Russell Simmons‘ daughter has hit back at the “toxic men” who have been trolling her ever since she called out her father for being emotionally abusive on Father’s Day.
On Thursday (June 22), Aoki Lee Simmons took to her Instagram Stories to highlight the alleged abuse she’s received over the past few days since her family’s very public spat.
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“I wonder how your mothers, sisters, daughters, nieces, girlfriends, wives would feel seeing some of the sexist, racist, honestly foul comments and messages some of you ‘men’ are leaving me,” she wrote. “The misogynistic stereotypes and names, the absolute hate for women of color a lot of your comments show, just waiting to take your anger at how you feel you’ve been ‘treated’ by women.”
She continued: “All of us ‘b*tches are like this’ and ‘this is the problem with you girls/women/black women/hoes/skanks today?’ No, how about all YOU bitches are like this. I only see one bitter mess in a DM between a 40+ year old male stranger yelling at me about ‘all the bitter black women’ I represent, and it’s not the 20-year-old on the receiving end.”
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Aoki followed up her comments with another slide that showed her as a young girl being held by a smiling Russell Simmons. “Until a short time ago, this is the man who told me ‘always defend and look after your mother girls,’ and ‘never let a man curse at you’ ‘You call your daddy if a man ever tries to yell at ou or scare you that’s never ok! Real men don’t shout at women and girls,'” she wrote alongside the photo.
“So to all the toxic men in my comments using, ‘I’m defending him’ to be foul, and talk about all the grievances you have with women,’ you can save it. It’s pathetic, he would agree I know that for sure.”
The Simmons family drama came to light early on Sunday (June 18) when the music mogul’s oldest daughter Ming wished her mother Kimora a Happy Father’s Day on her Instagram Story. Russell Simmons saw the post and replied by sharing a meme that read: “Stop telling fathers they should have fought harder to see their children and start asking mothers why he had to fight at all.”
Kimora saw these comments and took to Instagram Live to issue a scathing rebuttal against her ex-husband, accusing him of acting like they’re still close despite her having blocked him on social media years ago. Their youngest daughter Aoki then joined in the conversation, posting mean-spirited messages from her father and a muted video where he appeared to be raging at her on FaceTime.
Aoki claimed her dad suffers from a mental health issue, and that as a family they’ve given up trying to repair their relationship.
In the wake of his family’s criticisms, Simmons offered up an apology on Monday (June 19), writing on Instagram that “God is testing” his daughters.
“God is testing you a little bit, it’s ok, be strong. . . they are called growing pains,” he wrote alongside a photo of Ming and Aoki. “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 ‘smile and breathe’ [heart emoji] ‘smile and breathe.’”
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He continued: “You are the watchers of this world . . . so let go . . . be at ease . . . God is driving and he is working on you [heart emoji]. DEEPLY sorry for being frustrated and yelling . . . but know this . . . there are no conditions . . . for sure i love you guys more than i love myself.”
