Ice-T Shares How He & Coco Austin Deal With Parenting BACKLASH
Ice-T's favourite role? Dad.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star precocious got candid astir beingness with his and wife Coco Austin's 7-year-old daughter Chanel, even revealing that she sleeps successful the aforesaid furniture arsenic the couple.
"I was determination erstwhile Coco was pregnant, I went to the infirmary and Chanel inactive sleeps successful the furniture with us," Ice-T said connected the That Moment with Daymond John podcast May 9. "So I'm truthful overmuch much connected to her than my different kids. But it's been a beauteous thing."
The 65-year-old—born Tracy Lauren Marrow—revealed the spot helium is successful his beingness present verse erstwhile helium had his 2 older kids, Letesha, 47, and Tracy Jr., 31, is drastically different.
"I deliberation the quality with Chanel and my different kids is I'm precise conscious of this baby," helium continued. "I had my girl erstwhile I was successful precocious school, I was ripping and running, truthful it was presents implicit presence. I wasn't there."
"My son, my lad Ice, happened close erstwhile I was becoming Ice-T, I'd ne'er been celebrated before, this was a full caller thing," helium added, "so I'm distracted by that. Chanel, I'm comfortable, I'm successful a cruise pattern."
In fact, welcoming his youngest kid shifted Ice-T's wide outlook connected life.
"It made maine privation to unrecorded forever," the rapper shared. "It made maine make caller goals. ‘cause you got bread, you could commencement slowing down. But nah, not that caller baby. It's the champion acquisition I could ever get."
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Ice-T's comments travel 2 months aft helium gave penetration into the changes he's made since becoming a dada for the 3rd time.
"Muhammad Ali said it, helium said erstwhile a antheral has a kid successful the 2nd fractional of his life, it resets his life," the Grammy winner told E! News' Francesca Amiker March 23. "When Chanel was born, each of a abrupt I got much healthy, I'm successful shape. Because you tin commencement to dilatory down—I can't commencement to dilatory down."
But erstwhile it comes to him and Coco welcoming much small ones successful the future, Ice-T is content with the family he has.
"Chanel fills up the room," helium continued. "One and done."
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