She didn’t shy away from expressing her thoughts on their decision to call it quits.
“I don’t want him,” Kelis said about her ex-husband to host Jason Lee ofHollywood Unlocked.
“First of all, it’s so funny because people thought I was angry.
yo dear God, take him back!
I beg of you take him back!”
When Kelis told him, the Queens native said, “I had to verify, because …
I’ve been wanting to make you my wife for years.”
It turns out the Harlem-born singer had been crushing on him, too.
“That’s great, ‘cause that’s what I wanna be.”
“She’s my best friend,” Nas told Complex.
“To get married now, it’s only right.”
The musical couple wed in 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia, according toThe Source.
Unfortunately as time went on, their happily-ever-after dreams of a loving, sustainable marriage didn’t come true.
In fact,MTVcaught up with him earlier that month while Kelis was seven months pregnant.
The rapper revealed that he and his wife were stuck on deciding baby names.
That’s why their divorce announcement just a few weeks later made headlines (viaBillboard).
Kelis filed and cited irreconcilable differences.
The two were married for just four years.
In July 2009, the “Bossy” singer gave birth to their son Knight.
That number was an increase from the $40,000 he had to pay starting back in July.
Financial and legal battles, though, were perhaps just the beginning of their various public woes.
She explained how seeing Rihanna made her see herself at that moment in time.
I had bruises all over my body," Kelis told Hollywood Unlocked.
“I don’t like people in my business.
I felt like, ‘This is my partner.
We’re gonna do this, we’re gonna make it work.'”
Nas vehemently denied the claims in a series of since-deleted Instagram posts, viaBBC.
After theirdivorce was finalizedin early 2010, Kelis would soon find another love of her life.
In 2014, she wed realtor and photographer, Mike Mora.
She toldHarper’s Bazaarthat rural farm life wasn’t just for the pastural aesthetics; it’s hard work!
In March 2022,Mora tragically passed away.
He was only 37.
A recentupdatethere saw him posing for a photo with his daughter, Destiny Jones.
