Steven McBee Jr.’s ex-girlfriend Calah Jackson had a front row seat to his dad, Steven “Steve” McBee’s, FBI investigation scandal — well before his brothers had any idea what was happening.

“I think that Steven’s reasoning for not telling his brothers [was] because he didn’t want them to take on any of the stress or worry [that] he was having to deal with,” Calah exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, August 14, while promoting season 2 of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys. “I definitely do think they would be, you know, offended or left out that he would tell me over his brothers because they’re such a close-knit family.”

Calah, who was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Steven for much of season 2, revealed that she “found out about the FBI investigation probably, like

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