Get the latest gossip

Fat Joe reveals autistic son Joey has lifelong love for tennis balls while promoting collaboration with upcoming US Open in New York City


Fat Joe, 53, revealed that his autistic son Joey finds solace while holding a tennis ball on Tuesday while promoting the upcoming US Open tennis tournament in New York.

The 2024 US Open is scheduled to be held from August 19 though September 8 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the Flushing area of New York City. The Bronx native is shown with his son Joey holding large tennis balls in a birthday post last December on Instagram Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain, as per the CDC, and those who are diagnosed often struggle with 'social communication and interaction, and restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests.'

Get the Android app

Or read this on Daily Mail

Read more on:

Photo of New York City

New York City

Photo of OPEN

OPEN

Photo of Fat Joe

Fat Joe

Related news:

News photo

Rose Byrne looks effortlessly chic in a brown leather skirt as she leaves The View's studio in New York City with partner Bobby Cannavale

News photo

Timothee Chalamet is Bob Dylan and Edward Norton is Pete Seeger as they film A Complete Unknown outside a store in New York City

News photo

Vanessa Bryant shares adorable video of daughters Bianka, seven, and Capri, four, playing basketball during family vacation in New York City: 'Had fun time with my babies'