Don’t count on Kimora Lee Simmons to be tremendous buddy-buddy with any of her exes.
The style mogul and actuality TV star defined to PEOPLE in a current interview why her relationship with the fathers of her 5 organic kids is near non-existent.
“Normally I might say that I co-parent okay, however the children are with me full-time,” Simmons instructed the outlet. “I’m just about the first dad or mum. It’s troublesome, however I don’t know generally what different individuals are pondering. Guys are bizarre.”
She shares two daughters, 25-year-old Ming Lee and 23-year-old Aoki Lee with ex-husband Russell Simmons, a son, 16-year-old Kenzo with actor Djimon Hounsou and one other son, 10-year-old Wolfe with former funding banker Tim Leissner. She is also the dad or mum of 16-year-old Gary, who she adopted from Jamaica in 2020 and a bonus son in 19-year-old Jayden, who has lived with the household for the reason that fourth grade.
Together with her main concentrate on her kids, Simmons says she offers the thought of one other relationship zero thought. “My life doesn’t ever revolve round a man, ever,” she stated. “I’m grateful I’m capable of be there for my household in ways in which different folks or dad and mom aren’t.”
Simmons stays a “mama bear” for her village, together with the youngsters of Kim Porter. In an interview on “Immediately,” Simmons revealed she’s the surrogate mom for Porter’s twins, D’Lila and Jessie, now 18.
“One in every of my associates who handed away, Kim Porter, I’ve all of her children,” Simmons instructed Jenna Bush Hager and visitor host Scarlett Johannson. “Although a few of them are adults, however a few of them are 18 — twins.”
Motherhood and enriching her village are simply two of the elements of Simmons’ return to actuality TV. Her “Kimora: Again In The Fab Lane” present airs on E!
“I’m at all times ‘the mother,’ ” Simmons stated. “I mom folks throughout me. After I hear folks say to me, ‘I’ve come to you as a mother or finest pal in my head,’ that’s what I dwell for.”
