{"id":2195457,"date":"2025-12-11T20:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2195457"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:21:49","slug":"kimora-lee-simmons-says-she-doesnt-have-a-relationship-with-her-kids-fathers-guys-are-weird-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kimora-lee-simmons-says-she-doesnt-have-a-relationship-with-her-kids-fathers-guys-are-weird-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimora Lee Simmons Says She Doesn\u2019t &#8216;Have a Relationship&#8217; with Her Kids\u2019 Fathers: &#8216;Guys Are Weird&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimora Lee Simmons tells PEOPLE she doesn&#8217;t &#8220;have a relationship really&#8221; with her kids&#8217; fathers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Simmons shares two daughters with ex Russell Simmons, a son with ex Djimon Hounsou and a son with ex Tim Leissner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Usually I would say that I co-parent okay, but the kids are with me full-time,&#8221; says Simmons, who also adopted son Gary in 2020 and has her &#8220;bonus son&#8221; Jayden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kimora-lee-simmons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kimora Lee Simmons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kimora Lee Simmons<\/a> is setting the record straight on where she stands with her exes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The model-turned-fashion mogul and reality star, 50, tells PEOPLE in this week&#8217;s issue, on newsstands Friday, that she doesn&#8217;t &#8220;have a relationship really&#8221; with her kids&#8217; fathers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Usually I would say that I co-parent okay, but the kids are with me full-time,&#8221; says Simmons. &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty much the primary parent. It&#8217;s difficult, but I don&#8217;t know sometimes what other people are thinking. Guys are weird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Simmons has daughters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-kimora-lee-simmons-daughter-ming-lee-7966338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ming Lee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ming Lee<\/a>, 25, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kimora-lee-simmons-thought-it-was-predatorial-when-her-daughter-dated-restaurateur-exclusive-11864015\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Aoki Lee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Aoki Lee<\/a>, 23,\u00a0with her ex-husband, record executive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/russell-simmons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Russell Simmons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Russell Simmons<\/a>; son <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kimora-lee-simmons-son-kenzo-first-modeling-campaign-11809212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kenzo Lee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kenzo Lee<\/a>, 16, with actor Djimon Hounsou; and son <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kimora-lee-simmons-can-t-believe-her-son-is-10-as-she-celebrates-his-birthday-11713885\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wolfe Lee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wolfe Lee<\/a>, 10, with former investment banker Tim Leissner, who was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/russell-simmons-sues-kimora-lee-ex-husband-for-stealing-stocks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sentenced to two years in prison;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sentenced to two years in prison<\/a> earlier this year after pleading guilty to bribery and money laundering charges.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Kimora Lee Simmons\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Kimora Lee Simmons with kids Jayden, Gary, Aoki, Kenzo and Wolfe<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Simmons is also mom to son <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kimora-lee-simmons-celebrates-son-gary-15th-birthday-8722591\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gary Lee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gary Lee<\/a>, 16, whom she adopted from Jamaica in 2020, and her &#8220;bonus son&#8221; Jayden, 19, who has lived with the family since he was in fourth grade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Take PEOPLE with you! <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magazines.com\/people-magazine.html?utm_source=people.com&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=editorialarticlemention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Subscribe to PEOPLE magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Subscribe to PEOPLE magazine<\/a> to get the latest details on celebrity news, exclusive royal updates, how-it-happen true crime stories and more \u2014 right to your mailbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite not being in touch with the kids&#8217; fathers, Simmons credits her &#8220;village&#8221; of &#8220;friends and family and people my kids can rely on&#8221; for helping her through. Plus, she feels she was always made for motherhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m always \u2018the mom,\u2019 \u201d Simmons tells PEOPLE. \u201cI mother people all around me. When I hear people say to me, \u2018I\u2019ve come to you as a mom or best friend in my head,\u2019 that\u2019s what I live for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Kimora Lee Simmons\/Instagram Kimora Lee Simmons with kids Aoki, Kenzo, Wolfe, Gary and Ming\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LbYDPMHDI39euTDrRaLntA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/2b25312ffa0c15e1136013c52d584f80\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Kimora Lee Simmons\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Kimora Lee Simmons with kids Aoki, Kenzo, Wolfe, Gary and Ming<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now happily single, Simmons says her \u201clife doesn\u2019t ever revolve around a guy, ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I am thankful I&#8217;m able to be there for my family in ways that other people or parents are not,&#8221; she says. &#8220;If I wasn&#8217;t this person, I don&#8217;t know if we would&#8217;ve made it or if we would be okay. It&#8217;s been very important to me to be strong and self-reliant, and to constantly be growing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And no matter how old her kids get, they know they can always come home to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Ming and Aoki are older, but I think they still feel very much like I&#8217;m &#8216;mom,&#8217; and I think that&#8217;s okay,&#8221; she says. &#8220;For sure they can come to me. They live at home, they travel the world and they have a place in New York.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After nearly 15 years, Simmons is back on reality TV in her new E! series <em>Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane. <\/em>It serves as a follow-up to her first show <em>Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane<\/em>, which ran from 2007-2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s like a chapter two of life,\u201d she says. \u201cI do think things go in a cycle \u2014 it\u2019s not just clich\u00e9. I\u2019m living it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane<\/em>\u00a0airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on E!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>For more on Simmons, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magazines.com\/?containerName=ib3gdsm16&amp;utm_source=people.com&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=i111ppr1w2660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kimora-lee-simmons-doesnt-have-a-relationship-with-her-kids-fathers-exclusive-11866184\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Kimora Lee Simmons tells PEOPLE she doesn&#8217;t &#8220;have a relationship really&#8221; with her kids&#8217; fathers Simmons shares two daughters with ex Russell Simmons, a son with ex Djimon Hounsou and a son with ex Tim Leissner &#8220;Usually I would say that I co-parent okay, but the kids are with me full-time,&#8221; says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2195458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[406547,363574,406548,339225,377900,423880],"class_list":["post-2195457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-aoki-lee","tag-djimon-hounsou","tag-kenzo-lee","tag-kimora-lee-simmons","tag-russell-simmons","tag-tim-leissner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kimora-Lee-Simmons-Says-She-Doesnt-Have-a-Relationship-with.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2195457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2195459,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195457\/revisions\/2195459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2195458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2195457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2195457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2195457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}