‘Let Joey See the Baby’: Social Media Slams Cyn Santana After Joe Budden Claims He Misses His Son

It looks like former “Love and Hip Hop: New York” couple Cyn Santana and Joe Budden may be feuding behind closed doors.

It’s no secret the pair supposedly called it quits earlier this year after the “Pump It Up” rapper was accused of cheating on his fiancée. Neither Budden, 38, nor Santana, 26, has publicly confirmed they’re broken up, but from the podcaster’s now-deleted “single” tweets over the past few months it’s safe to say the twosome are no longer together.

Besides their breakup, other issues are at play, like the pair’s 1-year-old son Lexington Budden.

Cyn Santana
Cyn Santana and Joe Budden. (Photos: @cynsantana /Instagram, Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, the father of two claimed he missed “his son” and indicated that he hadn’t seen him. He didn’t specify which child he was speaking about, but folks assumed it was his and Santana’s toddler he referred to. Budden also has an 18-year-old son Trey Budden from a previous relationship.

The mother of one has yet to address her ex-fiancé’s message, but she did upload a message of her own to Instagram Tuesday evening.

“Too busy watering my grass to know if the other side is greener ☺️,” she wrote, attaching a photo of herself at the Bronx Zoo in New York.

Cyn Santana
Cyn Santana. @cynsantana/Instagram

Fans instantly bombarded Santana’s social media, slamming her for apparently keeping her 1-year-old from Budden.

“Yooo let Joey see the baby 🙄”

“I hope you ain’t holding that child from his father cause of some child support don’t make it seem it’s about money”

“She won’t let him see his son cause she said he ain’t paid child support. She just want that child support money 💵”

Tuesday evening Budden tweeted, “I miss my son so much…. gotta go thru it tho… again.”

Cyn Santana
Joe Budden claims Cyn Santana isn’t letting him see their son. @joebudden/Twitter

The last photo on his social media pages of the 38-year-old father and his youngest son was posted July 17.

Santana and Budden reportedly called off their engagement and broke up in late May after cheating rumors surrounded them.

Social media users first noticed the pair were facing trouble in paradise after Santana deleted all photos of herself with Budden from her social media, also changing her Instagram handle from Santana-Budden to just Santana. She was also spotted no longer wearing her engagement ring.

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