Photo Credit: Teyana Taylor/Instagram; Iman Shumpert/Instagram
Actress Teyana Taylor and her husband of 7 years, former NBA champion Iman Shumpert have separated as announced in a new post to Taylor’s Instagram Sunday. The post said the two had been apart for “a while. Se said “We are still the best of friends, great business partners and are one hell of a team when it comes to co-parenting our 2 beautiful children. Most importantly we are family (and) in the 10 (years) together, 7 (years) married we ain’t ever played with or about that.”
In the post about their breakup, Taylor says the two chose to do so privately to avoid all of the “outside noise” that comes with the media. “To be 1000% clear, ‘infidelity’ ain’t one of the reasons for our departure. We just keep y’all (butts) out (of) the group chat lol, which is the reason we’ve been able to successfully (and) peacefully separate without all of the outside noise. The only reason I’m even sharing this part of the chat is because the narratives are getting a little out of hand (and) it’s unfair to all parties involved.”
This started with a woman wearing what looked like Shumpert;s jewelry where fans thought they heard his voice in the background. The woman commented under the video on The Neighborhood Talk blog saying it was “a reach” and that “We are just friends there was a lot of friends there.” And Kelly Price came to Taylor’s defense when the allegations began spiraling in recent days in a lengthy video. “Teyana is not a side piece, she’s not a side h*e, she’s a wife,” Kelly told her fans. “I went through it, but this is not about me. I listened to this blogger go off on Teyana. I’m actually emotional, I was venting to my husband because I get so angry when I see this kind of thing. We always talk about Black needing to support Black, Black needing to do this. I just listened to a female Black woman who is a blogger go in on Teyana Taylor, basically calling her all kinds of things. You know, the fact that she speaks up for her family. When there are allegations out there, that she comes to the defense of her family and… her husband. What else is she supposed to do? She’s a wife, they have a family, they have a home, they own businesses together.”
“If anything is worth fighting for, it is your family, and especially if it can be saved,” Kelly Price continued. “I just don’t understand why wives get attacked so bad and side b***hes get praised. She’s a beautiful woman, she’s incredibly talented, you don’t hear stuff about her. I’m really angry for her. Why, ‘Black sister’ on your blog, your platform, whatever, why go after her? Why say she’s dependent, why say she’s one of these d*mb Black women that’s going to always fight for Black men no matter what the hell they’re doing?
“Isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing?” she concluded. “Yes, we’re supposed to hold them accountable, but we’re also supposed to fight for them. Guess what? Every day that they leave the house, the whole world is against them.”
These two were a cute couple and their reality show We Got Love Teyana & Iman gave a good insight into their relationship because the two are such an IT couple. It’s unfortunate seeing them separate but as Taylor said, she’s taking us out of the group chat so as to not make this any bigger than it already is.
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