{"id":336859,"date":"2025-12-26T16:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336859\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:56:08","slug":"deontay-wilder-recalls-heartbreaking-moment-with-step-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336859\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder recalls heartbreaking moment with step son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/You-ain-t-my-daddy-Deontay-Wilder-recalls-heartbreaking-moment-with-step-son-2015361?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25285506.295.jpg\" alt=\"Deontay Wilder is a former WBC heavyweight champion\" title=\"Deontay Wilder is a former WBC heavyweight champion\" width=\"295\" height=\"218\" \/> <\/a>Deontay Wilder is a former WBC heavyweight champion<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder has opened up about a deeply personal chapter in his family life, one that went far beyond the boxing ring. <\/p>\n<p>During a recent podcast appearance, Wilder shared how he once included his ex-partner Telli Swift and her son in his multi-million-dollar will as a sign of the commitment he felt during their relationship, only to be confronted with a heartbreaking rejection from the boy.  \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>Wilder and Swift first became a couple around 2015, forming part of the public eye through social appearances and Swift\u2019s reality TV presence. <\/p>\n<p>Together they share a daughter, but Swift also had a son from a previous relationship. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Meet-Georgi-Minoungou-The-Burkina-Faso-forward-who-is-blind-in-one-eye-2015336\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Georgi Minoungou: The Burkina Faso forward who is blind in one eye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During their time together, Wilder said he embraced the role of father figure to her son.  \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>In his heartfelt recounting, Wilder explained that he took his role seriously, even discussing with his own children about adjusting his will to include Swift\u2019s son. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took the role of being your son\u2019s father, not just a daddy but a father,\u201d he said.  \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>He further revealed how during a candid conversation with the teen, he told him he ain\u2019t his father. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne time her son said you ain\u2019t my daddy. That\u2019s one thing you don\u2019t say to a man that ain\u2019t your daddy. Don\u2019t remind him he ain\u2019t your daddy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Deontay Wilder says he put his ex, Telli Swift, and her son in his multimillion-dollar will\u2014<\/p>\n<p>only for the son to tell him, \u201cYou ain\u2019t my daddy.\u201d \ud83d\udc40<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeUAjl0eYE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HeUAjl0eYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mymixtapez\/status\/2004369199595246045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 26, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Deontay Wilder says he put his ex, Telli Swift, and her son in his multimillion-dollar will\u2014<\/p>\n<p>only for the son to tell him, \u201cYou ain\u2019t my daddy.\u201d \ud83d\udc40<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeUAjl0eYE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HeUAjl0eYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mymixtapez\/status\/2004369199595246045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 26, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>FKA\/JE<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Festivities: Avenor traders, buyers speak on livestock sales<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder is a former WBC heavyweight champion Former WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder has opened up about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-336859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}