‘My First Great Accomplishment In Life’: Steve Harvey Sends a Beautiful Birthday Tribute to His Twin Daughters Brandi and Karlie Harvey

Brandi Harvey (left) and Karlie Harvey (right). @iamsteveharveytv/Instagram

Steve Harvey is a jack of all trades. Aside from being a successful comedian, game show host, and actor, the 63-year-old entrepreneur is also a father of four. Steve has achieved many notable things in his career, but his first big accomplishment was being a dad to his twin daughters Brandi and Karlie Harvey.

Steve’s oldest daughters celebrated their 38th birthday on Thursday, Aug. 20. The author of “Think Like a Man” marked the special occasion with a photo on Instagram that showed his two daughters looking fabulous. Brandi went for a laid-back look, sporting a nude track suit jacket with a white baseball cap. She accessorized her outfit with blinged-out drop earrings that complemented her face in all the right ways. Brandi topped her appearance off with pink lipstick and winged eyeliner. Karlie opted for a glammed-up look, featuring red lipstick with earth-toned eye shadow and winged eyeliner. She donned a classy black dress and paired her apparel together with gold hoop earrings.

“My first great accomplishment in life…… and always will be…… I love these 2 to life!!!!!” Steve began his caption. “Happy birthday girls @iambrandiharvey @iamkarliraymond.”

Steve received over 35,000 likes and some 1,000 comments from fans agreeing that his daughters are his greatest accomplishment. “Yessss it was…Queens…Beauty, Class, and Brains! Happy birthday Queens! Enjoy every minute of it.❤️,” one user gushed underneath the post, followed by someone else who said, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUNG LADIES!!!!!! YOU DID A GREAT JOB@iamsteveharveytv 🙏🏿❤️👍.”

Steve was married to his first wife Marcia Harvey for 14 years and to his second wife Mary Lee Harvey for nine. The businessman and Marcia are the parents to their twin daughters Brandi and Karli Harvey and their son Broderick Harvey Jr. He has another son in Wynton Harvey, whom he shares with Mary. Steve walked down the aisle for the third time in 2007 when he married his current wife Marjorie Harvey.

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Marjorie Harvey (left) and Steve Harvey (right). (Photo: @iamsteveharveytv/Instagram)

Together, Steve and Marjorie have a blended family of seven children. Marjorie has three children of her own from two previous marriages: married daughter Morgan Hawthorne, Jason Harvey and Lori Harvey. Her children took Steve’s last name shortly after they got married.

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