January 11 2026, 08:15 
Ahead of a New Year’s Eve show in Miami last week, Marlon Wayans joined the We In Miami podcast and shared thoughts about being a dad to his trans son.
He called it the “natural instinct” of a father “to protect my child.”
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“People can judge and say what they want, but at the end of the day, that’s my child, and I’m going to love my baby regardless of what anybody says. And they should be allowed to have anonymity and enjoy their life exactly the way they want to enjoy it.”
Wayans added, “You can’t beat the gay out of somebody or hypnotize somebody to not be transgender.”
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“You just gotta accept and love them.”
Three years ago, Wayans came out with “complete and conditional love” for his trans son Kai on the Breakfast Club podcast, and he’s been actively supporting the young man and the LGBTQ+ community ever since.
In 2024, he went full “taste the rainbow” with a photo shoot posted to Insta, wishing “all my LGBTQ peeps” his “love and support.”
“You can be a straight man and still love gay people,” he said.
The Scary Movie star’s family has taken a few hits along the way, most notoriously from onetime rapper and record producer Soulja Boy, who baited the supportive dad over Kai’s identity on X early last year.
The Wayans brother bit back with a reminder of his comic bona fides.
“If @souljaboy had a career, he could get cancelled for this type of slander. Luckily, he ain’t been relevant since 2007,” and “Hey @souljaboy my child had top surgery and still has more chest than you.”
Later in his We In Miami sit-down, Wayans praised fellow parents Dwyane Wade and Gabriel Union for their public support of their own trans kid, Zaya Wade.
“I think when you’ve gone through the process, everyone can try and judge, but until you’re a parent of a trans child, take a seat,” he said.
“You don’t know what you’re talking about. You don’t understand what we struggle with. It’s not instant acceptance, but I call them evolved because that’s what you’re supposed to do,” Wayans said of Wade and Union.
“You’re supposed to align yourself with your children because you want your children ultimately to be happy and try to make them happy and comfortable in their skin because you want them to live a nice, happy life.”
“Showing up for their child” and being a “great example for Black people” is something he’s emulated, Wayans said.
“Black family is important,” he added. “And we need more heroes like that.”
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