Da Brat and her wife, Jessica ‘Judy’ Dupart revealed they were met with death threats after announcing that a white sperm donor was used to conceive their now-two-year-old son, True Legend.
The couple, who married in 2022, chronicled their in vitro fertilization journey on their former reality television show, Brat Loves Judy. In a 2023 episode of the show, Da Brat revealed why they didn’t select their only Black option for a sperm donor out of a shortlist of 300 people.
That [dude] looked like Jiminy Cricket,” the Funkdafied artist told the outlet. “I was like, “I’m sorry but that wasn’t gonna be my choice. ... But I think we did a great job with picking. He’s handsome, he’s tall and I think he’s going to look beautiful with my wife’s egg.”
The remark drew backlash and some speculated that Da Brat and Dupart were colorist in their selection of a white sperm donor, but in a new interview on Chicago radio station 1075 WGCI, the couple said they weren’t given any Black candidates.
“First of all, it’s my egg,” Dupart said around the seven-minute mark of the video. So, you have to do genetic testing where they say all of the things that you carry, you put it in the system, and then they tell you who you’re
compatible with. As soon as we put in my seven things, we had no Black people available.”
Dupart added that the couple “didn’t have a choice” on who to choose and that couples in a similar situation have to make “hard decisions.” She also joked that Da Brat thought their donor options weren’t “good enough.”
The rapper said that her comment was made into “such a big deal,” but she still feels that the donor was unattractive. “Because the options were so narrow
and that's not what we wanted,” she said.
Elsewhere, Da Brat said that the couple received death threats that were aimed at their son. “I had to stop reading, I had to stop looking at it,” she recalled. “I’m from Chicago. I will pull up.”
Da Brat and Dupart appeared on an episode of The Tamron Hall Show in 2023 to address the backlash and said that the comment was taken “way out of context.”
