‘What Just Happened Here?!’: Fans Get a Kick Out of Kenya Moore’s Daughter’s Reaction to Eva Marcille’s Son Talking to Another Baby

Kenya Moore‘s daughter Brooklyn Daly seems to be picking up on her mom’s shade-throwing techniques already.

Brooklyn turned 2 on Nov. 4, and her model mommy threw a birthday party in celebration of her second trip around the sun. The guest list included Moore’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast mates and friends Eva Marcille and Shamea Morton, who brought their adorable tots, 2-year-old Mikey, 2, and 2-year-old Shya, respectively.

(L-R) Mikey, Brooklyn and Shya. Photo: @thekenyamoore/Instagram

In a hilarious moment that 49-year-old Moore shared from the birthday party, little Brooklyn appeared to intervene when Shamea Morton’s daughter Shya stood a little too close to her baby boo Mikey. As Brooklyn staked her claim, she made sure to peek back at Shya before walking away, leaving Shya to turn to the camera in confusion.

“@princessshya came too close to @evamarcille ‘s boy Mikey at @thebrooklyndaly’ s birthday party. Check out Shya at the end. 🤣 too cute #toddlerlife #shady #shegetsitfromhermama,” she captioned her post, which gained more than 246,800 likes.

Morton replied to the adorable video, jokingly writing, “😂😂Shya turned around like ‘Wow, really? So you gonna act like you weren’t just trying to talk to me?’ 😂 Let her have him Shya. It’s her bday. 😒”

Fans got a kick out of seeing the babies’ interactions and had fun decoding the situation in the comments.

“The end reaction= Nobody was even worried about your man Brooklyn 😂,” joked one follower.

“Ha! Shya was looking like… What just happened here?! 😂🤣,” a second wrote.

“Brooklyn the possessive gf and Shya the ex gf minding her own business 😂😂 like do you boo,” noted a third.

“And she gave her the look back to make sure she noticed 😆,” pointed out a fourth.

“Uh oh, an “Entanglement” 😭😭😭😭😭,” stated a fifth.

Brooklyn is Moore’s only daughter and was conceived through in vitro fertilization after her struggles with getting pregnant. Since her birth, Moore has become a champion for women dealing with infertility.

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