Kimora Lee Simmons may have been a little embarrassed afterwards daughter AokiHer beach getaway with a 65-year-old man was revealed, but she also made it clear: “Mommy has your back.”
The famous fashion mogul and mother of three said exactly that in a new interview with TMZ as she broke the silence on photos of her 21-year-old daughter and restaurant owner Vittorio Assaf, 65, kissing in St. which emerged in early April.
When asked by TMZ if she knew Aoki “had an older gentleman” or if this came as a surprise to her, Kimora called the question loaded.
“I don’t think she had anything,” the celebrity mom said. “She’s a pretty young girl and, you know, I guess we don’t think the frogs we can kiss will be transmitted in the thing.”
Kimora then expressed that she felt her daughter was “a little set up” and noted the age difference, although she did not go into further detail about her statement.
And although she admitted to being “a little embarrassed” by the situation, Kimora made it clear that she continues to support her daughter. “You know me — I’m definitely like, ‘It is what it is, honey. Come home. Mommy protects you. He’s not coming,'” she told TMZ with a laugh.
As the photos surfaced, Kimora posted a video to her Instagram Story of a mother panda bear dragging her cub and added the caption, “I’m a nervous wreck right now!”
Just days after the photos made headlines, ET confirmed that everything that was going on between Aoki and Vittorio is over.
“Aoki and Vittorio are no longer seeing each other,” a source told ET. “Their relationship is over, and it was almost nothing to begin with.”
The source also noted that Kimora “was concerned about Aoki’s involvement with Vittorio due to what she herself went through.” She and her ex-husband, co-founder of Def Jam Records Russell Simmons, had an age difference of 18 years. The two married in 1998 and welcomed daughters Aoki and Ming, 24, before announcing their separation in 2006.
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