Why Kimora Lee Simmons and Her Daughters Ming and Aoki Are Hesitant to Return to Reality TV (Exclusive)
etonline.comKimora Lee Simmons and her daughters aren't so sure about returning to reality TV. ET's Deidre Behar spoke to the 48-year-old entrepreneur and former star about why she and her daughters — Aoki, 20, and Ming, 23 — aren't ready to jump back into the reality TV game.«We just traded a look of alarm,» Aoki joked when a possible reality TV return was brought up, before telling her mom, «I don't know.
It's up to you.»«Oh, it's up to me? I don't know,» Kimora admitted. "… I don't know if I could actually get back into it. Sometimes it seems so..."«Dystopian,» Ming chimed in, before pointing out, «No one knows what it's like behind the camera.»Kimora agreed, noting that the idea of a show «seems a little invasive it sometimes.»«It's also one of those things where you're on social media all the time and people just feel they have the right to comment on everything that you do and the way you look,» Ming added, with Aoki noting that «there wasn't social media, there were no phones» when their reality show aired from 2007 to 2011.
Kimora agreed with her daughters, telling ET that «people can be really mean.»«Having your life in the spotlight is probably a lot,» the proud mom said. «I can say that 'cause I did that as youngster growing up, and you guys obviously were born into that.
I think it's tough. It has a certain side to it.»Though reality TV life certainly has its downsides, Kimora said the whole thing is «also very fun.»«The world sees them grow up,» she said of her kids.
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