Brian McKnight has been dragged online for 'abandoning' his biological children. Images via Twitter: @lovelyti

Brian McKnight has been dragged online for ‘abandoning’ his biological children. Images via Twitter: @lovelyti

Brian McKnight trends for ‘abandoning’ his kids for a new family

‘On top of disowning his children, Brian McKnight consistently uses his stepchildren to take digs at them,’ one person wrote about the singer.

Brian McKnight has been dragged online for 'abandoning' his biological children. Images via Twitter: @lovelyti

Brian McKnight has been dragged online for ‘abandoning’ his biological children. Images via Twitter: @lovelyti

American singer Brian McKnight has been trending on Twitter for days now as app users bash him for abandoning his kids. Many of them expressed their shock after hearing that the famous singer doesn’t stay in touch with his daughter and son from his first marriage and now only recognises his step children as his own.

All of this came to light after the singer shared a post of his stepdaughter on her birthday and thanked her for making him a girl dad. He then went on to say that she is the best daughter in the world.

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US singer Brian McKnight has been called a dead beat father on Twitter after his Instagram page gave away hints that he is no longer in contact with his biological kids Brianna and Brian McKnight Jr.

The hitmaker has seemingly abandoned efforts to have a relationship with his children and now spends most of his time posting about his step children.

Brian McKnight refuses to acknowledge his older children. Image via Twitter: @lovelyti

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One of his posts about his stepdaughter on her birthday went viral as social media users expressed shock at how insensitive his caption is.

“Today we celebrate you Jules on your birthday your mom and I couldn’t be prouder of you and I couldn’t ask for a better daughter than you!!! Happy birthday to the best daughter ever! Love u a zillion,” he wrote completely ignoring the fact that he has a biological daughter.

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Tweeps dig in

Many took the time to slam McKnight for what they are saying is abandonment of his original family.

“Chile, so Brian McKnight abandoned his black children for an Asian woman who was already a single mother. Started taking care of her children like his own. Uses her children to sub his black children in ig posts. Named his son with her junior but already has a junior. A mess!” wrote one person while another added:

“On top of disowning his children, Brian McKnight consistently uses his stepchildren (and new baby) with his current wife to take digs at them. Extremely unhinged because if you were happy and at peace, you wouldn’t need to do all that!”

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