Hate To Say I Told You So
Back in April, TheYBF.com reported that a source close to Mashonda sent in some interesting info about Alicia Keys being the woman who invaded Swizz Beatz and Mashonda’s marriage. Apparently Swizzy and Alicia have been gettin’ it poppin’ on the side for a while now. And the news came right after Swizzy and Mashonda announced their divorce. Many people–including me–weren’t trying to believe Alicia could be the cause of Swizz & Mashonda’s divorce. But in this week’s issue of Hip Hop Weekly, Mashonda was interviewed and she gave some very interesting insight on Ms. Keys’ affect on her marriage. When Mashonda was asked about Alicia Keys being a homewrecker who broke up her marriage, Mashonda’s response:
[Alicia Keys] is her own woman and she has made her own choices. I don’t have a problem with her,” she said. “I will say this though, I am not a scorned woman. I have a responsibility to raise [my son], he’s my number one priority and everyday I strive more for him and of course my music.
I don’t hear any denial of the homewrecking. In fact, I almost hear confirmation. I told y’all the drama was about to unfold…
Tangela
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:41 pm | Reply | QuoteSay it ain’t so!!!
lovely
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:42 pm | Reply | Quotesecond??? ok lemme go read it…LMAO
Tricey F. Baby
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Reply | QuoteTOP 5.. MY GOODNESS..BEEN AWHILE…LOL
Tangela
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Reply | QuoteI’m glad Mashonda was a woman about hers. She didn’t say anything negative or disparaging about AK. She just kept it movin’.
mizzlush
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Reply | QuoteDaaayuuum! Ain’t that some ish!
ohbro
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Reply | QuoteAh. Alicia. I always thought you and John (Mayer) would just run away together and birth musical babies.
BEAUTY
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:44 pm | Reply | QuoteTsk Tsk!
lovely
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:45 pm | Reply | Quotehahaa. The marriage simple wasnt meant to b. Swizzie is a bunch of talent tho..wish Mashonda th best in life
SGU
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:45 pm | Reply | QuoteWOW!!
bri
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:46 pm | Reply | QuoteOh no, not the perfect Alicia…lol
Im Just SAYIN..
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:52 pm | Reply | Quoteohbro wrote:
LMAO thts 2 funni ^^…But I thought Ak was a Lezzie…hmm I guess this means she’s bi??
LuvdaBiz
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:53 pm | Reply | QuoteCome on black people, when we gonna get this family ish together!! Fck around B4 the ceremony man! Respect the ceremony, woman! Damn!! As a ghetto mess would say “We gotta do better”.
Lacey
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:54 pm | Reply | QuoteThat was mature. Go Mashonda!
Just-wanted-2-say
On Jun 12, 2008 at 6:58 pm | Reply | QuoteOkay, I thought the light-skinned man we see her with sometimes is her co-writer & boyfriend. Then I hear she’s gay. Now she’s with a married man. Which is it? All?
nycollegegirl
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:00 pm | Reply | Quotewow akeys….but it is what it is…how you find a man is how you keep him…but all the best to all involved
math
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:00 pm | Reply | QuoteJust-wanted-2-say wrote:
Thank youuuu
&+ Mashonda didn’t confirm it. Actually she didn’t make a lot of sense imo lol
but anything’s possible I guess
mann1957
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:02 pm | Reply | Quotethat’s a win win for SWIZZ
ibored@work
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:12 pm | Reply | QuoteNatasha,I remember when you reported this but then the next day or so after,you posted a message stating that some girls were sending those emails to different blogs.In the message you were stating that whomever those ladies were can be sued for “defamation of character”!
You also contacted Alicia’s rep.and they denied(of course)that Swizz and Alicia were not a couple.
I was left confused but for the sake of gossip,I wouldn’t be surprised.Alicia ain’t all that perfect like people think! Swizz and Mashonda made such a lovely couple! I wish Mashonda the best!Word to Swizz and Alicia,Karma is a bitch! Alicia you know.You wrote a song about it!*Remember*
Mabel
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:13 pm | Reply | QuoteNever trust a big butt and a smile.
Yung
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:14 pm | Reply | QuoteWell this isn’t the first time Swizz cheated on Mashonda. I guess when a woman’s fed up you can’t do shit bout it. Swizz been cheating on Mashonda for a long time and its messed up because she stuck by him before he became big time.
OUCH!
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:15 pm | Reply | QuoteBEYONCE!!
BlueStar
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Reply | QuoteThis comment is old and has been on all the other sites for a few days now…but I still love some YBF. And this comment doesn’t make sense at all. I need to know the exact question that was asked.
BlueStar
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:17 pm | Reply | QuoteOUCH! wrote:
?????
TooMuch
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:17 pm | Reply | QuoteMashonda could just be spreading the rumor to get her name on the map for her music career—but I say if Swizz Beat can’t help you get a hit record nobody can….
DallasDonDiva
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:20 pm | Reply | QuoteI thought she was a lesbo? If this really turns out to be true I don’t see why should would choose his gerbel lookin ass. Dayum she woulda done better stealin Nelly from Ashanti at least he’s fine!
Chynablack
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:29 pm | Reply | QuoteWow some people are really slow. Mashonda all but came out and said Alicia broke up her marriage. While i’m not saying Swizz is not to blame because he was the one married and obligated to that commitment I’m really disappointed in Alicia I thought she would have more class than to mess with a married man. And I respect Mashonda for speaking her peace in a respectful way and keeping it moving. I guess we will all see how it plays out in the future.
E
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:30 pm | Reply | Quotealicia didn’t break up their marriage - the husband did…
Mz Detroit
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm | Reply | QuoteMashonda can’t be mad at Alicia Keys.
Swizz took those vows not Ms. Keys.
Ain’t nobody pointing the finger on him for stepping out of his marriage.
LIL' BIT
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:37 pm | Reply | Quotewell first of all IF THIS IS TRUE i dont understand why people always blame the other woman like the man didnt have a choice in the matter
Nunya
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:38 pm | Reply | QuoteIts obvious by the way she answered , that there is some truth to what has been said. If it wasnt, im sure she wouldnt have brought Alicia’s name in it like that, and said that, rumor or not. I must say I am dissapointed in Alicia as well. You should never step inside anyones marriage, whether it be an unhappy one or whatever the circumstances taht is never okay to reduce yourself to the title as the other woman and a homewrecker. Swizz is a dog, point blank and simple. I comend Mashonda for taking the high rode and not the dramatic route. But I guess that goes to show people are not perfect and they make poor choices, it doesnt matter who they are. Hopefully, Mashanonda finds something better then swizz’s cheating rat looking ass and Alicia takes a step back and look at herself and what she participated in and revaluate her situation because Kamra is a bitch and it will come back on you ten fold. Damn I think i wrote enough, im done lol
Lara
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:39 pm | Reply | QuoteE wrote:
I agree. At the same time, AK has to take some resposibility for not respecting her as a sistah. Relationships are hard enough without the willing, ready and able clean-up women of the world. Ak is ILL. She didn’t take that vow but she helped to break it by KNOWING he was married and proceeding anyway.
Nunya
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:41 pm | Reply | QuoteAnd in no way am i excusing Swizz because he did take the vows, but that doesnt excuse Alicia either, both of them have blame in this. You have to know better then to cross that line.
krishna
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:41 pm | Reply | QuoteYeah right, trying to get publicity using Alicia’s name. Sorry, that sh!t isn’t going to fly. It Might have worked if it was a singer who didn’t write and produce her own music, and who wasn’t rumored to be gay. Alicia aint checkin’ for no Z LIST CELEB. No one knows who Mashonda and Swizz are outside the black community. Mashonda might have been able to get bigger publicity from this story if the rumor was reported on more widely read gossip publications, ie Perez, Intouch, Star, Life & Style. Mashonda needs to stop trying get the Jeniffer Aniston Brangelina scandal…..Now that this story has been reported on the top 3 black celebrity gossip sites, Mashonda’s little attempt at getting publicity is over. She will be irrelavant tomorrow, just as she was yesterday……….Btw, I am a fan of Alicia’s and I wouldn’t put it pass her to do a married man, if I didn’t believe that she was gay.
Sharonda
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:51 pm | Reply | QuoteIt takes two to tango.You can be sweet, and kind and all that, but like someone got me thinking about it, I wouldn’t put it past her.They both in the wrong, if this is true.
Jeannie
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:57 pm | Reply | QuoteIf Alicia did do this then her AND swizzy are WRONG! I believe in my heart (and from past experience) that married men are the EASIEST targets. If they’ve been married long enough, they get excited when ANY other woman shows them attention. A woman must respect her fellow woman and the sanctity of marriage itself and NOT go after a married man!!! I’m not saying that the man is faultless…he’s just plain stupid! If women would have more respect for other women (that they might not even KNOW) we probably wouldn’t run into more than HALF of these problems…i’m just sayin!!!
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:59 pm | Reply | QuoteAlicia is human. dont make it right but we shouldnt have high expectations of anybody.
Mabel
On Jun 12, 2008 at 7:59 pm | Reply | QuoteAre some of you loco. Yes, a man takes a vow, but everyone knows that if a man is married he is not fresh meat. I have had men who were living in their house with their women and childrn try to get with me and I said no. It wasn’t even a marriage situation, but common-law. A homewrecker’s only excuse is if she was lied to and went in thinking the man was single. We reap what we sow and if you mess with a married man, chances are you will get cheated on when you are married or in a deeply committed relationship. God don’t like ugly.
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:01 pm | Reply | Quotekrishna wrote:
Girlllll, how are you so sure? Learn the facts and then try to shoot some.
S.A.M
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:01 pm | Reply | QuoteI heard Alicia made Kerry wait a year b4 he got to tap that ass, just so he proves his love & loyalty towards her…If thats true, I cant see her getting with a married man. Who knows though???
BMW
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:02 pm | Reply | QuoteAlicia is human and she made her bed so now she lay in it. We are not created on this earth to be perfect, but we should strive to be. I’ve seen what my home girls went through with married men, and it wasn’t cute, I promised that it would never happen to me. Maybe she was trying to have fun and got caught up with her panties down. We think wwe the stars, but we don’t know people in general. I only love her first album! the rest of her music is just carbage. I wish them all the best.
Me, me, me
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:06 pm | Reply | QuoteThank you Krishna!!
This bitch just want publicity and she is using my Alicia’s name…I don,t beleive her one bit.
carcars2002
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:06 pm | Reply | QuoteHOMEWRECKER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gianna
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:09 pm | Reply | QuoteIF this is true, the Ms Keys has forgotten the words to her OWN damn song, ‘Karma’. What goes around COMES around, girl. You will FEEL it! And Swizz, disgusting.
Lady Jei
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:13 pm | Reply | QuoteTHANK YOU….TOLD YA’LL THIS BEFORE!!!!!
Just Nikki
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:13 pm | Reply | QuoteTangela wrote:
…that’s why she’ll succeed Ms. Keys however will go the way of Britney!
soja
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:13 pm | Reply | QuoteI always that Alicia Keys was banging Derek Jeter. He told a friend of mine he was banging Keys.
Just Nikki
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:15 pm | Reply | QuoteBMW wrote:
There’s no excuse, and I love Alicia but this shyte must stop…she’s set herself up something terrible.
kay p
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:15 pm | Reply | QuoteAlicia - “what goes around comes around…” didn’t you say that?
Yes - Alicia didn’t break up the marriage - Swizz did
HOWEVER - Ladies we gotta do better - if you know a man is married…why do you want to be his jump off?
If he is that unhappy and loves you not her - he can leave her and be FREE to be with you.
But as women we should really stop sleeping with these married men - send his ass back home to his wife.
No you don’t owe her nothing - BUT don’t you owe yourself a clean conscience? and good karma?
kay p
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:18 pm | Reply | QuoteMiss. Rissa wrote:
I don’t think staying away from a married man is too high of an expectation.
Its simple really - just say no.
Fishes in the sea - Buses at the station - another one is out there…
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:19 pm | Reply | Quotekay p wrote:
i agree with you but i think alicia did break up the marriage as well as swizz she KNEW he was married and its not her responsibility but damn alicia, you knew…
kay p
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:19 pm | Reply | QuoteJeannie wrote:
let the church say amen
kay p
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:19 pm | Reply | QuoteMiss. Rissa wrote:
can’t stop shaking my head at this one - damn…
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:21 pm | Reply | Quotekay p wrote:
i know but people are shocked like ALICIA ALICIA? just because she plays the piano and does this, does that doesnt make her any more less scandolous than anybody else in the industry
Posion
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:23 pm | Reply | QuoteMabel wrote:
P P POSION!
Lol…
No Alicia! Swizzy isnt EVENNNNNNN cute…eugh
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:25 pm | Reply | QuotePosion wrote:
she could have any man that she wants. why she gotta dig for taken treasure. im still hoping this aint true
kay p
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:28 pm | Reply | QuoteMiss. Rissa wrote:
oh ok - yeah I get that.
you’re right
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:30 pm | Reply | Quotekay p wrote:
yeah but surprising situation nonetheless
Klover
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:31 pm | Reply | QuoteWho cares. Women all across the world wreck homes everyday and Swiss Beatz is no prize. Plus, its impossible to steal another woman’s man.
S
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:55 pm | Reply | QuoteNO, NO, NO, I DO NOT BLAME ALICIA FOR THE BREAK-UP OF THIS MARRIAGE BECAUSE I’M SURE SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. BUT OF COURSE MASHONDA WILL USE HER AS A SCAPEGOAT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN CHEATING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND SHE FINALLY IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SHE WASN’T BEING PLAYED. LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD, FROM A WOMAN WHO HAS HAD TO TELL PLENTY OF STRAYING, WANDERING EYED MARRIED MEN TO GO HOME TO THEIR WIVES. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT THE SECRETS THEY TELL ABOUT THIER SPOUSES AND HOW BOLD THEY ARE IN PURSUING ANOTHER WOMAN. THEY USUALLY MAKE THE FIRST MOVE AND HAVE ABSOLUTLY NO SHAME IN TELLING WHOEVER WILL LISTEN THAT THEY ARE NOT HAPPY!!! SO A LESSON TO ALL YOU MARRIED WOMEN, CHECK YOUR HUSBAND BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE OUT THERE EXPOSING ALL OF YOUR MARRIED BUSINESS AND STOP TRYING TO GO AFTER THE OTHER WOMAN, BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES YOUR HUSBAND WANT HER EVEN MORE!! BUT IF YOU JUST STEP YOUR OWN FAB GAME UP AND DO YOU, THEN HE JUST MIGHT CHANGE HIS STRAYING WAYS. BECAUSE A CHEATING HUSBAND WAS CHEATING WAY BEFORE HE EVEN GOT MARRIED AND THE WIFE ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON!!!I BELIEVE I MARRIAGE AND TRUE LOVE BUT IT IS TIME SOMEBODY TELLS IT LIKE IT REALLY IS…
Country Elegance
On Jun 12, 2008 at 8:58 pm | Reply | QuoteOk, I read what was written and I don’t get the part about Alicia breaking up the home. She said she was not scorned and doesn’t have a problem with Alicia so how are you interpreting the negativity into what was written. They are divorces and moving on also wasn’t there another article on the site with him with another woman?
Michele
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Reply | QuoteFor this whole statement to have been going on for a couple of days now, the fact that no one has fessed up and denied this, makes me think this is true. That would be a hell of lawsuit if Mashonda was just dragging Alicia’s name in the mud for some publicity. I really think if Alicia did this, that she is messed up. I wish people would actually realize the other people that are involved when they get into situations like this, like their poor child. And for Alicia to be singing about a “woman’s worth” that’s even worse. What goes around comes around. I hope they both get what’s coming if this foolishness is true.
Michele
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:19 pm | Reply | Quotekay p wrote:
You took the words right out of my mouth… I like the way you think
Not the Business
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:21 pm | Reply | QuoteI am not believing it.
Tae
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:28 pm | Reply | QuoteJeannie wrote:
I agree!! Women have got to learn to stick together and if a man is married, still not continue to pursue him. It’s a disgrace that women are sooo desperate that they are satisfied with being second. How much self respect do they have these days? She did the right thing by divorcing him and addressing her homewrecking a** too. She is lucky that’s all she got…
S
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:34 pm | Reply | QuoteI agree women have to stick together and help stop the madness of cheating. But I will tell you this, MARRIED MEN ARE NOT STUPID-THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT AND DON’T WANT !!! 9 times out of 10 they are out there looking for someone else no matter how long they have been married and if one woman tells them no they will keep boldly pursuing someone else. Believe me I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears coming right out of there mouths in front of large groups of people. From newly married to married for 20-years. I’m talking doctors, lawyers, professors and business men in (Washington, Atlanta, Oklahoma,Texas,Indiana,California, Mexico and the Bahamas who are married to good women. They don’t care, especially if it was a situation where they just got married for the kids are because they had been boyfriend and girlfriend for a long time and felt pressured to get married (they really don’t care) Let the truth be told!!!
black_ice
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:35 pm | Reply | Quotei believe this is a stupid ass rumor that has nothing to do with alicia keys. whoever mashonda is she need to get her facts straight and check her cheating husband and stop calling out the wrong people for publicity.
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:37 pm | Reply | QuoteTae wrote:
LOL if its true I gotta agree
chaz
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:41 pm | Reply | QuoteDO YALL REALLY BELIEVE THAT!? TAKE IT FROM ME, ITS NOT TRUE! JUST A SENSELESS RUMOR…
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:47 pm | Reply | Quotechaz wrote:
Well it could be but its been out for a day or two and nobody cleared it up…so maybe its as true as true could be
S
On Jun 12, 2008 at 9:51 pm | Reply | QuoteI will say this again, no one knows what role Alicia played in the situation. But I will tell you this if a man is cheating he was doing that way before the marriage ceremony and the wife already knew it when she said “I do” and he is usually not cheating with just one woman, so while everyone is looking at Alicia Keys because she is popular, Swizz Beats most likely has another woman ( or women) hiding back in the cut. I’m trying to tell you guys how the game is really played.
S
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:04 pm | Reply | QuoteAnd that is the real reason why Mashonda said what she did about Alicia, because she can’t just blame her, she already knows there was more than one woman in her husband’s life and it wasn’t just her. Wives have to learn how to correct their own husbands, because no matter how many women will tell him no, he will keep trying, looking, asking and begging. Why because he wants to cheat and if he finds somebody he wants outside of his marriage he will boldy pursue her no matter what!
Focused1
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:09 pm | Reply | QuoteWow, what a mess. Who knows if this is true, only time will tell. But if it is, I applaud Mashonda for her statement. That was very mature of her. That’s all she can do is keep it moving. Drama is just not worth it, especially when there is a child involved.
Focused1
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:21 pm | Reply | QuoteI’m reading the new issue of Vibe (Usher cover) right now and in their 20 questions this month, it asks do you believe the Alicia/Swizz/Mashonda rumor. This rumor has gone nationwide. I thought it was a little internet rumor, and only a few dozen heard about it. Boy was I wrong. Somebody other than Mashonda will have to speak up soon IF this story is fake.
GODIVA
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:22 pm | Reply | QuoteGasp! Clutch the pearls! Say it ain’t so Alicia! Please? Mashonda gave a very mature, grown woman, response. I admire that.
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:25 pm | Reply | QuoteFocused1 wrote:
wow. had no idea it was that big that vibe would have it in their magazine. hmmm, well…
S
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:41 pm | Reply | QuoteWell I’m standing up for Alicia because she could have been seen talking to Swizz Beats about music or something platonic and some other nosy, jealous heifer probably tried to make it bigger than whatever it was. Let me tell you something about how this works. If a another woman likes a married man but it too shamed to admit it. Than she will talk bad about any other woman that this already married man interacts with, why because she is jealous and wants to get close to him herself. So when everybody turns their attention toward the innocent-platonic woman friend. Then the jealous heifer will shimmy herself up to the married man to see how she “help him out.” SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHO THE HOMEWRECKER IS, FIND THE PERSON WHO STARTED THIS RUMOR IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU WILL FIND THAT SHE HAS A THING FOR SWIZZ BEAT HERSELF!!!
Miss. Rissa
On Jun 12, 2008 at 10:42 pm | Reply |