Kimora Lee Simmons recently disclosed her relationship status, telling PEOPLE that though she doesn’t “have any prospects” at the moment, she doesn’t intend to hop on dating apps in the near future.
“I wouldn’t go on an app because I don’t even know the first thing about how these people are behaving,” the model and fashion designer said.
Simmons, 50, also disclosed that she “1000%” provides dating advice to her five children. “We’re very close, and I try to give them the best advice I can,” Simmons explained. “I’ve seen a lot of things. We’re definitely all learning from each other. It’s like battle of the sexes under one roof.”
Simmons shares daughters Aoki, 23, and Ming, 25, with her ex-husband Russell Simmons. She also has a son, Kenzo, 16, with ex Djimon Hounsou, while she shares a son Wolfe, 10, with Tim Leissner. Simmons is additionally a mother to an adopted son named Gary.
“Usually I would say that I co-parent okay, but the kids are with me full-time,” she said. “I’m pretty much the primary parent. It’s difficult, but I don’t know sometimes what other people are thinking. Guys are weird.”
Despite her situation, Simmons stated that her “life doesn’t ever revolve around a guy, ever.”
“You have to look out for yourself,” she said. “A man’s not going to be responsible to give you everything in life. It’s important to be independent.”
Though being a mom of five, Simmons previously disclosed that she still has a connection with the family of Kim Porter, as she’s a “surrogate mom” to the twin daughters that the late model shares with embattled music executive, Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Per PEOPLE, Simmons opened up about being a mother to other children she did not birth during an appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends. The veteran model and fashion designer made mention of Porter’s 18-year-old twin daughters Jessie and D’Lila, saying that they were part of her kids “on the side.”
“I have my kids, and then I have kids on the side,” Simmons said on a lighter note. “I have a stepdaughter, well, an additional daughter. I have another son, bonus son, who’s on the show, Jaden, another one who’s just been with us for many, many years. One of my friends who passed away, Kim Porter, I have all of her kids. Even though some of them at adults, but some of them are 18, twins.”
Simmons was also asked if the Combs twins reach out to her. “Yeah, they’re with me. I just got off the phone with them! I’m a lot of people’s mom,” she replied.
As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Porter passed away on November 15, 2018, in her Los Angeles home. The coroner previously filed the model and actress’ cause of death as “deferred” before updating it to lobar pneumonia.
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