Actor Marlon Wayans has come out publicly and confirmed that his daughter has become a man. He expressed, “I have a daughter that transitioned into a son. I just want my kids to be free—free in spirit, free in thought, free to be themselves.”

“I have a daughter that transitioned into a son,” Wayans said. “I talk about the transition. Not his…their transition but my transition as a parent, going from ignorance and denial to complete unconditional love and acceptance.”

Wayans added that Kai uses they/them pronouns and can be seen correcting himself on their pronouns several times. “They know. They know I love them,” he said. “They see me try and they’re like, ‘I’m happy’.”

“I gotta respect their wishes and as a parent I just want my kids to be free – free in spirit, free in thought, free to be themselves,” he said. “The more you know yourself, the more you live your truth, the happier your existence. So if they can’t get that in a household with their father and their mother, how the f*** do I send them out into the world with that kind of confidence?”