Quick answer: Riley Reid and Pasha Petkuns fostered two Ukrainian boys, ages 6 and 12, after their parents died — disclosed on TigerBelly in 2025.
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In a January 2025 appearance on the TigerBelly podcast, Riley Reid answered a simple question from Bobby Lee — would she help someone who was struggling — with a fact most of her timeline did not know. She and her husband, freerunner Pasha Petkuns, were fostering two Ukrainian boys whose parents had been killed in the war.
The boys were six and twelve. They had already been with the couple for about a year when she said it. The arrangement, as she described it, was temporary fostering so their older brother — a pre-war friend of the couple — could stabilize his own life. That is the full public core of the story. Everything else is noise.
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What She Said on TigerBelly
Reid’s language was plain. She was fostering two children from Ukraine who were refugees from the war. Their parents were deceased. The kids had learned English after arriving in the United States. They were in school. Despite the trauma, she called them “pretty great kids.”
She did not frame the decision as a charity campaign. She offered it as evidence when asked whether she helps people. That tone matters. It reads like a private fact that slipped into a public conversation, not a content strategy.
Video: TigerBelly appearance where the fostering disclosure aired (YouTube).
The Personal Connection
According to her account, the boys’ elder brother was a friend before the full-scale invasion. After the parents died, that brother was the next of kin but could not house and raise the younger siblings alone. Reid and Petkuns stepped in with a temporary home in the United States so the family could reorganize without putting the children through another rupture.
How This Sits Beside Her Public Brand
Reid still posts explicit photos. She still runs businesses. She still protects her own daughter’s privacy online. Fostering two bereaved boys does not require a brand rewrite — and she did not perform one. The honest read is compartmentalization: family logistics in one lane, adult content in another, both real.
Online reactions split between praise and moral panic. Neither reaction changes the factual disclosure she made on a major comedy podcast.
From Her X Timeline
Am I on the naughty list this year?
— Riley Reid (@rileyreidx3) December 24, 2025
Just a little peak… wanna see more?
— Riley Reid (@rileyreidx3) December 29, 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions
Did Riley Reid foster children from Ukraine?
Yes. She stated on TigerBelly in 2025 that she and Pasha Petkuns were fostering two Ukrainian boys, ages six and twelve, after their parents died in the war.
Was it a permanent adoption?
She described temporary fostering so the boys’ older brother could get back on his feet.
How long had the boys been with them?
About a year at the time of the podcast. They were attending school and had learned English in the U.S.
When did she reveal the fostering?
On the TigerBelly podcast in early 2025.
Are the boys still with them publicly?
She described temporary fostering; later private status has not been detailed in major press.
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