Russell Simmons , 66, has broken his silence on his 21-year-old daughter Aoki's shock romance with Vittorio Assaf, 65. The young model was seen packing on the PDA with the restauranteur on holiday in St. Barth's. Her father responded to the shock picture and said: 'All I can do is offer my advice and unconditional love.' Aoki Lee Simmons hit headlines this week when the snaps of her enjoying romantic break with her much older boyfriend surfaced. Their 44-year age gap stunned fans - but yet yoga-loving dad seemed pretty zen about it. The record executive posted a throwback photo with his daughter from June 2022 and shared a message of 'unconditional love' for her. He opened up about the 'all-around amazing day' last Father's Day- where they had a yoga class, a vegan lunch and cryotherapy. The day before that a video went viral of him berating his daughter in a Facetime call and making her cry. READ MORE: Fans shocked as they claim Ricky Martin got 'excited' during
Madonna tour appearance Russell Simmons and Aoki Lee Simmons attend Champ Medici And Fam Lounge at Marquee on June 19, 2022 ( Image: WireImage) Meanwhile Russell's reaction to his daughter kissing Vittorio, who at 65, is just one year younger than him, was completely different from her mother's reaction. Model and reality TV star Kimora, 48, reposted a since-deleted video of a mother panda furiously pulling away at her baby cub with her teeth. She accompanied it with the words: "On my last nerve right now." Russell, shot to fame as the man who signed
Jay-Z , the Beastie Boys and Tupac. He came to the
UK in 2008 to promote his Def
comedy Jam, and had his eye on
British talent Estelle. Russell was married to Kimora from 1998-2009. The ex-couple have daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee together. Former E! reality TV show star Kimora is a good friend of
Kim Kardashian . The duo attended
Paris Hilton's wedding together in 2021. Click here to follow the Mirror US on
Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories. Vittorio Assaf ( Image: Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) A source told MailOnline that Kim attended the wedding alongside friend Kimora Lee Simmons and that the
Women were ushered into the ceremony just 20 minutes prior to Paris walking down the aisle. They also dished that Kim and Kimora entered through a secret entranceway and that the reality TV star's arrival led to 'audible gasps' from other guests as they were not sure she would be in attendance after they did not see her coming in with them. "Other guests in the room included Robin Antin, Derek Blasberg, Laura Kim aka tokibunbun. Paris kept changing dresses throughout the night and looked radiant and stunning," the insider shared.