Coco Austin defends her daughter Chanel, 7, for twerking in a Christmas video

Coco Austin has defended her daughter Chanel, age seven, on social media after posting a video where she was twerking in Christmas pajamas.

After facing online criticism about how she parents her daughter, the model attempted to get ahead of the comments by stating in her caption that her daughter ‘loves to joke.’

The 43-year-old shared a video of Chanel on her Instagram and explained in the caption that she and her family were in the middle of making a TikTok video when Chanel ran out to ‘bust a move.’

The beauty also added tags to the caption that brought up the comparison of her daughter and the character of Tina Belcher from the show Bob’s Burgers.

The character is famous for doing the same dance move on the show that Chanel does in the video. 

The caption read: ‘Gotta love family time! The adults in our family were doing a TikTok and Chanel runs out in the middle to bust a move to make us laugh.. She loves to joke.’

Her whole family was dressed up in matching pajama sets with Christmas light designs on them.

The former Sports Illustrated swimwear model had her blonde hair pulled back in a braided ponytail and wore a Christmas light headband on her head.

Lots of laughs: The 43-year-old compared her daughter to Tina Belcher, who is a character on the hit show Bob’s Burgers 

The moves: Chanel performed the same dance move that Tina Belcher is famous for on Bob’s Burgers 

Coco faced a lot of scrutiny since she became a mom. In an interview with Tamron Hall, she said that she is constantly ‘underneath a microscope.’  

During the interview, the Ice Loves Coco star broke down in tears over mom-shamers.

She said: ‘You don’t hear the goodness, you just hear a lot of bad. And I know I’m a good mother.’

The blonde bombshell had her daughter Chanel with rapper Ice-T in 2015 after the couple had been married for 13 years. 

Showing support: Ice-T, 64, showed support for his wife by recording a video message for her while she was on the Tamron Hall show in November

Chanel is Coco’s only child, while Ice-T, 64, has two other children from two previous relationships.

He has one other daughter, Letesha, and a son, Tracy, 31, who have both capitalized off of their father’s success and are now a part of the entertainment industry.

Coco got her start in the modeling industry when she was 18, and in 1997 she appeared on her first magazine cover for Swimwear Illustrated.

In 2011, Ice-T and Coco starred in their reality TV show Ice Loves Coco, which ran for three seasons.

Family outing: Coco and Ice-T took their daughter Chanel to the premiere of Blue’s Big City Adventure in NYC on November 12