( 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 . Although the divorce is n't final , the couple has decided Jurica will raise his biological child , Cedric , and Tutera will raise his biological child , Cielo . Tutera appeared on `` The View '' last week and announced the couple 's decision . `` We transferred two embryos into the surrogate : One was biologically mine , my daughter , Cielo . One was biologically his , his son , '' he explained . Jurica said it was Tutera 's decision to split up the children , and he 's still sad that this is the solution they 've reached . Jurica said the idea came up when the two separated and Tutera told him , `` We know the boy is yours and the girl is mine . You can have your son and I can have my daughter , and we can move on with our lives . '' Going forward , Jurica said , he plans to explain everything to his son as soon as he 's mature enough to understand the situation . `` I plan to tell Cedric everything . I think honesty is the only way to live , '' he said . `` Obviously it will have to wait until he 's old enough . It 's a complex and complicated story , both how he came into this world and my past and my divorce , so it 's a lot to talk about . '' HLN contacted Tutera for a response , but he declined to comment . Babble bloggers : 'We 're pissed ' to be pregnant with twins .
`` My Fair Wedding '' host David Tutera and his soon-to-be ex-husband Ryan Jurica will split twins . The couple announced their engagement in a statement on the couple's website last week. `` I still feel like I lost a daughter , '' Jurica says as he raises his son , Cedric , on his own .