The rumors had been true: Ashanti and Nelly predict their first youngster. Ashanti introduced her being pregnant in an commercial for Proov on Wednesday (April 17).
“I’m gonna want about 9 months,” she declared within the video, tagging Nelly within the Instagram publish.
The infant might be Nelly’s fifth youngster and Ashanti’s first. The social media reveal ended months of being pregnant rumors.
Final December, the couple stirred up the rumor by seemingly hinting at Ashanti being pregnant throughout an interplay at Nelly’s Black and White Ball. The hypothesis elevated when Ashanti gave the impression to be hiding a child bump when she carried out with Ja Rule at a present in January. The singer’s mom/supervisor Tina Douglas struggled to maintain the key whereas collaborating in a panel dialogue in March.
“There’s been no announcement,” Douglas stated. “It hasn’t come out but, however, you realize, till I hear it from Ashanti and Nelly.”
She added, “No, it’s public. Don’t get it twisted, but it surely hasn’t been formally introduced.”
Ashanti and Nelly rekindled their romance in 2023. The couple dated on and off for years earlier than breaking apart greater than a decade in the past. Ashanti addressed their break up in a 2015 interview on The Meredith Viera Present.
“I believe typically when folks have their very own insecurities, it permits them to behave out of character,” Ashanti stated. “I’ve been betrayed. And I really feel such as you simply need to develop. It’s a must to develop up. It’s a must to settle for duty for the issues that you just do. I’m not a giant fan of individuals being cowards.”
Ashanti and Nelly reunited at Fats Joe and Ja Rule’s Verzuz battle in 2021. They carried out collectively for the primary time in years in 2022. Followers took discover of their onstage chemistry. The love story got here full circle when the couple confirmed they had been again collectively in 2023.