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What TI and Tiny Taught Us About Relationships

Published
6 years agoon
It’s a thin line between love and hate.
I’ve never really watched TI and Tiny: The Family Hustle, however, this season has definitely been interesting. On the most recent episode, TI and Tiny dive into the issues that led to the dissolution of their marriage. Tiny confirmed what the rumor mill has been saying for years, TI was unfaithful. Apparently, the infidelity was even more hurtful because it was a woman that used to work for her. Tiny revealed that this was why she decided to get her own home. TI’s rebuttal: He accused Tiny of sleeping with someone else too. Of course, the leads people to continue to speculate about whether Tiny slept with Floyd Mayweather, while we all know about TI and Bernice Burgos. The entire scene plays out like a sad soap opera in a restaurant.
Let’s unpack this.
Of course, we don’t know all of what happened in TI and Tiny’s relationship. We only know what they have revealed through their show, interviews, Instagram feuds, etc. Rumors have flown around for years that TI and Tiny lived the fast life; having threesomes, drugs, pretty much a little of everything. Tiny herself eluded to some form of “openness” in her interview with Wendy Williams. The reality of relationships is that no matter how progressive or liberal you think you are, any time you invite someone else into your relationship there will be problems.
I’m sure that Tiny thought if she was complicit and they did it together, this would prevent him from cheating. I’m not blaming Tiny because it takes two. She has more than proven her loyalty, even catching a felony charge for TI. Unfortunately, her loyalty has not been rewarded, at least in the way she had hoped. In TI’s mind, spending a substantial amount of money compensates her for the pain he’s caused. It seems like Tiny just wanted to feel valued and respected.
TI did what most people do when confronted with their shortcomings, he deflected. Tiny has always maintained that she was never unfaithful to TI. Even if that isn’t true, you can’t blame someone else for your behavior. Be accountable for your actions. Pointing out what Tiny may or may not have done doesn’t change or excuse his poor choices.
The biggest thing ruining relationships isn’t infidelity, it’s selfishness. Cheating, lying, all of these things stem from selfishness. The basic principle of “do unto others, as you would have them do unto you” has been forgotten. When you agree to be in a committed relationship, your partner’s feelings matter as much as your own. If monogamy isn’t for you, then don’t subscribe to it. Too many people get into relationships, knowing they aren’t ready to fully commit to one person. Again, selfishness. You want or need your partner for one reason or another, but you also want to go out and do your own thing.
What’s really sad, is to watch the breakdown of their relationship play out so publicly. When I mentioned bringing another person in your relationship, I wasn’t just referring to cheating. When you tell all of your relationship business to other people, that is also inviting people into your relationship. Once you invite people in, you can’t kick them out. Tiny’s friends have had their say on social media, some going too far in what they think is support of her. TI has posted his own response to the critics on IG, all the while having filmed this season of their reality show.
What I take from this situation is to keep your relationships private, in all sense of the word. Keep others out verbally and physically. The goal should be to end the relationship with the same dignity and integrity that it began.
What your thought about TI and Tiny airing dirty laundry?
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Rolling Ray Undergoes Surgery After Wig Catches On Fire
Published
2 years agoon
January 19, 2021
Social media star Rolling Ray underwent surgery Tuesday morning to treat serious burns on his body after his terrible wig accident last week.
In a series of IG stories, he let his audience follow along as he prepped for surgery.
Last week Rolling Ray announced he was hospitalized after his wig caught on fire! During a January 13 Instagram Live session hosted straight from his hospital bedside, he showed his severely burnt and damaged face telling viewers his “whole skin, legs, arms, feet, and everything” were burned.
Prayers for Rolling Ray 🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/d6PwlLbrlI
— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) January 14, 2021
In a more recent Live, Ray explained the incident that led to his whole wig catching on fire: an unfortunate smoking accident. “It just, like, lit on fire when I tried to light the cigarette,” he recounted. “So I get to trying to snatch the wig off. B***h, the fire goes to my f*****g shirt, to my feet, to my legs, to my back. It’s a fire everywhere, it’s a fire in the whole room.”
#RollingRay made headlines last week after it was revealed that he accidentally let himself on #fire. Now he says that the incident occurred while he was trying to light a #cigarette. pic.twitter.com/AlkoI8IjGy
— talksandthought (@Talksandthought) January 19, 2021
Of course the internet trolled him in a disgusting display of ableism and heartlessness. Comments like “Rolling Ray should have stopped, dropped, and rolled” and “karma’s a b***h” had social media conflicted in its feelings about his accident. His sensation comes from his harsh and, often, below-the-belt reads (just last month he told Yung Miami to “dig (sic) up” her dead baby father. However, the criticism didn’t stop him from responding on Twitter.
I miss y’all 🥺! See y’all soon, if this what Karma feels like she should’ve came harder because I’m alive while others still dead. God loves me 😍! Imma bounce back
— RollingRay!!! (@DMVMOSTFAMOUS) January 17, 2021
Rolling Ray might be problematic as all get-out, but we do not tolerate ableism here. We wish him well as he heals.
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On Tuesday singer-songwriter and “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino took to social media to reveal that she is having a baby girl, her first child with husband Kendall Taylor.
In a series of Instagram stories, Fantasia showed pink fireworks being shot off during a gender reveal party, to her and her hubby’s excitement! She continued by sharing what her daughter-to-be’s name will be: Keziah London Taylor.
BIG announcement 💜🎉 pic.twitter.com/z8zJAZNZUU
— Fantasia Taylor (@TasiasWord) November 25, 2020
The news comes after the couple revealed they had struggled to conceive since their 2015 marriage. During a November episode of her IG Live show “Taylor Talks,” she described continuously praying for a child with her husband. Fantasia, a deeply devout Christian, was obviously elated when she shared the news.
“God I Want To Thank You!” she said in an Instagram caption. “You Gave Us A Seed even when the Doctor said that one of my Tubes [was] Closed you said Different. @salute1st I Love You King and I can’t wait to see who He or She acts Like.”
We can see Fantasia and family are all super excited to be welcoming a baby girl into their lives. All congratulations to her.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Are Getting Divorced, Report Says
Published
2 years agoon
January 6, 2021
In a story published Tuesday evening, Page Six is reporting that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are getting divorced, with the two already in settlement talks. The news comes after the couple spent the holiday season separately – Kanye at his ranch outside Cody, Wyoming, Kim and the kids with her famous family in southern California.
A source close to Kardashian was quoted saying, “Kim got Kanye to go up there so they could live separate lives and quietly get things sorted out to separate and divorce. She’s done.” Kardashian, 40, and West, 43, are said to be splitting because of marital problems directly related to Kanye’s very public mental health struggles.

For several years the rapper’s various antics have caused fans to worry. After coming out as a Trump supporter, West then announced his own 2020 presidential bid under a new political party: the Birthday Party. At a campaign rally in South Carolina, he was seen rambling, debating individual audience members, and at times, crying. In various interviews, he has rambled on almost incoherently, and his tweetstorms are now infamous.
For her part, Kim has always supported her husband and has openly discussed the difficulties of their marriage. Back in June, she shared on social media, “Anyone who has [bipolar disorder] or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand… People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgmental and not understand that the individual (has) to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try.”

It appears she has finally reached her limit in the union with the unnamed source saying, “She is serious about taking the bar exam and becoming a lawyer, she is serious about her prison reform campaign. Meanwhile Kanye is talking about running for president and saying other crazy s**t, and she’s just had enough of it.”
Separately, a source close to Kanye alleges the rapper is sick of his wife and her family, which might have some truth to it since he has tweeted some pretty nasty things about them in the past. “I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf [sic] for ‘prison reform,’” he said in a now-deleted July tweet. Recently, he hasn’t been featured on his wife’s Instagram and has largely remained out of the public eye.

With the news yet to be confirmed, the “divorce is imminent” reports are just rumors for now. We’ll be following the news as more information comes out.
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