Russell Simmons On Daughter Aoki, 21, Dating 65-Year-Old Restaurateur: 'I'm Not Gonna Kick & Scream

Mon, April 8, 2024 at 12:58 PM

Russell Simmons On Daughter Aoki, 21, Dating 65-Year-Old Restaurateur: 'I'm Not Gonna Kick & Scream About Her Choices'

At what age did your parents stop intervening with your decisions?

Late last week images hit the internet of 21-year-old model Aoki Lee Simmons on a beach in St. Barts passionately kissing restaurateur Vittorio Assaf, 65. As expected, the internet had a lot to say about the 44-year age difference between the love birds. Many also criticized Aoki Lee's parents - Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons - for seemingly not intervening in her questionable dating life. Appearing to address the backlash, Kimora Lee, 48, posted a video of a panda bear relocating her cub by mouth. She wrote on the post,

"On my last nerve right now!"

Her ex-husband Russell Simmons, 66, posted a throwback image with the Harvard graduate to his Instagram. He captioned the image,

"Throw back from last fathers day nyc ...bode bikram yoga express class .. vegan lunch cryotherapy vitamin drip ... all around amazing day [red heart emoji] @aokileesimmons love you always"

It didn't take long for the comment section to flood with people urging the record executive to call his daughter instead of alluding to the matter online. Responding to one IG user, Russell Simmons said,

"what makes u think i dont ? of course i call both of my daughters daily"

During a recent chat with TMZ, Russell also revealed that his daughter filled him in on who she's currently dating roughly a day before the relationship made headlines. He continued,