On His Father Going Public

Joel also talked candidly about his father’s decision to make the story public in Britain, and subsequently, the entire world. He and his brothers learned their story would be plastered all over the newspapers only days before the article was published, Joel claimed.

They were all shocked and surprised at this bit of news, and they definitely were not happy with it. While Ed replied to Mason’s text breaking the news, Willem and Joel hadn’t even bothered. Furthermore, Joel said that his dad merely did it for attention, since he’d known about it for two years but only did something now.