‘It’s Not Just Mike and Noelle’: Cynthia Bailey Addresses Criticism About Her Daughter Noelle Living With Mike Hill

Cynthia Bailey and fiancé Mike Hill have a house full of daughters now that they are officially merging their lives. However, fans are still trying to wrap their heads around the fact that Bailey’s daughter Noelle Robinson is living with Hill in Los Angeles.

Robinson first moved out to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career in the fall of 2019, making her decision to live with Hill somewhat of a no-brainer. Still, fans questioned why a young lady would be living with such a grown man, regardless of the relationship Hill shares with Bailey.

When the 49-year-old Hill felt that people had made an innocent gesture something perverse he spoke out last November, telling MadameNoire, “Noelle is like my daughter. Anything that my two daughters have, Noelle can have. That’s how I look at it.”

This month Bailey addressed the issue, noting that Kayla Hill, Hill’s daughter who attends college at UCLA, is often home on the weekends.

“So it’s not just Mike and Noelle, it’s really the three of them, and we recently just discovered that Ashlee [Hill’s eldest daughter] wants to move to L.A. as well so it looks like all the girls are gonna be in L.A.,” Bailey said this week to Bravo TV’s “The Daily Dish.”

Hill had further lamented last November that there is nothing strange about having Robinson in the house by saying, “I don’t see her that much. You know, Noelle’s busy doing her thing and I got a lot — about six or seven jobs, so really it’s almost like she’ll go to her room and I’ll see her in the common areas every now and then.”

Robinson’s living arrangement isn’t the only aspect of her life making headlines these days.

The 20-year-old, whose father is actor Leon Robinson, recently opened up about identifying as sexually fluid. During an episode of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” Robinson confessed to her mother that while attending Howard University she found herself romantically attracted to women.

Her mother was nothing short of supportive, telling her daughter that she just wanted her to be happy.

“If you meet an amazing lady, that’s a blessing. If you meet an amazing young man, that’s a blessing a long as they’re good people and they love and support you.”

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