In a candid and emotional interview with the Daily Mail, LaTanya described a harsh reality that stands in sharp contrast to her father’s fortune. A mother of four, she revealed that she has been living out of her rented SUV, working odd jobs, scraping by, and juggling the survival of herself and her children while trying — unsuccessfully — to reconnect with the man she once called Dad.
Continue Reading »According to her, she hasn’t received a single dollar of support from her father in more than eighteen months.
LaTanya said the decline into homelessness didn’t happen overnight. For years, she tried to keep her life steady by working multiple jobs — warehouse shifts, delivery driving, errands through gig apps — anything that could keep her children fed and give them at least some version of stability. But the pandemic crushed what little financial cushion she had. When schools closed, childcare became impossible. Hours were cut. Bills piled up. And without support, she spiraled toward a situation she never imagined.
She described nights of sleeping in the SUV with blankets pulled over the windows for privacy, trying to keep the kids calm, reminding them it was just “temporary.” She spoke of mornings spent rushing to drop them off at friends’ houses or safe locations before she went to whatever job would take her that week. There were days when she rationed food between her four children, refusing to let them see when she skipped meals to make the groceries stretch a little longer.
Yet the part that weighs on her the most isn’t just the financial strain — it’s the silence.
LaTanya says that despite repeatedly reaching out to her father, contacting his team, and even trying to communicate through intermediaries, she hasn’t heard from him directly in over a year. She said she didn’t want luxury, didn’t want a mansion, didn’t want celebrity treatment — she wanted stability. A steady job. A chance to build a life where her children weren’t at risk of sleeping in a car again. And above all, she wanted acknowledgment that she still mattered.
For a man whose success story is celebrated everywhere — surviving hardship, building an empire out of talent and ambition — the idea that his eldest daughter could be living on the edge of homelessness struck many as heartbreaking and complicated. Their relationship, strained for decades, has never fully healed. LaTanya admitted that growing up, she saw him sporadically, never consistently. She held onto moments of hope, moments when she thought the distance between them was closing, but those moments faded each time communication stopped again.
She said she doesn’t hate him. In fact, she insists she’s proud of his success. But she wishes he would see her — not as someone begging, not as a burden, but simply as his daughter trying to survive a world far less forgiving than the one he built for himself.
LaTanya explained that she has always tried to take responsibility for her life. She’s worked since she was a teenager. She has never asked him for a lifestyle she didn’t earn. But when she hit rock bottom — when jobs vanished, when rent soared, when survival became a daily calculation — she reached out for help, believing a father’s instinct might kick in.
It didn’t.
She’s been relying on friends for temporary shelter, saving every dollar she can, and trying to shield her children from the scars of instability. Even when she had to live in the SUV, she kept it as clean as possible, tried to make it feel safe, tried to turn something cold and cramped into a place where they could sleep without fear. She understood the gravity of the situation, and she carried it quietly, determined not to let her children feel the shame she felt.
Her story raises tough questions about family, responsibility, and the complicated dynamics that linger when old wounds never fully heal. It also raises questions about the blurred line between personal boundaries and moral obligation — especially when one person has enough resources to change another’s entire life with a fraction of what they earn.
LaTanya said she kept waiting for a phone call, a text, any sign that her father knew what she was going through. She hoped that if he couldn’t help financially, he might at least speak to her, offer encouragement, or help her find a stable job. She didn’t want charity; she wanted a chance.
But the silence continued.
Despite everything, she’s not giving up. She’s focused on rebuilding her life one piece at a time — finding consistent work, getting her children settled, fighting for a future where her worth isn’t determined by who her father is or how much money he has. She wants to stand on her own, but she also wants the world to understand the difficult truth: having a wealthy parent doesn’t guarantee safety, stability, or love.
LaTanya’s story is not about greed. It’s about survival. It’s about a daughter who has spent years hoping for a relationship that always seemed just out of reach. It’s about a woman trying to break cycles of instability for the sake of her children. And it’s about the painful reality that sometimes, the people with the most resources can still leave the people closest to them struggling alone.
As she continues fighting to build a better life, she holds onto one small hope — that one day, she and her father might finally bridge the distance between them. Not through money or fame, but through conversation, acknowledgment, and the kind of connection she’s been longing for her entire life.