Russell Simmons Not Fazed Over Daughter Aoki Dating Much Older Restaurateur

Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons‘ 21-year-old daughter is dating a 65-year-old guy — with whom she’s on vacation right now — but Papa Bear isn’t trippin’, or so it seems.

The Def Jam co-founder tells TMZ he spoke with his daughter, Aoki, a day before the news came out she was romantically involved with Vittorio Assaf — the founder of Serafina Restaurant Group — which came to light last week through PDA-filled vacay photos of them.

The couple is out in St. Barts right now — and shots of them smooching have gone viral … not to mention invoking the wrath of social media, but Russell says he’s not stressing it.

RS goes on to say, “All I can do is offer my advice and unconditional love.”

Russell had telegraphed this sentiment from an IG post he’d put up this past weekend … in which he threw up a photo of him and Aoki together from Father’s Day last year, where the two of them are posing and smiling together. He also attached a sweet, loving caption.

Safe to say, not everyone is as chill about this as Russ appears to be — and they’re letting him know about it in all his comments … ditto for Kimora too, BTW, who’s getting roasted.

Sounds like fans think the huge age gap is wildly inappropriate … and social media warriors are blowing up Russ and Kimora — plus, Aoki herself — to let them know how they feel about it. As you can imagine, they’re displeased with Aoki’s dating choices, finding this creepy.

And yet, Aoki herself is tuning out the noise — she’s posted some IG Lives this weekend that appear to have addressed all the backlash … and from the sounds of it, she doesn’t care!

It’s a bit unclear how exactly they met — but word is, it was actually there on the island.