Whereas the announcement was made on the Smitty and Dee podcast final week, the 56-year-old mentioned he acquired the information in January 2024 — nearly a yr to the day he misplaced his 32-year-old Brandon Smiley to a drug overdose.

On the podcast, Smiley defined that he bought a telephone name from an ex-girlfriend who instructed him he was the daddy. The radio host mentioned she had gone to courtroom with one in every of her ex-boyfriends, the place she discovered the twins belonged to Smiley.

She and Smiley are nonetheless buddies, he defined, so he has really recognized his twin women their complete lives.

“Me and her have joked about this,” he mentioned on the podcast, referencing his ex. “I do not run away from being a father, and she or he’s not the kind of mother who would preserve a baby from a dad.”

He additionally mentioned he had no exhausting emotions concerning the information.

“After I let you know, that is the primary time I noticed the solar once more throughout that darkish hour. The solar got here again out,” he defined.

He shared the information along with his household whereas holding a memorial dinner for Brandon, the place he introduced out his daughters.

“They misplaced it,” Smiley mentioned of his household once they discovered the information.

Since discovering he’s the daddy of the dual women, he has come to see similarities between them and himself.

“One in all them appears to be like like me after I was 5, and the opposite one has my persona,” he defined on the podcast.

“On the finish of the day, God continues to be good as a result of it might have been worse, and that may be a good perspective to dwell off of,” Smiley mentioned. “And also you gave me some twins, to not exchange Brandon, however right here you go! Here is some pleasure.”