

Katheryn appears to be very caring towards Wyatt expressing worry when he is involved in a hit and run and even more so when he is arrested in a later episode. Wyatt was apparently the victim of sexual abuse by a trusted family priest as a young boy. Katheryn and Jim have repeatedly tried to help Wyatt get clean but to no avail. Wyatt is Katheryn and Jim's son, a drug addict and alcoholic who is prime source of disdain for both his parents. In the season 6 finally of The Haves and The Have Nots she was clearly worried about Jim after being shot by their son, Wyatt. Also while talking to Wyatt she reveals while Jim was having affairs she had some as well, something which shocked Jim who jealously asked who she was with. Katheryn appears to turn a blind eye to Jim's numerous affairs though she is shown to make fun of and assign numbers to them so that they remain "nameless" to her for instance, she calls Candace Young "Nine", as she is apparently Jim's ninth mistress. Katherine's marriage is also apparently loveless and sexless, as the two are shown to no longer even share a bed late in season 1. Jim is Katheryn's husband, though the two are not in a happy marriage and have not been since before the beginning of the series. Season Two Season Three Relationships Family Jim Cryer When Candace Young, Hanna's estranged daughter, announces that she had an affair with Jim, Katheryn literally shamed her by calling her Nine, as Candace was the ninth affair that she knew about. She does not appear to have a lot of affection for her daughter Amanda and son Wyatt. She sees Wyatt as a disappointment, due to his substance abuse issues, and sees Amanda as much too fragile. When she hires a new maid named Hanna Young, she sees something in this woman that she can trust. As time passes, Hanna and Katheryn forge a solid friendship.Īnother secret that Katheryn is keeping from the family, is that she had breast cancer. Hanna finds out about it, and promises her employer and friend that she won't say anything about it. In fact, Hanna is by her side all the way through the surgery (though Katheryn tells her family she is going on a vacation). Katheryn knows all about Jim's numerous mistresses and flings, and views them as a long line of women who were pretty young and dumb. She refers to all of Jim's mistresses such as Celine and Candace as numbers (four and nine respectively) as a way to show her contempt for them while. Her marriage to Jim is more or less a marriage of appearances, as she doesn't even sleep in the same bed with him. When we first meet Katheryn, she was a woman who was living behind a facade. As a result of their relationship, Katheryn became pregnant out of wedlock, and married Jim before the child was born.

She was born into a wealthy family and dated Jim, despite her father's strenuous objections. She was also the mother of Amanda (deceased/ possible suicide), a college student and Wyatt, a former heroin addict, who has been through three stints of rehabilitation. Katheryn was the wife of Judge Jim Cryer, a highly powerful Savannah Criminal Courts Judge. After proving herself to be discreet, caring and loyal, Hannah becomes a true friend to Katheryn, the first one she has ever had.

With a mansion the size of their family home, more than one staff member is needed so Katheryn hires a second maid, Hannah. Katheryn is in charge of hiring and firing her household help and doesn't mind that Jim has a long-term affair with one of the maids, as long as she keeps Jim away from her. Together, Jim, Katheryn, Wyatt and Amanda are a deeply troubled family which appear to always be on the edge of killing each other. Every wrong thing they do, including Wyatt's strong addiction to drugs, they blame their parents for and take no responsibility for their own actions. The siblings are mentally unstable and unable to cope in the world outside their life of privilege and great wealth. Katheryn, with the help of nannies, raises a son, Wyatt, and a daughter, Amanda. She has every material thing a woman could want yet she is lonely and has no real friends. She is in a miserable and loveless marriage with her childhood sweetheart, Jim Cryer.

When her father died she inherited his money and business holdings, including multiple properties. Katheryn Cryer, the daughter of an insanely rich father, grew up in Savannah, Georgia.
