Aoki Lee Simmons, mannequin and daughter of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, is publicly pushing by a flood of rising pains. Over the previous two weeks, the 21-year-old made headlines after exposing her relationship with 65-year-old Vittorio Assaf, a profitable restaurateur.
Nonetheless, days after the announcement, she advised followers that she “doesn’t have a boyfriend,” and now she’s turned off her feedback on Instagram.
On April 11, Aoki shared a photograph of herself in a black bikini on the seaside weeks after her whirlwind trip with Assaf in Saint Barthélemy. She shared three emojis of a blue coronary heart, a jellyfish and a tropical fish in her caption in addition to disabled her feedback so followers can’t react.
This follows a cryptic message she shared on her Instagram Story which incorporates a screenshot from an April 2023 interview actress Chloë Sevigny gave to The Reduce. In it, Aoki wrote over the picture, “Her phrases additionally mine atp.”
Sevigny wrote about how her dad and mom Janine Malinowski and H. David Sevigny acted when she was residing in Brooklyn Heights after she graduated from highschool. It was the primary time she was out of their supervision and was staying in an area with 5 roommates. In her reflection, she talked about how “terrifying” it was, particularly for her mom that she was residing on her personal.
“I do know for my mother it was very terrifying, however I checked in rather a lot, and my dad would all the time remind her that there was extra good on the planet than dangerous,” she mentioned.
In keeping with the Oscar nominee’s piece, her dad and mom had been “fairly anxious about medication.” Whereas she admitted to performing some, she famous that she “by no means favored doing them” and that she by no means did a tough drug like cocaine.
“The Lifeless Don’t Die” actress mentioned that this was her “massive yr of going out.”
Aoki appeared to instantly join with Sevigny’s story. Nonetheless, it’s unclear if her remark is in reference to her spring break journey to St. Barth’s that made worldwide headlines.
Photos began to drift on the web of the Harvard graduate and Assaf kissing whereas vacationing on the French West Indies earlier this month. Their age distinction had many bowled over, noting that the Serafina restaurant proprietor was a yr youthful than her father.
💞Kimora Lee Simmons Was In Excessive-school & Solely 17 Years Previous When She Began Courting Russell Simmons Who Was 35.Now Their Daughter, Aoki Lee Simmons Who’s Solely 21 Is Courting Restauranteur, Vittorio Assaf Who’s 65 👀 pic.twitter.com/N9tmvxK5Cv
— Bolanle O #Weblog #Information #Artwork (@Stereogoddess) April 8, 2024
Nobody appeared extra upset than Aoki’s mom, Kimora Lee Simmons, who was 17 when she started relationship the 35-year-old Def Jam founder. The Child Phat proprietor took to social media to precise her disapproval. Russell, however, stood by his daughter, making a publish to have a good time his unconditional love for her.
Days after the photographs emerged, Aoki made an Instagram Reside whereas using round together with her “boyfriend” as she dropped hints in regards to the designer manufacturers that she favored whereas he laughed within the background. The 2 appeared to get pleasure from one another’s firm, as Aoki talked about being the happiest she’s been in a while.
I hope Aoki Lee Simmons is okay. This feels… yeah. pic.twitter.com/LPNYxWse3D
— Sassington, M.C. (@MissSassbox) April 6, 2024
Nonetheless, the connection couldn’t stand the check of public (or acquainted) scrutiny and fewer than two weeks after it was made public, it was over.
Kimora is probably going elated that the connection is a dud, based on purported insiders near her.
“Not solely is it ‘over,’ it was by no means a factor. Aoki is studying to navigate her personal life in a public sphere,” Individuals journal stories it was advised by an insider near the household.
“And that may be tough,” the supply continued. “Nonetheless, Kimora was involved to see her daughter in that type of relationship as a consequence of what she herself went by.”
