Ice-T Says 7-Year-Old Daughter Chanel ‘Still Sleeps in the Bed’ With Him and Wife Coco Austin: ‘A Beautiful Thing’
usmagazine.comA close-knit family. Ice-T opened up about his special bond with his and wife Coco Austin’s 7-year-old daughter, Chanel — including their unique sleeping arrangement.“Chanel still sleeps in the bed with us,” the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star, 65, revealed on the Tuesday, May 9, episode of the “That Moment With Daymond John” podcast. “So, I’m so much more connected to her than my other kids, but it’s been a beautiful thing.”Ice-T became a father in 1976 with the birth of his daughter Letesha, 47, while he was still in high school.
Little is known about his eldest child’s mother, Adrienne, other than she was the rapper’s girlfriend at the time.
He also shares son Tracy, 31, with his ex Darlene Ortiz.The actor and Austin, 44, tied the knot in 2002. More than a decade later, the couple welcomed Chanel in November 2015.“I think the difference with Chanel and my other kids is I’m very conscious of this baby,” Ice-T explained on the podcast. “I had my [first] daughter when I was in high school.
I was ripping and running, so it was presents over presence. I wasn’t there. My son … happened right when I was becoming Ice-T.
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