Aoki Lee Simmons, the 21-year-old daughter of Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons, stirred up controversy recently when she was seen kissing 65-year-old restaurateur Vittorio Assaf during a romantic trip to St. Barts on Tuesday.
Facing criticism from the public over the viral vacation photos, and social media appearances Aoki is now appealing to fans to refrain from commenting that she is anorexic on her social media posts, as it is affecting her modeling opportunities.
“Can you guys please stop saying I’m anorexic on the internet because I’ve been getting fired from modeling jobs, because people think I’m a bad influence and I’m just really not. I eat a lot of food, so can you please stop saying because I’ve been getting in trouble. Thank you, cool, please stop,” she said on live.
Did you guys hear me.. like when you comment that I get fired, because then brands think that I…. People think that I have issue and they don’t want that on their brand. So, I genuinely have gotten fired because of these comments guys. Like could you just please not, like I would really appreciate it.”
“It’s like not funny, that’s why I was crying. And then the more it happened, the more stressed I got, the more weight I lost. It was a mess and I couldn’t get a job because of it. So it’s not funny. I got big fired.”
“So guys I don’t look like I’m dying, this gives a very strong…. I literally do four kinds of martial arts, I rock climb, I can shoot a bow and arrow. Like common now, it’s true, like there are negative consequences for like a celebrity model, which is true. It’s totally better and safer, cuz people aren’t go like do bad things to you, but because you have press and eyes on you, brands do tend to care about your public, so if half my comments are like ‘she looks like a dying sick child,’ I do get fired.”
“I can really shoot a bow and arrow dude, I really can. I rock climbed 800 feet vertically, leave me alone, I have more energy than half of y’all. Half of y’all judging not y’all on this live,” she clarified. “Okay thank you guys, just please like comment good stuff, like ‘yay she’s really cute, I would buy something she modeled,’ cuz brand pay attention to what you comment and I do get like booked or fired based on that,” she added.
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The model shared her own set of pictures from her vacation in St. Barths minus the pictures that went viral on Friday.
Social media continues to think piece Aoki’s alleged relationship to death, most comparing her to her mother Kimora.
Russell Simmons was 35 when he started dating Kimora Lee Simmons, she was 17 and in high school.
Now their daughter Aoki Lee Simmons only 21 is dating Vittorio Assaf who is 65.
He was 44 years old when she was born. pic.twitter.com/tOOxxM4ZH6
— The Instigator (@Am_Blujay) April 6, 2024
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Y'all suprised by Aoki Lee forget that she and her family are broke. Graduating from Harvard doesn't erase that her father is trying to steal from them and her mother is forced to pay everything out of pocket. She's dating that sun-burned gremlin because she needs a safety net.
— Black Archie Character (@ppppp1245688) April 5, 2024
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Aoki Lee Simmons, 21, and her new man Vittorio Assaf, 64, his youngest Daughter is 32, His net worth is estimated to be $500 MILLION, her Dad started dating her Mom Kimora when she was just 16 and he was 38, atleast she waited until she was an adult pic.twitter.com/ZCNJ5euGJg
— ⒼⓄⓂⒺⓏ (@Hopemalopa) April 6, 2024
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Aoki Lee Simmons is a consenting adult. I wouldn’t say that she’s being groomed since I doubt that man was around her growing up and waiting for the opportunity. If this is her young mistake, then so be it. What I do want to know is, why her father cut her off financially? pic.twitter.com/6EVdekX9Qt
— SMILEY. (@AngieSmiley16) April 6, 2024
