*Singer Brian McKnight continues to face criticism regarding his strained relationship with his three older biological children.
McKnight is a stepfather to his wife Leilani Mendoza’s two children from a previous relationship and they share a son but he only acknowledges these three children. Over the past year, disturbing details about how he has treated his eldest biological kids have surfaced online, drawing widespread backlash.
He recently kicked off a series on his Instagram page entitled “Fatherhood Fridays,” which highlights his fatherhood journey and other men who are “exceptional examples of what a great father should be.”
“Fatherhood Fridays is about how when you do things the right way, with God on your side, with the person made for you, that happiness and joy you feel will be greater than anything you could’ve ever imagined,” McKnight said in a video showing him with his toddler son Brian Jr. and stepchildren Julia and Jack.
“They gave me the gift of true fatherhood,” McKnight said. “They are mine; I am theirs. What we have is symbiotic. They nurture me as much as I nurture them. See, there’s a huge difference when a man is a father out of choice and desire and not out of obligation and that’s what ‘Fatherhood Fridays’ is all about, the joys of fatherhood.”
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Several fans reacted to the video, slamming the R&B crooner for not acknowledging his three eldest children. McKnight previously called them the “product of sin.”
“Girl f*ck Brian McKnight,” one user wrote on X/Twitter, The Root reports.
“There’s a special place in hell for men like Brian McKnight and DJ Mustard,” wrote another.
“Brian McKnight making fatherhood content is weird. I thought you’re supposed to highlight the things that you’re actually good at” one other user stated.
McKnight had plenty of defenders, with one Instagram user writing, “His old family never respected him. His ex-wife manipulated the kids. However, he continued to provide for them and give them an education until they were adults. He is in a good place with a good woman and everybody’s mad.”
Another fan wrote, “I want to be clear because some of you are new fans and missed the last 25 years of @brianmcknight23 lifestyle. He was a good father to his biological kids and THEY caused all the problems. He took his sons on tour with him, paid their expenses to help them get on their feet, and these same sons stood next to him at his wedding with @leilani_211. His new wife also tried to help his sons get jobs at the hospital where she’s a doctor. It is not his responsibility to beg his kids to be their father. It’s their responsibility to be respectful and allow him to be a father. Clearly, his new wife’s kids respects him and allows him to be a father. That’s all a man wants!!! You new fans need to get off his Instagram and do some research!”
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