Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons‘ 21-year-old daughter is relationship a 65-year-old man — with whom she’s on trip proper now — however Papa Bear is not trippin’, or so it appears.
The Def Jam co-founder tells TMZ he spoke along with his daughter, Aoki, a day earlier than the information got here out she was romantically concerned with Vittorio Assaf — the founding father of Serafina Restaurant Group — which got here to gentle final week by PDA-filled vacay images of them.
The couple is out in St. Barts proper now — and pictures of them smooching have gone viral … to not point out invoking the wrath of social media, however Russell says he is not stressing it.
He tells us Aoki had advised him this could be making the rounds on social media — so Russ had a heads up, and he provides … “I’m not gonna kick and scream about her choices.”
RS goes on to say, “All I can do is offer my advice and unconditional love.”
Russell had telegraphed this sentiment from an IG publish he’d put up this previous weekend … through which he threw up a photograph of him and Aoki collectively from Father’s Day final yr, the place the 2 of them are posing and smiling collectively. He additionally connected a candy, loving caption.
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Secure to say, not everyone seems to be as chill about this as Russ seems to be — they usually’re letting him learn about it in all his feedback … ditto for Kimora too, BTW, who’s getting roasted.
Seems like followers assume the massive age hole is wildly inappropriate … and social media warriors are blowing up Russ and Kimora — plus, Aoki herself — to allow them to understand how they really feel about it. As you possibly can think about, they’re displeased with Aoki’s relationship selections, discovering this creepy.
And but, Aoki herself is tuning out the noise — she’s posted some IG Lives this weekend that seem to have addressed all of the backlash … and from the sounds of it, she would not care!
It is a bit unclear how precisely they met — however word is, it was truly there on the island.
SRG hosts a number of Italian restaurant areas all all through NYC … together with eateries for different varieties of meals like pizza, sushi, French delicacies and extra. Goes with out saying, Assaf is loaded after which some.