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Former ‘American Idol’ Co-Host & Estranged Wife’s Bitter Custody Battle Gets Nasty!

Brian Dunkleman & Estranged Wife’s Bitter Custody Battle Gets Nasty!
Source: Courtesy of Brian Dunkleman/Instagram; s_bukley/Newscom/The Mega Agency

Dec. 31 2019, Updated 7:10 p.m. ET

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Nearly forgotten former American Idol co-host Brian Dunkleman — who recently hosted Family Feud Live: Celebrity Edition — is caught up in his own vicious family smackdown!

RadarOnline.com has seen legal documents that reveal Dunkleman, who is working as an Uber driver — has accused estranged wife Kalea Nassif Dunkleman of being a drunk, while she’s blasted him as a deadbeat dad.

They’re fighting for sole custody of their six-year-old son, Jackson, but Nassif claims she’s been his primary caregiver.

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“Brian has never even exercised the shared 50/50 timeshare stipulated to in May, 2016,” Nassif said in court documents filed on June 19.

Nassif charged that Dunkleman, 48, sent her a text saying: “Just drink yourself to death and get it over with,” according to court records.

Meanwhile, Dunkleman has countercharged in new documents filed Dec. 3 that Nassif has a drinking problem and that she was found “passed out” on the side of the road. She “attacked him,” and he recorded her “punching me in the face and head ... in front of our son.”

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Nassif was forced to enroll in alcohol monitoring for six months, according to the 2016 custody agreement.

Nassif insisted to the court she’s sober, but charged: “Brian has always asserted that I am an alcoholic and that I am drunk all the time, which is not true.”

In a statement, Dunkleman told Radar: “Everything that I have done for the last six years has been to protect my son.”

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