William Holte: Everything About Patti LaBelle's son

William Holte is the son of Patti LaBelle. William Holte’s mother was the lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles in the early 1960s. After the group split in 1976, LaBelle began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, “You Are My Friend”.

William Holte: Bio Summary

William Holte is also the nephew of LaBelle

William Holte was born in 1962 in the United States of America per Jukebugs. As of 2023, he is 61 years old. He is one of the adopted children of the legendary singer and her ex-husband Armstead Edwards. William and his biological sister Stayce Holte were adopted by their aunt when their mother passed away. His mother Jacqueline “Jackie” Holte-Padgett was the younger sister of the singer.

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Jacqueline “Jackie” Holte-Padgett passed away at the age of 43 in July 1989. She died of brain cancer according to reports. A day after LaBelle buried her sister, the emotionally-wrecked singer shot the music video to “If You Asked Me To” where she was seen crying in various shots; the video was shot on what would have been her sister Padgett’s 44th birthday.

The singer dedicated her 1991 Burnin’ album and her famous rendition of the song “Wind Beneath My Wings” during her concert tour in 1991–92 to William Holte’s Biological mother Padgett. Aside from William and her sister Stayce Holte the Legendary singer also has a biological son  Zuri Kye Edwards and two other adopted children  Stanley Stocker-Edwards and Dodd Stocker-Edwards.

ALSO, READ; Zuri Kye Edwards: Where is Patti LaBelle’s son now?

Based on his LinkedIn profile, Patti Labelle’s nephew and adopted son work as a personal assistant for a Pennsylvania-based company called Pattonium Inc. William seems to not be interested in the Entertainment industry like her mother does. He seems very happy with whatever he is doing now and that is what matters.

William Holte was in Twitter drama

William Holte was caught up in some Twitter drama in December 2020 where he had to call the attention of his mother Patti Labella. It all began, with a Republican rage tweet as per vulture– “What Trump built in 4 years, Biden will destroy in 4 months,” Browning, who ran for Congress earlier that year and lost, tweeted. A Twitter user replied to Browning’s tweet, criticizing Browning’s defense of Trump.

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Browning replied to this tweet, writing, “I’m a black gay guy and I can personally say that Obama did nothing for me, my life only changed a little bit and it was for the worse. Everything is so much better under Trump though. I feel respected — which I never do when democrats are involved.”

Twitter users then logically assumed that Browning, who is both white and straight, had made the mistake of not signing into his sock-puppet account before tweeting about his experiences as a “black gay guy.” Browning addressed this by tweeting, “Regarding the tweet that is going viral from my account — I was quoting a message that I received earlier this week from a follower. Sorry if context was not clear. Trump received record minority votes & record LGBTQ votes. Many people won’t say it vocally, but do in private.“

ALSO, READ; Stayce Holte: Who is Patti LaBelle’s daughter?

Legendary songstress Patti LaBelle‘s nephew and adopted son, William “Byl” Holte, went viral after the white Republican candidate’s tweet after Twitter users did some digging. That “black gay guy” who was apparently Holte, later posted a video defending the man’s remarks and affirming his own Republican beliefs.

so the video was taken down, but here it is in case you want your brain to melt: pic.twitter.com/umGPjt5sN4

— alex (@alex_abads) November 10, 2020

William Holte’s aunt and mother, LaBelle, is a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party and former President Barack Obama. In an interview with O Magazine, she said she loves him. “Guess what?” she said, “I didn’t choose my family. I choose my friends.”. She went on -“I love Billy. He has a Republican mind. And, guess what? I don’t,” said LaBelle. “But do I hate him for having the mind that he has? No, I can’t.”

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Just before the legendary singer hand the interview, she spoke to William Holte on the phone. “He was saying, ‘I love you, and I’m so sorry,’” The legendary Songstress revealed. “You give people chances when sometimes, they don’t even know what they’re doing or why. So I can’t beat him up for the rest of his life. I decided to take the high road with him by letting him know that you make mistakes — but when my name comes in that mistake, that’s a no-no. Certain things happen in life, and I just keep going on, because I love him.”

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