is getting candid about feeling \u201cdisconnected\u201d from her husband, Andrew East, when she experienced postpartum depression after giving birth to their third child in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur third baby is the greatest blessing and he\u2019s amazing, but he was just so different than the other two,\u201d the Olympic gymnast shares in a forthcoming episode of the \u201cMind If We Talk\u201d podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1432185\/shawn-johnson-on-postpartum-with-bear-tension-with-husband-andrew-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per E! News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/12\/14\/parents\/shawn-johnson-gives-birth-welcomes-third-baby-with-husband-andrew-east\/\">Referring to her 2-year-old son<\/a>, Barrett, she says, \u201cHe wasn\u2019t eating, he wasn\u2019t sleeping, he was a colicky baby. There were so many things that I had never dealt with \u2026 I was losing control of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Shawn Johnson reveals she felt \u201cdisconnected\u201d from her husband, Andrew East, when she experienced postpartum depression following the birth of her third child. (Seen here: the athlete with her husband and three kids). <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Shawn Johnson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The athlete (seen here with East in November 2025) shares how her son Barrett was different to raise than her other two in an upcoming episode of the \u201cMind If We Talk\u201d podcast. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Johnson, 34, describes the sensation of feeling as if she was \u201cdrowning,\u201d admitting, \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to help or ask for help for myself because I knew it was my job to figure out how to help my baby first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time I could help our baby, I had lost control to [the point] where I didn\u2019t even know how to work myself back to normal,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete explains that a routine of being out in the sun and watching a funny movie every day wasn\u2019t filling her with the same joy, and she didn\u2019t know how to ask East, 34, for help.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t eating, he wasn\u2019t sleeping, he was a colicky baby. There were so many things that I had never dealt with \u2026 I was losing control of myself,\u201d she says. (Seen above: Johnson with East and their two sons). <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Shawn Johnson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Johnson (seen here in 2013) shares how she was drowning. <span class=\"credit\">Brad Barket<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt caused\u00a0so\u00a0much tension with us,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I didn\u2019t even know what was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had gotten to a point where it had gotten, just not normal,\u201d Johnson continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to say it got bad, but we were disconnected and I was cold and I was distant. And I remember you sat me down and you said, \u2018We\u2019re going to go to therapy.&#8217;\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBy the time I could help our baby, I had lost control to [the point] where I didn\u2019t even know how to work myself back to normal,\u201d Johnson (seen above in 2023) continues. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>East (seen here in 2019) suggests they go to therapy. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gold medalist recalls feeling depleted and ultimately agreeing with East\u2019s request because she didn\u2019t have the energy to argue with him.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson credits therapy as \u201cthe very first thing that started healing [her]\u201d and the \u201cgreatest gift\u201d from East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never had doubt in us, and I never had doubt in Andrew, but I always doubt myself\u00a0because I am a perfectionist\u00a0and I want to succeed,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Johnson (seen here on FOX\u2019s \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d) describes it as the greatest gift. <span class=\"credit\">FOX Image Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple (seen here in 2024) tied the knot in 2016. <span class=\"credit\">Mike Marsland\/Getty Images for Omega<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson elaborates further, stating that she wants to \u201cbe the best\u201d at her job as a mother and wife.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Barrett, the couple, who tied the knot in 2016, are also the parents to a 6-year-old daughter, Drew Hazel, and a 4-year-old son, Jett James.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson openly shares her family life via Instagram and shared in 2024 how she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/06\/style\/shawn-johnson-gets-5-new-tattoos-in-1-session-to-honor-her-kids-husband\/\">got five new tattoos<\/a> to honor East and their kids.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/20\/celebrity-news\/shawn-johnson-details-feeling-disconnected-and-so-much-tension-in-marriage-to-andrew-east\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Johnson is getting candid about feeling \u201cdisconnected\u201d from her husband, Andrew East, when she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128332511.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}