Nelly doesn’t do soiled diapers.
Throughout a current episode of their new actuality TV present “Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Collectively,” the 50-year-old rapper revealed simply how a lot and when he intends to pitch in on the subject of the couple’s 11-month-old son, Child KK.
Because the pair was eating out at a restaurant, Ashanti expressed her issues about Nelly’s upcoming tour, noting that it might be “exhausting” for her as a brand new mother along with her associate gone.
“Effectively, hear, it’s all you. I ain’t going to even lie,” Nelly defined concerning their child’s care. “You already know, I ain’t acquired nothing for him.”
“Completely not, I do know,” the 44-year-old R&B singer replied.
In one other scene, flashing again to a dialog Nelly is having together with his boys, he elaborates on his parenting model and the way he and Ashanti have an association.
“Till he can say, ‘I’m hungry,’ till he can say, ‘I want to make use of the toilet,’ it’s gonna be loads in your lap,” Nelly mentioned. “However as quickly as he begin strolling, I informed her I mentioned, ‘Take pleasure in.’ Trigger as quickly as he get to strolling and speaking, he with the crew.”
Nelly and Ashanti, who tied the knot after rekindling their romance someday in December 2023, welcomed their first youngster collectively, KK, on July 18, 2024. Their present takes viewers alongside for the journey as they stability their new marriage with parenthood and demanding high-profile careers.
When the scene returns to Nelly and Ashanti within the restaurant, his depth, or lack thereof, within the subject of newborns is additional revealed as he asks if it’s true that moms need to stand up in the course of the night time with their newborns.
“Do y’all actually be up at night time? I heard about it,” Nelly requested.
“You already know what? It’s completely ridiculous that you simply’ll nonetheless be useless sleep and he’ll be mad loud,” Ashanti declares.
When Ashanti continues to protest her husband’s incapability to listen to their son’s cries in the course of the night time, he reminded her of their settlement.
“I’ma take you again to this dialog we had earlier than you kicked me beneath the desk,” Nelly mentioned. “I mentioned, ‘Child, I’ll provide the world. I simply ain’t altering no diaper.’ ”
As extra viewers proceed to find the collection and be taught extra concerning the couple’s dynamic, notably his ideas on altering diapers, a discourse has sparked on-line. Many have had points together with his refusal to pitch in throughout the early levels of elevating KK, in addition to his touring and performing throughout Trump’s inauguration occasions in opposition to Ashanti’s needs.
“Ashanti higher than me trigger I might’ve put that child proper as much as Nelly ear whereas he was sleeping,” a person commented on X.
Another person on the identical platform added, “Nelly shouldn’t be marriage materials. He doesn’t function & make selections like he’s one half of a unit. Ashanti needed to simply “deal” with selections he makes even when it impacts her enterprise smart (performing for Trump’s inauguration).”
Over on Threads, a person wrote about a number of sides of the well-known couple’s relationship: “I’m satisfied that we like the thought of marriage/love and never the work and preparation that comes with it. I’ve watched a few episodes of Nelly & Ashanti’s present and actually want nothing however the perfect, however I’m genuinely involved.”
Whereas many have criticized Nelly for his stance and the place Ashanti has seemingly been put in, there are some extra nuanced views on the matter.
“I’m in all probability the one one not outraged Nelly doesn’t change diapers or get up with the infant,” a person wrote on Threads. “He’s 50 years previous with grown children. He mentioned he’ll rent a nanny. Generally we gotta thoughts our tax bracket. What I’ll say is I’m not a fan of his persona, however once more Ashanti likes it so no matter makes her joyful.”
And there are those who’ve already declared they’re muting the subject “Nelly & Ashanti” and fed up with the forwards and backwards.
“Ashanti and Nelly don’t even know what they simply did to black twitter, there received’t be relaxation for WEEKS,” a person wrote on X.
