Nelly isn’t fond of the narrative that he “just broke Ashanti’s heart” earlier into their time together, playfully offering some clarity on the circumstances surrounding the now-married couple’s prior split during a recent Breakfast Club appearance.
“Well, let’s be clear,” Nelly said, drawing laughs from the show’s hosts. “I was hurt. Everybody was hurt. I think this narrative that Nelly just broke Ashanti’s heart…Ashanti broke Nelly’s heart. Because I feel like that be put out there a lot.”
Amid more laughter, Nelly continued this line of reasoning, pointing to both age and a “mutual” decision for the pair to break up after dating
“We were young, but it was a lot,” he said. “It just wasn’t one way or another. It was a mutual ‘Yo, I don’t like her, I don’t like him.’ She had reasons, I had my reasons. It was never one-sided. … Let’s just be clear.”
Elsewhere in the 30-minute chat, Ashanti expressed hope that her and Nelly’s well-documented love story, now the inspiration behind a new reality TV series, can be a source of inspiration for fans.
“When you love somebody and things are meant to be, it will be,” she advised. “I definitely feel like, you put that positive energy out there, it comes back. And what’s meant for you will be for you, regardless of the time.”
This week, Nelly and Ashanti’s aptly named We Belong Together launches on Peacock. A recently released trailer for the eight-episode series, starring and executive-produced by the couple, can be found below.
