Angela Simmons Shares How She Told Her 3-Year-Old Son About His Father’s Death
As we previously reported, Sutton Tennyson — ex-fiancé of Angela Simmons and father to her 3-year-old son, died back in November of 2018 while in Atlanta. While Simmons has shared little posts about how she’s trying her best to move forward and stay strong for baby boy Sutton, she’s now opening up about what it was like telling him about the heartbreaking news about his father.
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In Thursday’s episode of “Growing Up Hip Hop,” Simmons broke down in tears recalling the day she had to explain to her baby boy that his father had died.
“I was with my son, and super emotional right, even to talk about it. He was looking out the window and he’s like, ‘Daddy, white car,'” Simmons says in the clip. “I question him, ‘Where do you see him?’ or ‘Who is Daddy? What does he look like?’ I’m asking him. I’m like, ‘Do you want to see your dad?’ and he’s like, ‘Yes.'”
“So he comes over and I start showing him videos and pictures and stuff, and he stopped,” she continues. “It’s not like he’s full conversational yet, so this is what kind of makes it emotional. He was like, ‘Is he alive?'”
At the moment, Simmons starts to choke up as she points out that her son doesn’t use the word “alive.” She adds, “So, for him ask that is like — whoa. Did you really just say, ‘Is he alive?’ I was just like, ‘No. He’s not.'”
Simmons tearfully continues,
“This is the first time I’m having to explain it to him, which is, like, super sad, because he’s three. How do you explain to a 3-year-old that they’re never going to see them again? Other than my own way, which is like, ‘He’s in Heaven, he’s with God.'”
She went on to say,
“He’s a happy kid, and that whole day, he was mopey and sad. It was super hard to have that conversation with him.”
Page Six notes that an autopsy revealed that Sutton Tennyson was shot 13 times. Authorities said he got into a heated argument with suspect Michael Williams, 44, that escalated, leading to the shooting that left Tennyson dead on the scene.
Fans who came across this clip of Angela continued to share prayers and also encouraged her to stay strong.
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