Recent comments from Kimora Lee Simmons and her daughters have people questioning Russell Simmons’ parenting skills. The drama kicked off on Father’s Day when Ming Lee honored her mom, Kimora, but didn’t acknowledge Russell. Hours later, Russell posted a cryptic sign to his Instagram story. “Stop asking fathers to work harder to see their children and start asking mothers why the fathers had to fight at all,” read the sign (via The Neighborhood Talk). Around this time, Aoki said, “I’m going to have to block him.”
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The next day, Kimora accused Russell of behind-the-scenes abuse and mistreatment. In the video obtained by The Shade Room, Kimora claimed, among other things, that Russell often pretended to be on good terms with her and their daughters on social media even though things were toxic in real life. Kimora also alleged that Russell stopped contributing to their daughters’ expenses right before they graduated from college. “So, one day he just kinda cut the kids off,” said Kimora. “I think he probably did that just to double up the expenses on me, which is no problem. I stepped up. I did it.” Meanwhile, Aoki posted a video claiming that Russell sent people to sister Ming Lee’s apartment “in the middle of the night to sign away her inheritance or whatever” (via The Shade Room).
