LaBelle, who is a Democrat and Obama supporter, recently chatted with OprahMag.com about how she deals with political strife within the family.
“Guess what? I didn’t choose my family. I choose my friends,” she told the publication. “I love Billy. He has a Republican mind. And, guess what? I don’t. But do I hate him for having the mind that he has? No, I can’t.”
Labelle added that she and her son recently spoke on the phone. “He was saying, ‘I love you and I’m so sorry.’ You give people chances, when sometimes, they don’t even know what they’re doing or why,” she explained. “So I can’t beat him up for the rest of his life. I decided to take the high road with him by letting him know that you make mistakes but when my name comes in that mistake, that’s a no-no. Certain things happen in life, and I just keep going on, because I love him.”
Patti LaBelle on Republican nephew-son: ‘I didn’t choose my family’
LaBelle, a longtime Democratic Party supporter, is speaking out about her Donald Trump-backing kin s conservative views.
Patti LaBelle is speaking out about her nephew and adopted son,
William “Byl” Holte, who went viral around Thanksgiving when a white Republican candidate said he knew a “Black gay guy” who “can personally say Obama did nothing for me.”
That “guy” was apparently Holte, who later posted a video defending the man’s remarks and affirming his own Republican beliefs.
Patti LaBelle is shown at last month’s 94th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® in New York City. The singing legend is speaking out about her nephew and adopted son’s political views. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Macy’s, Inc.)
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