Actress, Model, and Rev Run's eldest daughter Vanessa Simmons announced that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Mike Wayans, son of Damon Wayans. Vanessa has been pretty lowkey these days from the spotlight, working on her own career and starting a family. The "Daddy's Girls" star took to her Instagram account to post a picture of her sonogram captioning "A little princess is on the way." Vanessa and Mike have been together on and off for eight years.
Vanessa told Uncle Russ' (Russel Simmons) Global Grind:
"Our families are super excited. Our baby is coming into two big families with lots of love and lots of joy. This is my family’s first grandchild, so everybody can’t wait for her arrival.”Since Vanessa isn't married and her father Rev Run is very traditional she was a little nervous in breaking the news of her pregnancy to her daddy. In an exclusive with Essence she talked about telling her father she was pregnant and not being married
"There's this whole idea of first comes the marriage then the baby carriage so I was so nervous, but my dad was actually really excited because this is the first grandchild for my family. I think somewhere deep inside he was kinda like, 'When am I going to experience that part of life?' Of course he wants us to get married, but for now he was like, 'We're gonna figure this out. Just be happy and have a healthy pregnancy. I'm behind you a hundred percent. I don't want to be a pregnant bride. I wanna have a beautiful wedding, hopefully a destination wedding where I can show off my figure in a beautiful long flowing dress."Being born into the Simmons and Wayans empire is will be something special. Vanessa is due sometime in February. Congrats!
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