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Angela Simmons has opened up about the painful moment she had to tell her son Sutton Jr., three, that his father Sutton Tennyson had been killed after her one-time fiance was gunned down at an Atlanta home in November 2018.
In a preview for Growing Up Hip Hop’s Thursday episode, Simmons, 32, explained the circumstances of the family tragedy, which came less than a year after she and Tennyson had called off their engagement.
‘How do you explain to a three-year-old that they’re never going to see them again?’ Simmons told life coach Chenoa Maxwell in the clip.
‘I’m asking him. I’m like, “Do you want to see your dad?” and he’s like, “Yes.”’
Tragic end: Sutton was fatally shot in Atlanta on November 2, 2018. He was seen holding his son in a photo Simmons posted in his memory
Sad detail: Simmons said she had to tell the child about the tragic death when the boy thought he had seen his father based spotting on a vehicle similar looking to the one his father drove
Famous family: Simmons’ dad is Joseph ‘Rev Run’ Simmons of Run-DMC
Reality star: Simmons has past been seen on MTV’s Run’s House and Daddy’s Girls
She said the did it in her ‘own way, which is like, “He’s in Heaven, he’s with God.”
