Published: April 17, 2024 1:19pm PDT
ashanti I just found out she's pregnant. nellyThis is my first child!
Ashanti shared the happy news on Wednesday in an Instagram video of the singer preparing for a performance. After one of her handlers asked how long it would take for Ashanti to be ready, Ashanti's mother, Tina Douglas, went to her second appointment, at which time Ashanti replied, “It's going to be about nine months.'' In response, Tina looked shocked. Pregnancy news.
The baby will be Ashanti's first child and Nelly's third. The “Hot in Here” rapper is father to adult children Chanel, 29, and Cornell Haynes III, 24, from a previous relationship. Nellie also took in the children of her sister Jackie Donahue, Sean and Sydney Thomas, who died of leukemia in 2005.
Ashanti, 43, and Nelly, 49, first hinted at baby news in December in a video that went viral on the internet from Nelly's 11th Black and White Ball. During what appears to be the auction portion of the event, the two stand on stage while the host says, “Close the deal.” Nelly then puts her hand on Ashanti's stomach and she makes a heart and the two rush off the stage laughing.
nelly and ashanti rekindled their relationship At the beginning of this year. Prior to that, the two dated on and off for 10 years before officially calling it quits in 2013.
Last September, while attending the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, the singer walked the pink carpet alone, but through a wallet featuring a photo of him and Nelly at the VMAs from exactly 20 years ago, the singer I definitely brought some of that relationship with me.
“This photo was taken 20 years ago at the 2003 VMAs, so I thought his photo was cool.” Ashanti told ET. at that time. “We were in a great place,” she added, reminiscing from her old photos.
The following month, the pair Instagram is now officialwhen the “Country Glamor” rapper dedicated a sweet post to a woman on her birthday.
“Once upon a birthday girl… She's so beautiful, a wonderful person inside and out, and one of the hardest working people.” [woman] I know,” Nelly wrote in the caption.@ashanti Enjoy your day, mom, you look amazing!!!! Happy birthday, I love you!!!!,” he wrote alongside a series of photos featuring himself and the “Stupid” singer. I wrote next to the post.
Ashanti thanked the man, writing, “Oh thank you big head!!!!!!!!🥰😘 I love you!!!!”
During September, Nelly confirmed their romance had been rekindled. And they shared that time apart is the key to connecting when it's appropriate.
“I think we both pretty much did what we were supposed to do. But sometimes you can understand each other better by living apart,” he said in an interview. love and hip hopRasheeda and Kirk Frost. “It's like, 'Yeah, let's just show them what they see.' Because we all, in our relationships, sometimes defend ourselves even when we know we're wrong.” But we are all victims of it.”
It's been an eventful year for the “Body on Me” singers, who shared PDA in Las Vegas and had a sentimental moment when Ashanti walked the red carpet holding a photo of her with Nelly from 20 years ago. It was the year of
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