Russell Simmons is speaking up after his family’s drama spilled onto social media yesterday (June 19).
As reported, the mogul’s daughter took to Instagram with a stacked list of allegations against her father – including claims that he cut her off financially, threatened her, and was verbally abusive to not only her, but sister Ming and their mom Kimora Lee.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Aoki’s allegations were accompanied by various video clips and screen grabs of text message exchanges with her estranged father.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Now, Simmons has broken his silence.
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Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Sharing a clip of his daughters via Instagram, the 65-year-old wrote:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)“God is testing you a little bit, it’s ok, be strong. . . they are called growing pains . . . as you know, we grow through adversity and struggle . . . you read my books and heard me preach your whole childhood . . . reach back to old lessons and remember to remember “smile and breathe” ❤️ “smile and breathe” . . . you are the watchers of this world . . . so let go . . . be at ease . . . God is driving and he is working on you ❤️
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)DEEPLY sorry for being frustrated and yelling . . .
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)but know this . . . there are no conditions . . . for sure i love you guys more than i love myself.”
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Parents are human too. They get depressed, frustrated, hurt and a myriad of other emotions. They don’t always do things “right” but apologies and attempting to right their wrongs go a long way. It sucks that this is playing out in the public eye, but I wish them much healing.
Nice comment you get 50 kisses .
Boy bye. That’s a big fat lie. I don’t blame him for saying if He loves Fried chicken more than he loves himself
Put Sasha and Malia up. Take them down And Kanye lil girl just a pretty lil thing. They get 50 fist pumps ✊