Hollywood Star, Marlon Wayans Reveals All He Went Through To Get To ‘Acceptance’ As He Opens Up About His Transgender Child
American actor, Marlon Wayans has opened up about fatherhood to his transgender child Kai.
The 52-year-old comedian and producer first revealed in November that his eldest child was transgender, saying ‘I have a daughter that transitioned into a son.’
In a candid interview on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the ‘Scary Movie’ star discussed how he had adapted to Kai’s transition, saying his son is ‘the same child they were before — they just got a beard now. Okay! Same baby.’
The father of three, who is also dad to son Shawn, 22, and daughter Axl, 21 months added:
“Those are my babies. I went through the five stages of grief to get to the beautiful, magical place called acceptance.”
Asked what he had learned through the experience, he said:
“I learned that I’m a lot stronger than I thought I was. I learned that my family — my brothers, my sisters — have prepared me to be a rock in our family.”
In another interview, Wayans slammed Elon Musk after the tech giant claimed his child was ‘dead’ to him after she transitioned.
The comic actor ripped into Musk, after he made some extremely controversial comments about his trans child.
Vivian Wilson, Musk’s daughter, came out in 2022, and revealed that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with her dad.
Talking on the Club Shay Shay podcast, he trashed the Tesla creator for the way he had spoken publicly about his trans child. He said:
“I don’t like what he be saying about his trans child, that made me mad. You don’t treat them babies like that. You don’t disown your baby. Love your child!”
He added:
“As hard as it was, I think that it’s not important. It’s important what you went through; the five steps of grief, but I think it’s important that you get to acceptance.
“And I’m proud to say it took me a week. And it felt like forever, it felt like five years.”
Speaking about how other parents might deal with a child transitioning, he continued:
“I’m proud that I got there in a week. I’m sad to say, some parents and some family members and some people, it will take them a lifetime, and they’ll never get to that magical place that I’m at, which is just acceptance.
“It’s till my child, man. That’s my baby.”
Wayans also spoke about losing both his parents within the space of three years. His mom Elvira Alethia died aged 81 in July 2020, while his father Howell Stouten died at 86 in April 2023.
He said:
“All this was happening to me at one time, and then it was just like this universal thing: acceptance. And once you accept, you release, give yourself to God and then everything is all right. It’s better, actually.”