Brian McKnight Tells His Side of the Story after His Kids Accused Him of Abandoning Them

Brian McKnight is responding to his older kids’ accusations that he abandoned them. The R&B hitmaker informed his side of the story in a seven-minute video posted to Instagram.

Fans were shocked a few days ago when Brian’s son Brian “BJ” McKnight Jr., 30, and daughter Briana McKnight, 17, accused the singer on their respective Instagram pages of being a deadbeat dad.

Brian McKnight flanked by way of his sons Niko (L) and BJ (R) at the Hollywood Christmas Parade in California on Nov. 29, 2009 | Photo: Getty Images

BJ, his 27-year-old brother Niko, and Briana are Brian’s children from his previous marriage to Julie McKnight, whom he divorced in 2003. The singer married his present spouse, Leilani, in 2017.

Brian McKnight and now-wife Dr Leilani Malia at the 29th Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala in Kentucky on May 5, 2017 | Photo: Getty Images

THE ACCUSATIONS

According to BJ, their father deserted them all and paid no consideration when they may not maintain the identical lifestyle he presented to them.

“I don’t suppose there may be any situation that deserves the means my father has selected to treat my brother, my sisters, and his grandchildren, one of which being his first born’s, first born son, who additionally bares our identify. It’s insane to me. To have absolutely no empathy for the kind of existence be introduced us to, most effective to change into to resent us for that existence catching up with us. It breaks my center, however not for myself, particularly for my siblings, and my kids.”

Brian McKnight performs onstage in Phoenix, Arizona on Mar. 18, 2017 | Photo: Getty Images

In her post, Briana stated she had never been “daddy’s little lady,” all the time taking second, 3rd, fourth, or 5th position in Brian’s heart. The teenager also thanked her brothers for stepping up and being the father figure in her lifestyles.

Wasting no time, Brian addressed the accusations in a now-deleted video captured partially through The Shade Room.

THE RESPONSE

The "Love of My Life" singer made it transparent that he never abandoned his kids but regretted making them really feel entitled.

“I’ve by no means finished anything antagonistic to my youngsters whatsoever. I’ve at all times been there. …I assume one of my most effective faults is that I gave my youngsters the entirety that I didn’t have in hopes that they might admire it as a result of I know how a lot I might’ve preferred it when I was their age. I would tell you as folks available in the market, entitling your youngsters is probably one of the worse things you should do and I know I’m accountable of that.”

(Happier Times) Niko McKnight, Brian McKnight Jr., & Brian McKnight perform at the Brown Theatre on July 10, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky | Photo: Getty Images

BRIAN REVEALS MORE DETAILS

Brian, 50, additional published that ahead of slicing BJ and Niko off utterly, he gave them an apartment once they were 25 and 22, respectively. The singer also said he gave them a 2-year duration all the way through which he paid for the whole lot and advised them to get jobs, “develop up,” and be men.

According to the “Back at One” singer, via the end of the ones two years, his sons had no longer carried out any of his instructions, and he minimize them off financially.

THE TROUBLE WITH BRIANA

Per MadameNoire, Brian added that his spouse, Leilani, presented his sons a job at the local kids’s clinic where she worked, however they declined as a result of they didn’t want to stop smoking marijuana.

Addressing his strained courting with daughter Briana, Brian published that issues turned bitter between them after he referred to as Arizona children’s protecting products and services following reports that Briana was having a sexual dating with an older cousin.

Following that incident, Brian claimed, he never heard the rest from his daughter once more, and her mom blocked him from her social media.

Family can be complicated, and things generally tend to get messier when it’s all in the spotlight however right here’s hoping the McKnights gets to kind out their differences very quickly.

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