As her wedding anniversary nears, Letourneau told Barbara Walters that she has been reflecting on the events of her life that have led her to this point. "There is a story of us that has a life of its own, but it's not our story," Mary Kay Letourneau told Barbara Walters on 20/20 on Friday, according to ABC News.
"I definitely knew it was bizarre," Letourneau told Walters about her relationship with Fualaau. "Vili and I loved each other and still do."
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Letourneau is a grandmother - and a registered sex offender. She works as a paralegal, but told Walters that she misses teaching.
"Recently I said, 'It's been 10 years, why don't I lift that?' " Letourneau told Walters. "There's a process, there's a form, you take it to court and then they grant it if it looks like it should be granted."
Regardless of Letourneau's status on the registry, her status as a parent is something she deals with everyday - especially, since she and Fualaau don't see eye-to-eye.
"When the girls get in trouble, I wouldn't handle it the way she would," Fualaau told Walters. "It will be a two-hour talk. I'll be sitting there thinking, 'When will this be over!' A lot of the time I'll give her a hard time about it but actually [it] works in the end."
Letourneau told Walters that her husband is a very strict father, according to ABC News. "He told them several years ago, they're not permitted to have a boyfriend," Letourneau said.
"When you're that young a relationship can lead to something you think you wanted back then, but not years later," Fualaau told Walters. "Don't put your all into something when it's just temporary."
Walters asked Fualaau, who works at a garden center and as a DJ going by the name DJ Headline, what his response would be if he found out his daughters were sleeping with their teachers. According to NY Daily News, both Letourneau and Fualaau said they would be shocked and upset. "I don't support younger kids being married or having a relationship with someone older," Letourneau's former student said. "I don't support it."
Fualaau, who became a dad when he was 14 and 15 - both times while Letourneau was in prison - admitted to Walters that he battled depression and alcoholism during "a really dark time" in his teens.
"I feel sad for a lot of parts of my life," he told Walters. "When I start thinking about those things, I think about the beauty that's come from it, where can I take that and run with it. [It's a] happy feeling for sure. I feel very safe."
According to NY Daily News, Letourneau says Fualaau cheated on her while she was serving her seven-and-a-half-year sentence. "He did his thing while I was gone," the former teacher said, but Fualaau told Walters that there never was a time when he didn't want to marry Letourneau.
