Marlon Wayans Opens Up About Trans Son Kai & Going From 'Defiance to Acceptance'
Marlon Wayans is opening up about fatherhood.
The 51-year-old comedian and actor spoke to People about his new standup special Good Grief, which documents his personal life, including his journey to understanding his transgender son.
“I’m very vulnerable nowadays onstage,” he said.
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“I don’t know why it took me so long to do standup. Now I can’t stop. That’s my therapy. Life happens, and I go, ‘What’s funny about it?’ I’m literally trying to rescue myself.”
He’s dad to sons Kai, 24, and Shawn, 22, with ex Angela Zackery, and daughter Axl, 18 months with ex Brittany Moreland.
His oldest, Kai, revealed they were transgender, and Marlon says he went “from defiance to acceptance. It took me all of a week, and in that week I grew the most that I ever did in my life. You understand the purpose of kids and the beauty of unconditional love. At the end of the day, in my heart, only thing that matters to me is that my child is happy.”
He said his standup is “to gift not just laughter but some lessons.”
And his son was okay with that. “I have a contract with my kids: ‘Whatever you do in life, just know that there’s a possibility I’m going to find some humor and talk about it.’”
He won’t discuss his relationship with ex Brittany Moreland, with whom he’s currently in a custody dispute over their 18-month-old daughter Axl.
“I don’t do public battles. You don’t have to be together to let your child grow up in peace. Every child deserves that,” he added.
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