Marlon Wayans Shares His Reaction to Learning His Child Was Trans...

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Marlon Wayans Shares His Reaction to Learning His Child Was Trans: 'I Grew the Most That I Ever Did'

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Story by Janine Rubenstein (31 May 2024)

Marlon Wayans isn't the same dad he was a few years ago.

The hit comedian, actor and father of three, 51, is back with a new standup special, Good Grief, premiering June 4 on Amazon Prime.  It'll be his fourth special amid a fairly recent foray into standup, with most of his sets based on personal experiences, like his journey to understand and embrace his son, who is transgender.

When it comes to fatherhood, he's dad to sons Kai, 24, and Shawn, 22, with ex Angela Zackery, and daughter Axl, 18 months with ex Brittany Moreland. Wayans says he was thrust into a period of soul-searching when his oldest, Kai, first revealed they were transgender.

Marlon says he went through his own transition "from defiance to acceptance. It took me all of a week, and in that week I grew the most that I ever did in my life. You understand the purpose of kids and the beauty of unconditional love. At the end of the day, in my heart, only thing that matters to me is that my child is happy."