‘What One Man Don’t Do’: Joseline Hernandez Throws Jabs at Stevie J. After ‘Stepdaddy’ Debate Erupts Online

It looks like Joseline Hernandez has finally hit back at Stevie J. after he accused her of not letting him see their 2-year-old daughter.

Hernandez and Stevie J. have been going back and forth throwing subtle verbal jabs at each other’s parenting practices via social media. The 32-year-old mother claimed her ex-fiance was a deadbeat father. Meanwhile, Stevie J. seemingly accused her of being a bitter “baby mama” keeping him away from baby Bonnie Bella.

Although the former “LHHATL” star never addressed the music producer’s latest allegations, she continued to shade his parenting efforts online.

Joseline Hernandez (left) and Stevie J. at the 2015 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 28, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Wednesday evening, The Shaderoom, a gossip blog, posted an Instagram video of Christina Milian‘s daughter Violet Nash, whom Milian shares with singer The Dream, calling Milian’s boyfriend Matt Pokora “daddy.”

A debate broke out in the comments section over stepfathers making up for where biological dads may fall short, and Hernandez chimed in.

“What one man don’t do another will!!!!!!!” the reality star exclaimed.

Joseline Hernandez
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Her remark drew a mass of reactions from fans.

“Girl let Steebie see Bonnie Bella! You’re bitter af 🤦🏽‍♀️.”

“@joseline I agree 100% with you. If Stevie don’t wanna be there then your bf will 🤷🏽‍♀️.”

“Amen @joseline! Step daddies are winning y’all can’t get mad when kids call nonbiological father/mother figures just that. They love em as if they were.”

“Shut up jos u purposely keeping bonnie away from her father 🙄!”

Hernandez’s comments seemingly referred to a post of her daughter and boyfriend DJ Ballistics spending quality time together. She added in the hashtag “daddysgirl” on the photo.

Just last week, Stevie J. fired back at his ex-fiancee’s deadbeat claims, indicating that she’s the reason he’s apparently not in their daughter’s life.

“We came to Miami to pick up somebody, but somebody had a long night of something and don’t want to meet us,” Stevie said in a video of himself and his daughter Sade Jordan apparently driving back from Miami to Atlanta.

“This is the fifth time we’ve been here to pick up you-know-who, but we can’t get her. So I was trying to avoid the unnecessary, but the necessary has to occur.”

Joseline Hernandez
Joseline Hernandez and her daughter Bonnie Bella. (Photo: @joseline/Instagram)

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