One in every of Brian McKnight’s sons seems to be taking a stand in opposition to his estranged father.
“A narcissist would quite play comfortable households with their new provide’s youngsters than deal with their very own,” a black and white picture shared by Brian McKnight Jr. on Saturday, June 7, learn. The message has been perceived to be a shot at his father, who’s estranged from the youngsters he shares with ex-wife Julie McKnight.
After their divorce in 2003, McKnight Sr. moved on with Leilani Mendoza and the pair wed in 2017. Mendoza has two youngsters, Julia and Jack, who McKnight, Sr., has claimed as his personal — an obvious reference McKnight Jr. was seemingly making.
Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for McKnight Sr. for remark.
Mendoza was pregnant with the couple’s first little one collectively, Kekoa Matteo, once they bought married (Kekoa died in infancy in 2022). They’ve since welcomed their son, Brian Kainoa Makoa, Jr.
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In Might, McKnight Sr. misplaced his son, Niko, to most cancers. Information of Niko’s demise was shared by his uncle Claude McKnight, in a three-minute video posted by way of TikTok. Claude acknowledged that he wasn’t positive if he needed to handle Niko’s passing within the midst of the household’s strife.
Claude additionally mentioned he doesn’t usually “submit plenty of actually, actually severe topic issues or definitely household issues” however that “I needed to submit this about Niko, about his legacy, about how superb he’s — and never about what a few of you could have heard about, , the household drama that has existed for fairly a while in our household.”
“This isn’t the time of the play, however what I’ll say is, in any state of affairs there’s at all times a minimum of three sides to a narrative. There’s my facet, your facet, and the reality. And the reality, plenty of instances, is someplace in between,” Claude defined
Months after Niko revealed his most cancers prognosis in January 2024, the elder McKnight referred to his 4 older youngsters (he and Julie additionally share son Clyde and daughter Briana) as a “product of sin” in a video shared on Instagram.
Brian McKnight’s estranged son Niko McKnight has died, simply two years after he was recognized with most cancers. He was 32. The information was shared by Niko’s uncle, Claude McKnight, in a three-minute video posted by way of TikTok. Claude acknowledged that he wasn’t positive if he needed to handle Niko’s passing. “I’m not going off the script […]
McKnight Sr. additionally responded to Claude’s video June 3, sharing an Instagram Reel through which he criticized Claude and his older youngsters.
“An enormous massive due to Claude Mcknight’s tasteless and self aggrandizing announcement on TikTok, that frankly was not his to make, for my part, he inserted himself and used Niko’s demise as a chance, as an alternative of letting him move with respect and dignity,” McKnight Sr. mentioned on the time. “It has as an alternative was a circus, a mockery of a life now misplaced, making this tragedy right into a actuality present sort drama.”
“The final time [Niko] and I spoke, we supplied him all the assistance we may present, we had the primary oncologist on deck for him and a workforce of specialists on standby with personal care in our dwelling,” he continued. “He and his mom declined. The door of communication was open and remained open till his demise. To the self proclaimed ‘mama bear’ could God have mercy in your soul for not permitting him to simply accept that assist and never permitting him to make use of that line of communication.”