Influencer Jen Hamilton is finding a silver lining in her divorce.
After announcing her split from her husband, Hamilton has launched a fundraiser for charities helping women rebuild their lives, she said on social media.
The nurse, who has 5 million followers on TikTok and 2 million followers on Instagram, revealed her divorce in June before beginning the fundraiser on July 22.
As of July 29, the fundraiser – which will continue through the end of August – has raised more than $100,000, Hamilton said on social media.
In addition to accepting direct donations, the mom of two is selling T-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise on her website. All of the proceeds are going to organizations helping women going through difficult transitions, she
said.
Hamilton said the fundraiser would allow her to "take something awful and turn it into something good" amid her divorce. She has alleged on social media that her longtime husband had a "double life" before their separation.
"Yes, he had a double life with a woman who is 56 years old. Yes, I did leave him – should have left way earlier, giving myself grace," she said in a July 27 social media video. "But I am so fortunate to have the means and resources to be able to leave a bad relationship. There are so many women who are unable to do so."
Jen Hamilton raises money through 'Sisterhood of Solidary' shirts
Hamilton is primarily fundraising through the sale of a line of merchandise she's calling the "Sisterhood of Solidarity" collection.
It includes t-shirts, sweatshirts and other apparel with various slogans and designs. Hamilton described them in a July 27 videoas "just a bunch of like girl power shirts."
She said that 100% of the proceeds are going to nonprofits helping women get out of bad relationships. Between the proceeds from the merchandise and direct donations to Hamilton's Venmo and CashApp, the fundraiser was up to more than $108,000 as of July 29, she said on social media.
"Thank you guys so much for helping me take my sorrow and misery and use it for something beautiful to help other women escape situations that they may not otherwise be able to," she said.
It's not the first time Hamilton has used her platform to support charitable organizations.
After posting a viral video from a March flight where she offered to sit with a blind man and his service dog, she later launched a fundraiser for The Seeing Eye, the oldest existing guide dog school in the United States. It raised more than $30,000, the organization said.
In the midst of the November 2025 government shutdown, she also organized a fundraiser that donated $78,000 to nonprofits feeding people in need, according to her website.
Jen Hamilton details husband's alleged 'double life'
Hamilton and her husband Brian Hamilton, who married in 2012 and share two sons, announced their separation in a statement on June 15.
"This comes with enormous pain for the both of us but also gratitude for the 15 years of shared history, love, and friendship," the couple wrote in their joint statement at the time.
In a July 26 video, Jen Hamilton suggested that she learned new information since announcing her and her husband's separation.
"While I was at the hospital taking care of people, he found the time to have a whole 'nother life," the 35-year-old said. "And as someone who's never even passionately kissed anyone else in my entire life, this has broken me beyond comprehension because it's sacred to me."
She continued: "Secrets and hiding are what I believe helped make all this possible. So the way that I'm dealing with it is by not having any secrets."
USA TODAY reached out to Brian Hamilton for comment.
Jen Hamilton, 35, is an influencer with millions followers across TikTok and Instagram combined. She is a labor and delivery nurse and has worked in both the emergency room and obstetrics for over a decade, according to her website.
Most recently, Hamilton wrote the bestselling book "Birth Vibes," detailing stories from her experience as a labor and delivery nurse.
Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. Keep up with her on X @melinakh and Instagram @bymelinakhan.
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