Brian McKnight Explains ‘Mutual’ Beef With His Kids, Daughter’s Lawsuit, And Why He’s Not Sorry For His Infant Son’s Name

<p>Internet critics have backed away from the <strong>Brian McKnight <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;youtuber-addresses-resurfaced-skit-eating-food-homeless-mans-face&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">backlash over resurfaced<&sol;a> &&num;8216&semi;new family&&num;8217&semi; praise&period; But McKnight is sparking up the viral conversation again after releasing a series of video statements on Thursday &lpar;May 11&rpar; and Friday &lpar;May 12&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;brian-mcknight-children-stepchildren-praise&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Stepchildren Come First&quest; Here&&num;8217&semi;s Why Brian McKnight Has Been Trending On Social Media All Week<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cm3W3M1Dg2a" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The singer is unapologetic about his love for his wife&comma; <strong>Leilani&comma;<&sol;strong> and their blended family&period; At the same time&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s also unmoved by the internet&&num;8217&semi;s concerns over his estrangement from his biological children&period; The caption on his first post says there&&num;8217&semi;s been<em> &&num;8220&semi;no abandonment&comma; no made-up story&comma; no false statements&comma; and no defamation&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;There has been a lot of discussion online lately and talk about my family on social media&period; Typically I prefer not to give attention to the internet trolls&comma; but now my family is being harassed online and accosted in public&period; Apparently&comma; because some people can&&num;8217&semi;t handle seeing my happily ever after&period; Coming after me is one thing&comma; but the moment you come after my wife and our children is another story because even more important to me than defending my name is defending and protecting them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsIXuzOM&lowbar;CO" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This isn&&num;8217&semi;t the first time Brian has responded to &&num;8220&semi;internet trolls&&num;8221&semi; dragging him&period; Nearly a week ago&comma; he shared screenshots of past posts from him and Leilani that feature his biological children in photos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Not sure how these posts that have been sitting here this whole time were left out of the false narrative that is trending&period; Abandonment&quest; There&&num;8217&semi;s always more to every story&period; Stay tuned&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Brian wrote&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cr4d06usxll" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;