After four years of marriage, Ne-Yo and his wife and mother of his kids, Crystal Smith, are officially calling it quits.
During a visit to the Private Talk Podcast, the “So Sickā singer confirmed the divorce rumors that have been circulating on the internet since last week.
āItās slowly but surely becoming public knowledge that myself and my wife have decided to go ahead and get a divorce,ā Ne-Yo native said. āItās not a sad thing, itās more of a us realizingā¦long story short, Iām never gonna talk bad about her. Iām not that person. Thereās nothing bad to say about her. Sheās a fantastic woman. Sheās the mother of my children and sheās always gonna be that.ā
He continued, āLong story short, sheās got demons just like everyone else, just like me and we realize our demons donāt mesh and until the both of get ahold of our personal demons, itās gonna be just difficult for us to stay married. Thatās the end of that chapter, not the end of that book. Like I said, thatās the mother of my kids and I love her to death. Weāre gonna be family forever.ā
Ne-Yo and Crystal married in 2016 and have two children together, Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. and Roman Alexander-Raj Smith. The musician also has two more kids with ex Monyetta Shaw.