Fashion entrepreneur and mom Kimora Lee Simmons sat down on Today with Jenna & Friends and mentioned she has embraced a parental function towards the dual daughters of Sean “Diddy” Combs and the late Kim Porter. The twins, D’Lila Combs and Jessie Combs, at the moment are 18.

Simmons, who already raises 5 kids of her personal, mentioned she jokes: “I have my kids, and then I have kids on the side.” She added, “I have a stepdaughter — well, an additional daughter. I have another son, bonus son … one of my friends who passed away, Kim Porter, I have all of her kids … some of them are 18 — twins.”

When requested if the twins flip to her for help, she responded plainly, “Yeah, they’re with me. I just got off the phone with them! I’m a lot of people’s mom.”

A Surrogate Mother Figure

Porter died in 2018. Since then, Simmons mentioned she and her household have remained carefully linked to the Combs kids. In addition to D’Lila and Jessie, she mentioned she helps different kids from her buddy’s prolonged household.

Simmons, 50, is a mom to 5 kids: daughters Ming Lee Simmons and Aoki Lee Simmons with ex-husband Russell Simmons; son Kenzo Lee Hounsou with actor Djimon Hounsou; son Wolfe Lee Leissner with former associate Tim Leissner; and an adopted son, Gary Lee Simmons. 

By all accounts, Simmons appears to contemplate the twins a part of her prolonged household. Her remarks counsel a deep-seated sense of obligation and affection.

Simmons’s declaration comes because the twins navigate their late teenagers amid continued public scrutiny of their father’s authorized and private battles. Some observers have famous the emotional toll such strain might tackle younger adults. In that mild, Simmons’s help could also be greater than symbolic — it might signify stability and compassion throughout a difficult interval.

Simmons mentioned of the twins and others she cares for: “I’m a lot of people’s mom.” That assertion, delivered with fun, underscored how severely she embraces her function.