Brian McKnight Gets Backlash For Interviewing Stepfather Of His Son Reignites Family Feud

Brian McKnight is drawing renewed attention to his ongoing family rift after interviewing the stepfather of his son Brian Jr.’s children for his his Fatherhood Fridays series. During the interview, McKnight sat down with guest Nathaniel Glidewell about being a stepfather and raising his wife's two older children, who are McKnight’s grandchildren. Throughout the conversation, McKnight repeatedly steered the discussion toward the children's biological father, his son, asking Glidewell about his involvement, or lack thereof. "How has that been for you with your two older children's father?" McKnight asked. "Is there a relationship there with you, with the kids? Is there static? How does that work?" Glidewell explained that there has been little interaction, prompting McKnight to ask whether the situation would change if the children's biological father became more involved. "If their father wanted to be more involved, how would that change things, or would it change things at all?" McKnight asked. McKnight asked Glidewell how they felt about their biological father, leading him to describe a desire for a stronger relationship that has been met with inconsistent effort. McKnight later pressed for specifics about how often the children's father has been present over the last several years. "And if you could give it like how often their dad comes around, how often would that be in these last five years on average?" he asked. Glidewell responded that visits typically occurred only "once or twice a year,” primarily on birthdays or Christmases. The singer also broadened the conversation to include the biological father's extended family, asking whether grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins had maintained relationships with the children. "Now their father I'm sure has family," McKnight said. "Are they involved at all? There's got to be a grandmother. Are there people that are aunts, uncles, cousins, anybody else that's around on his side?"

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