Russell Simmons is on the receiving finish of some damning allegations—this time from his personal daughter Aoki Simmons and ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons. Aoki, 20, not solely leaked some personal texts from the Def Jam Recordings co-founder, she additionally went on Instagram Stay and tearfully accused him of verbal abuse. She then uploaded a muted video of her father visibly indignant and shouting throughout their FaceTime name, one thing Russell clearly regrets.
On Monday (June 19), as each Russell Simmons and Aoki trended on Twitter, the enterprise mogul took to Instagram the place he apologized for dropping his mood.
“God is testing you a bit bit, it’s okay, be sturdy,” he wrote alongside modeling images of Aoki and his different daughter, Ming. “They’re referred to as rising pains. As you understand, we develop by means of adversity and battle. You learn my books and heard me preach your complete childhood. Attain again and attempt to bear in mind ‘smile and breathe,’ ‘smile and breathe.’ You’re the watchers of this world, so let go. Be comfy. God is driving and he’s engaged on you.
“DEEPLY sorry for being annoyed and yelling. However know this, there are not any circumstances. For positive I really like you guys greater than I really like myself.”
Aoki, nevertheless, is satisfied her dad wants assist and may very well be affected by some type of psychological break.
However like many others who’ve watched the Simmons household dynamic implode on-line, Fats Joe thinks they need to take their conversations offline. He wrote, “This ain’t none of our enterprise” and added a coronary heart emoji.
Boyce Watkins added, “Household stuff shouldn’t be settled on the web. The general public doesn’t care about Russell or his household. Y’all simply love the drama. I pray in your therapeutic. All of you. Interval.”
As for Kimora Lee Simmons’ half, she claims her ex-husband threatened their daughters’ lives. The style model proprietor advised her facet of the story through Instagram Stay in solidarity together with her daughter. She says Russell Simmons has been blocked from her social media for a very long time and regularly paints an image of a contented household once they’re something however.
Even so, Aoki’s final two Instagram Tales present loads of love for her father. In a single, she shared a number of screenshots of previous Father’s Day and birthday posts. She wrote, “I’ve at all times proven up for my Dad as a daughter can. I’ve at all times been in his nook. I’ve tried all the things I might strive.”
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