Teyana Taylor is opening up about coparenting with ex-husband Iman Shumpert.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the actress and singer reflected on the emotional weight of the divorce.
“Divorce, to me, is you’re grieving the death of a living being,” Teyana, 35, said. “I think once children are involved, you understand the importance of really still having to show up for each other. At least for the next 18 years, and being the best coparents that we can be.”
The All’s Fair actress also emphasized that her experience hasn’t changed how she feels about commitment. “[I don’t] want people to start feeling scared of marriage, because marriage is a beautiful thing.”
Teyana and Iman, both 35, share two daughters, Junie, 10, and Rue, 5, and were married from 2016 to 2024. The performer first confirmed their separation in September 2023. At the time, she emphasized that infidelity was not a factor in their split.
“AHT AHT! Not too much on my bestie!” she wrote on Instagram. “To be 1000% clear, ‘infidelity’ ain’t one of the reasons for our departure. We are still the best of friends, great business partners and are one hell of a team when it comes to coparenting our 2 beautiful children.”
Court documents later revealed that Teyana had filed for divorce in January 2023, citing “cruel treatment,” as the reason she was seeking disillusion of the marriage. That is a claim Iman denied, stating on his end that the marriage had an “irretrievably broken bond.”
Their divorce was finalized in July 2024, though legal disputes continued into 2025.
Per documents obtained by Us Weekly, in August of 2025, a judge ordered Teyana to pay $70,000 after siding with Iman in a contempt ruling.
Teyana later addressed the situation on The Breakfast Club, saying, “If it’s gonna give me my peace and we can be done with this for good, I sent that wire so fast… the best lil’ coin I ever spent in my life.”
Since the divorce, Teyana has been linked to actor Aaron Pierre, though she remains focused on honesty about her past. “One thing I don’t do is rewrite history,” she told Vanity Fair. “When I love, my love is real… until there was no more. And that’s OK.”
