Why is Brian McKnight being roasted on social media right now? Learn all there is to know about the situation.
American singer Brian McKnight was slammed online after he did not acknowledge his kids from his previous marriage to Julie McKnight. On April 30, 2023, the Instagram page The Shade Room shared a series of screenshots where several Internet users slammed the 53-year-old artist for only addressing and celebrating his stepchildren on his social media handles.
In his Instagram bio, McKnight called himself a father of “Julia, Jack, Kekoa Matteo, and Brian Kainoa Makoa,” and not his other three kids – Brian Jr., Niko, and Brianna McKnight. Moreover, in the past few years, most of McKnight’s posts have been about celebrating the milestones of his stepkids, whom he shares with his now-wife, Leilani Malia Mendoza. All this prompted the singer to trend on social media, with users slamming him.
One of them mockingly wondered whether or not the thought of his other three kids from McKnight’s previous marriages even crosses his mind. After Brian McKnight’s social media posts and Instagram bio went viral, the Twitterati were furious and disappointed.
Several users slammed the singer for abandoning his “black kids” for his stepchildren and called him out for neglecting his paternal duties. Others questioned his internet captions, with one of them suggesting that his social media posts were throwing shade at his ex-wife and kids.
McKnight has a total of seven children with two different wives.
McKnight was married in 1990 to singer-songwriter and his college sweetheart, Julie McKnight. They have two children, Brian Jr., and Niko. They divorced in 2003. McKnight also has a daughter named Brianna and another son, Clyde, from previous relationships. In 2014, he began dating Dr. Leilani Malia Mendoza, and they announced their engagement in May 2017.
On December 29, 2017, McKnight and Mendoza were married. Mendoza has two children from a previous relationship, Julia and Jack; McKnight and Mendoza had a son who died in infancy. In January 2023, McKnight and Mendoza welcomed another son Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight.
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