Hours after Tyrese Gibson shared an emotional post on Facebook amid a contentious custody battle for his only child, 10-year-old Shayla, he shared another video on Instagram assuring fans he was doing well.
“Contrary to what some of y’all may believe, I’m actually okay,” the actor, 39, said in the second video shared Wednesday evening. “And I’m not putting this up to calm people down. If people are having conversations about what’s going on in my personal life… my private life has always been private. Do your research. Anybody who’s ever been in my life will tell you, I’ve never seen him cry that way, I’ve never seen him have a meltdown.”
He continued, “I’m not a singer, I’m not an actor, I’m not a producer, I’m not a writer, I’m not a celebrity. I’m a father. Okay? I’m a father, it’s a universal thing. So please, ladies, I love y’all. Our angels wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for y’all. But this is not about men vs. women. This is men vs. liars.”
Gibson showed a pair of Chuck Taylor All-Stars shows and a box of Cohiba cigars saying, “So, this is my silent protest. Because when you in the hood, you go from Chucks and when you become successful as a black man, you start using the real s—, the Cohibas.”
The Fast and Furious actor took to Facebook earlier on Wednesday to release an almost seven-minute long video in which he starts out talking about his feud with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and then starts addressing his ex-wife, Norma Mitchell Gibson. Wearing a “Shayla Rocks” sweatshirt, Gibson shows it off before he starts openly crying.
“Don’t take my baby. This is all I got. Don’t take my baby, okay?” Gibson says in the video as he starts sobbing. “I’ve been away from my baby for two months. I just want my baby and no one’s listening cause no one’s in the courtroom.”
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