‘Clown’: Social Media Slams Reginae Carter for Wishing Her Boyfriend YFN Lucci a Happy Father’s Day Before Her Dad Lil Wayne

It looks like “T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle” star Reginae Carter caught a barrage of flak this Father’s Day weekend.

The 20-year-old is receiving all sorts of backlash for dedicating a post to her off-and-on boyfriend, rapper YFN Lucci, and his four children before doing so for her father Lil Wayne over the weekend.

It’s no secret that Carter is a daddy’s girl to her core, so fans were extremely shocked to see a post of her boyfriend go up on her Instagram feed instead of her father’s. She uploaded three pictures of the “Heartless” rapper and his four children to her timeline, sending the 28-year-old a special Father’s Day shoutout.

Reginae Carter
YFN Lucci with two of children. @colormenae/Instagram

“Happy Father’s Day baby ❤️ you’re so good with your kids!” she wrote in her caption on Sunday. “The joy and happiness in your eyes when you’re with them is priceless. If you wanna know what I respect most about you .. it’s the way you love and care for your kids . Enjoy your day ❤️ you deserve it 😘🍾🎊 @yfnlucci.”

Moments later, Carter shared a post to her father Lil Wayne, thanking him for all he’s done for her.

“Happy Father’s Day to you ! I thank God for multiple things when it’s referring to you! Today we celebrating everything you are to me and I’m thanking you for it ❤️ I love you dad 😘.”

Reginae Carter
Reginae Carter and Lil Wayne. @colormenae/Instagram

Fans instantly blasted Carter for her arrangement of Father’s Day posts.

“Lol wait… shorty posted her man that she has no kids with before her pops 🤦🏾 smh.. Happy Father’s Day Wayne .”

“How you gonna post him before your dad, man Clown 🤡.”

“I know she didn’t post him before Wayne?! Oh hell nah 😂😂 girl this ain’t the move.”

“Posting her boyfriend before the 🐐 is a step mama move 😂 post Wayne sis.”

The reality star never addressed the critics in her comments, but she did agree with a comment that blasted folks for foolishly getting “mad over anything,” adding three clapping emojis.

Reginae Carter
@colormenae/Instagram

Due to her father’s success, Carter said she’s use to receiving criticism from online trolls.

“I feel like people put pressure on me for no reason,” she told BET during a 2017 interview. “I still make mistakes. I still do things, like I’m growing up. I have to learn from my mistakes. I feel like people think that since you have fame and money, you’re different.”

Despite the negative comments she received on her social media, she also got a mass of support from fans who came to her defense.

“Y’all kills me half of ya’ll don’t have a daddy, she can post her man first smh 😩. @colormenae Live your life ❗️❗️ don’t worry bout these people, you’re a queen baby girl.”

“She shows her dad love on a regular basis and now y’all made cuz she posted her man first. Y’all so damn miserable and negative. Do you nae ❤️!”

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