Mary J. Blige: No Female Friends For My Husband
As we steadily approach the holiday season in the coming weeks, Mary J. Blige is anticipating two special occasions. On Dec. 2, the Grammy Award-winning songstress will release her 13th studio album, “The London Sessions,” followed by her 11th wedding anniversary to husband-manager, Kendu Isaacs on Dec. 7.
During a recent interview with The Telegraph’s “Stella Magazine,” Blige professed her love for Isaacs, and dished on the benefits of marrying her manager.
“He always has my back – he’s going to fight to the death for Mary J Blige,” she admitted. “The downside is that there’s no separation – it’s on all the time. When you don’t feel like answering to your manager, he’s still your husband. If one of you doesn’t want to talk about something right now, you have to respect that. And you have to respect each other’s space.”
In addition to respecting each other’s space, Blige also revealed why she decided to ban Isaacs from engaging in any platonic relationships with other women.
Naya Rivera Doesn't Believe in Having Friends of the Opposite Sex When You're Married
Naya Rivera is laying down the law when it comes to marriage etiquette. Or at least, her marriage.
The newlywed, who married Ryan Dorsey in a surprise ceremony over the summer in Mexico, was a guest co-host on The View today and joined the group of ladies as they discussed Mary J. Blige's comment on how she makes it work with her hubby of nearly 12 years—no friends of the opposite sex.
And guess what? Naya completely agrees.
"I think that's amazing. I'm with Mary. I just got married and I'm pretty sure I told my husband that like two days ago," Rivera said.
"It's really not so much a rule as I understand it, because I feel like you're playing with fire and opening up the floodgates here, and you're having issues in your marriage, but someone is going to talk to the opposite sex to get advice or whatever and you should be talking to your partner. So I don't believe in it."
However, fellow co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez, Rosie O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace disagreed, and feel as though it's beneficial to have friends of both sexes. So, Naya explained why she felt the opposite.
"I got what you were saying as well. I feel the exact same way. It's not so much that you like don't trust your relationship or your husband or your wife or anything. You kind of don't trust outsiders and other people. You don't know what their motives are.
"I feel like there's a difference between having an issue with that when you're married and when you're just dating someone. I feel like when you're married, if you're now someone's wife, I'm sorry, ladies, but you got to get back a little bit more. It's different."
As we steadily approach the holiday season in the coming weeks, Mary J. Blige is anticipating two special occasions. On Dec. 2, the Grammy Award-winning songstress will release her 13th studio album, “The London Sessions,” followed by her 11th wedding anniversary to husband-manager, Kendu Isaacs on Dec. 7.
During a recent interview with The Telegraph’s “Stella Magazine,” Blige professed her love for Isaacs, and dished on the benefits of marrying her manager.
“He always has my back – he’s going to fight to the death for Mary J Blige,” she admitted. “The downside is that there’s no separation – it’s on all the time. When you don’t feel like answering to your manager, he’s still your husband. If one of you doesn’t want to talk about something right now, you have to respect that. And you have to respect each other’s space.”
In addition to respecting each other’s space, Blige also revealed why she decided to ban Isaacs from engaging in any platonic relationships with other women.
“All females for me, all guys for him,” the 43-year-old revealed. “There’s none of that, ‘Oh, that’s my female friend. Oh, that’s my guy friend.’ No. Not in a marriage, I’ve never seen that work.”
Naya Rivera Doesn't Believe in Having Friends of the Opposite Sex When You're Married
Naya Rivera is laying down the law when it comes to marriage etiquette. Or at least, her marriage.
The newlywed, who married Ryan Dorsey in a surprise ceremony over the summer in Mexico, was a guest co-host on The View today and joined the group of ladies as they discussed Mary J. Blige's comment on how she makes it work with her hubby of nearly 12 years—no friends of the opposite sex.
And guess what? Naya completely agrees.
"I think that's amazing. I'm with Mary. I just got married and I'm pretty sure I told my husband that like two days ago," Rivera said.
"It's really not so much a rule as I understand it, because I feel like you're playing with fire and opening up the floodgates here, and you're having issues in your marriage, but someone is going to talk to the opposite sex to get advice or whatever and you should be talking to your partner. So I don't believe in it."
However, fellow co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez, Rosie O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace disagreed, and feel as though it's beneficial to have friends of both sexes. So, Naya explained why she felt the opposite.
"I got what you were saying as well. I feel the exact same way. It's not so much that you like don't trust your relationship or your husband or your wife or anything. You kind of don't trust outsiders and other people. You don't know what their motives are.
"I feel like there's a difference between having an issue with that when you're married and when you're just dating someone. I feel like when you're married, if you're now someone's wife, I'm sorry, ladies, but you got to get back a little bit more. It's different."
You AGREE/DISAGREE that married people shouldn't have friends of the OPPOSITE SEX???
