A recent image of Ice T and his nine-year-old daughter, Chanel Nicole, is floating around the social media stratosphere and people are doing double takes, noting that Chanel is the spitting image of her father!
The single image, which has garnered over 35K likes, shows the duo sitting on what appears to be stage equipment. The photo is simply captioned,”At some point you realize there’s someone watching every move you make……,” followed by a single red heart.
Well, of course, fans have taken to the comments to express just how much they think that the pair look alike.
One social media user commented, “Hi, your daughter is your perfect clone. God bless you and your family.”
Another wrote, “She’s your mini!! So adorable!”
A third social media user stated, “No DNA test needed here! She is absolutely daddy’s girl, right down to the dimple,” followed by a simple red heart.
The 66-year-old multi-hyphenate entertainer shares his daughter with wife, Coco. The pair welcomed Chanel Nicole into the world on November 28, 2015.
Although the Law and Order: SVU actor is “cool” with people noting their resemblance. Chanel Nicole isn’t too keen on people pointing out the obvious.
“I think she kind of gets irritated with people telling her she looks like her dad instead of her mom,” he told Today.com in a September 2023 interview. “But if you look at any old pictures of Coco, there’s similarities there. I wouldn’t want her to keep looking like her dad. She’s finding herself,” he said.
In terms of “finding herself,” Chanel Nicole has made her runway debut as a model and has even expressed interest in following her father even further in his famous footsteps. In order to successfully do so, Ice T is using one parenting hack to ensure that his daughter has “zero stage fright,” while making each performance on stage a “family affair.”
“She’s been coming on stage ever since she was little,” he told People Magazine in a previous interview. “She’s looking forward to it. I bring her out during a song called ‘Talk S—, Get Shot.’ I got a gag where I tell the audience. But she comes out. And my other son is out there with us. So yeah, it’s a family thing.”
In addition to his mini-me, Ice T is also father to two adult grown children: daughter LeTesha Marrow, 48, and son Tracy Marrow Jr., 32.
Photo: Ice T Instagram; Chanel Nicole Instagram