Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Fred Johnson is now a father just weeks after allegedly kicking his then-pregnant girlfriend out of his home.
Online influencer Lyss Okada announced the birth of her child with a Sunday Instagram post.
‘Akira Jade,’ read the caption alongside a series of photos of Okada holding the young girl.
Okada followed with a TikTok video in which she’s seen holding Akira and speaking to the camera: ‘The minute I met my daughter – I can’t even believe I’m even saying the words, “my daughter” – I was so in love with her, and she’s just perfect.’
The posts were a dramatic departure from the TikTok videos she shared earlier this spring in which she seemingly accused Johnson of kicking her out of their home and pursuing other relationships online.
‘Hypothetically, if a man were to kick out his eight-month pregnant girlfriend and unborn daughter and be on Hinge the very next day looking for women to have fun with, hypothetically you would not think that man is a good man or good father,’ she said in a lengthy video in early May.
Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Fred Johnson is now a father just weeks after allegedly kicking his then-pregnant girlfriend out of their home
Online influencer Lyss Okada announced the birth of her child with a Sunday Instagram post
‘You would not think that man would have any form of decency, integrity or have morals if, hypothetically, those situations were true, those would be some sh***y f***ing people, in my opinion.”
Johnson initially responded on Instagram, writing the ‘smartest flex isn’t revenge,’ before following with an even more cryptic post.
‘God ain’t bring me this far just to leave me,’ the 28-year-old NFL journeyman wrote on Instagram. ‘This to (sic) shall pass. I love you all.’
Okada has also been attacked over her erstwhile relationship with Johnson, leading her to respond to that criticism in another May TikTok video.
The couple had appeared excited to become parents together only weeks earlier
‘I just truly think it’s time people stop blaming women for the partners they choose,’ she said. ‘And start blaming partners for pretending to be something that they are not.
‘What I’ve realized is there are so many people quick to say ‘what did you do’ or ‘you knew what you were getting yourself into.’ That is not true.
‘No woman ever knowingly goes into a situation thinking this person is going to hurt me, this person is going to lie to me, this person is going to be a completely different person to the one he is showing me.’
Johnson is one of the top backups at his position and he proved crucial in Philadelphia while filling in for All-Pro starters Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata last season.
The 6ft 7in, 326-pound West Palm native attended Florida before three seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He’s spent the last three seasons in Philadelphia.
