Post Malone Explains Decision to Keep His Toddler Daughter Out of the Spotlight

Post Maloneis content keeping his private life separate from his fame.

Speaking withCR Fashion Bookfor theMusesissue, the rapper, 28, opened up about his decision to keep both his16-month-old daughterand his fiancée out of the spotlight.

“We live in such an interestingly semi-connected world where everybody is a phone call away, but you lose a lot of the intricacies and nuance of being with the person and seeing what’s actually happening."

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Post Malone Explains Decision to Keep His Toddler Daughter Out of the Spotlight

“It’s so fun and I love seeing how far with her mom I can push it,” he shared. “Like, see if I can get her a tiny little night vision helmet and stuff like that.”

And while he’s a laidback dad, he does have some worries, like the toy Maybach she recently received as a gift.

“It’s scary because her grandpa got her a little Maybach and she loves it. It’s terrifying because I’m like, ‘You don’t like this car. You want something with better gas mileage, you want something that’s a little cheaper…,’ he joked.

Post Malone Explains Decision to Keep His Toddler Daughter Out of the Spotlight

Malone, whose real name is Austin Post, welcomed his daughter in May 2022, PEOPLE confirmed at the time.

The “Circles” artist revealed the happy news while appearing on an episode of Sirius XM’sThe Howard Stern Show, during which he also dropped the news that his longtime girlfriend, whom he hasn’t identified publicly, is now his fiancée.

“That’s been on the QT [quiet] though? We didn’t know you had a daughter, right?” Stern asked the musician, who affirmatively confirmed the news.

source: people.com