(CNN) -- "My Fair Wedding" host David Tutera and his soon-to-be ex-husband are raising eyebrows by choosing to raise their twin children separately. Tutera's ex, Ryan Jurica, discussed the controversial decision for the first time on HLN's Now In America. "I still feel like I lost a daughter," said Jurica. "I hope the kids can be in each other's lives as much as possible, and that's what I'm working hard to do." Tutera and Jurica were united in a civil union in Vermont in September 2003. About three years ago, they decided to have children through a surrogate, but by the time the babies were born, the couple had split up. After the two ended their relationship earlier this year, they reached a temporary custody agreement to raise their 2-month-old twins, a boy named Cedric and a girl named Cielo, separately."My Fair Wedding" host David Tutera and his soon-to-be ex-husband Ryan Jurica will split twinsThe couple broke up after a surrogate was implanted with embryos from each man"I still feel like I lost a daughter," Jurica says as he raises his son, Cedric, on his own
Although the divorce isn't final, the couple has decided _ will raise his biological child, Cedric, and Tutera will raise his biological child, Cielo. Jurica said the idea came up when the two separated and _ told him, "We know the boy is yours and the girl is mine.