Heather Dubrow Sends Daughter Max Off to College: 'You're Starting the Most Incredible Adventure'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Heather Dubrow’s oldest daughterMaxis leaving the nest.

TheReal Housewives of Orange Countystar shared on Wednesday that her 18-year-old daughter has embarked on a new journey: college life.

“… and off goes Max ❤️🦌 !” Heather, 53, wrote in the caption of anInstagrampost featuring pictures and a video from the process of moving Max into her new dorm.

“I love you so much !!! You may be far from home, but you are always close in my heart ❤️,” she added.

One snap from the post shows Max posing in her new bedroom after it was fully decorated with the typical college essentials. Another picture features Heather’s husband, Terry Dubrow, cuddling up to his daughter in what appeared to be a student dorm hall. The post also includes pictures of Heather and Max.

Max isn’t their only child to recently leave the couple’s home. Max’s twin brother, Nick, also started his college adventure last week.

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Sharing the special moment onInstagramwith a series of pictures from the moving day, Heather wrote in the caption, “And just like that… my first born is off to college 😭😭😭.”

“I love you@nickdubrowand I’m so proud to be your Mom !” she continued. “Have the best year ever ! Be safe, make good decisions, study! and have fun ❤️ ( oh and a special thank you to@wellorganized.spacewho made this move in EASY… love you Amanda!).”

Earlier this year, Heathergot matching tattooswith Max and Nick from a Newport Beach parlor. Max showed off the ink — an exclamation point with two dots on their middle fingers — via Instagram in March.

“Tongues out tattoos on,” Max captioned the carousel, which featured individual snaps of the trio getting tattooed, at the time.

A month prior, in February, Heather proudly supported daughter Kat, 15, after shecame out asa lesbian, one year after Max came out as bi.

“We’ve got four kids, they are different genders, different sexualities, and all at interesting places in their lives, figuring out who they are and where they belong as humans,” said Heather in an interview withPEOPLEat the time.

A desire to share their family’s story — and use their platform for good — factored into their decision toreturn toReal Housewives of Orange County. “I felt like our purpose is to keep those conversations going in other families,” said Heather.

“Coming out with your sexuality is something that broadly affects a lot of different people. We just want people to realize it should be part of normal conversations,” her husband shared.

source: people.com