Ne-Yo doesn’t mind if anyone calls him a “womanizer” because he no longer believes in monogamy.
During an appearance on the ‘Gold Dimes’ podcast, published on YouTube on Thursday, December 5, Ne-Yo responded to criticism of his amorous lifestyle.
“It’s no secret to anyone that I, not long ago, got divorced,” the R&B singer said around 33 minutes into the interview. “To be honest with you, I’ve learned some things since and because of that divorce. It made me realize some things about myself that I kind of had an idea about but not quite tied.”
“You just have to be honest with yourself about who you are,” the “So Sick” singer continued. “If you know that you’re not a guy who will be faithful to one woman, then don’t fall in love with a woman. It’s really that simple.”
When one of the podcast hosts explained how some women often “shame” him, he responded that no one can “shame me unless I care, and I don’t care” .
“I desperately need the world to know I don’t care what they think, what they say. I’m 100% locked into the reality that this life is mine and I’m going to live this how I want to live,” he added.
While he didn’t name anyone or detail a specific incident, Ne-Yo’s comments came shortly after Dr. Cheyenne Bryant went viral for criticizing Ne-Yo’s polyamorousness.
“He was a womanizer,” Dr. Bryant said when asked what she thought of Ne-Yo, born Shaffer Chimere Smith. “He cheated on his wife and that’s why she left him. He didn’t cheat once, he cheated over and over again. He’s a womanizer… . What he’s doing now is, as a womanizer, he’s gaslighting himself and that wife as if he were amorous in the first place.”
“You want to get married but don’t have the discipline to do it and your wife left you because she couldn’t stand it,” she added about the 45-year-old.
This isn’t the only time Dr. Bryant, who appeared on VH1’s ‘Basketball Wives LA,’ has ruffled a male celebrity’s feathers.
Cam Newton joined Dr. Bryant on her ‘Fun Friday’ podcast to discuss his views on marriage, divorce and his desire to grow his family, which is causing an uproar on social network.
During their conversation, Newton shared that he had eight children with three different women and expressed his desire to have more.
Newton, 35, mentioned that some people might consider his situation problematic, but when asked if he wanted more children, he simply replied that he wanted “God to bring them.” .
The former Carolina Panthers quarterback further explained that his “desire for marriage is lower than his fear of divorce,” which is why he’s “taking his time.” Dr. Bryant countered his claim by suggesting that he is not wasting his time but is “very action-based” and “very selectively aggressive” in his approach to creating homes broken.
— Originally published on Enstarz
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