Ne-yo has sparked controversy after commenting on his ex-wife’s Instagram post. Ne-Yo and his ex-wife, Crystal Renay, were officially divorced in 2023.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Crystal revealed that she was taking time to focus on herself. She publicized the article on her Instagram by posting a picture of it, and she captioned it with the following- “With grace and gratitude! I Choose Me…Everytime.” Page Six reported that hundreds of people praised Crystal in the comments section, and left messages of support.
Ne-Yo also decided to leave her a comment, but according to the news outlet, it sounded less sincere than the others. He simply wrote ‘Congratulations’ to his ex-wife, which Page Six described as blunt and savage.
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His comment quickly racked up over a thousand likes as well as hundreds of other comments. A lot of the replies were from people calling him out. One online user said he was a bitter baby daddy, and another commented that it was exactly why God wouldn’t restore his hairline.
Crystal was also among the people who replied to him. She wrote “Thank you for the support BD”, and finished with a heart emoticon. Someone later commented on her reply and told her that saying thank you was insane.
But another user pointed out that in her thank you message she referenced him as BD and didn’t give him the respect of what their relationship was. They called it a classy comeback.
Crystal Chose to Stand Up for Herself and Leave the Marriage
The ex-couple was married for 6 years. After 4 years of marriage, E! News reported that they’d separated.
But the couple reunited in 2020, Ne-Yo proposed to Crystal again, and they renewed their vows in April 2022. Later that year, Page Six revealed that she’d filed for a divorce.
In her most recent interview with PEOPLE, Crystal explained that sometimes people couldn’t see the bigger picture and what may or may not be for them. In her situation, it wasn’t a place for her to be in any longer, and she was OK with that.
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Crystal shared that she was happy for herself because she chose her self-worth. She chose to stand up for herself and walk away from something that just wasn’t serving her any longer.
When referring to Ne-Yo in the interview, she described him as an amazing father and said that their main goal was the well-being of their kids and their happiness. They have three children together: 7-year-old Shaffer Chimere Jr., 5-year-old Roman Alexander-Raj, and 2-year-old Isabella Rose. Crystal also mentioned that when it came to her ex-husband, she didn’t drag him or talk negatively about him.
Crystal Accused Ne-Yo of Cheating
A few years earlier, she’d used her social media platform to open up about something very personal about their relationship. Days before reporting the news of the couple’s divorce in 2022, Page Six revealed that Crystal had posted a statement on her Instagram in which she accused Ne-Yo of infidelity.
She described her relationship as 8 years of lies and deception. 8 years of unknowingly sharing her life and husband with numerous women. The news outlet also claimed that in the divorce documents they’d obtained, the 36-year-old actress also said that Ne-Yo had recently fathered a minor with his paramour.
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According to PEOPLE, the same year that their youngest daughter Isabel was born, Ne-Yo also fathered a child with social media influencer Sade Jenea Bagnerise, named Braiden. In 2023, he had Brixton, his second child with Sade.
Crystal wrote in her 2022 Instagram statement that to say she was heartbroken and disgusted was an understatement. She stated that she would no longer lie to the public. She finished by saying that with no hate in her heart, she wished her ex nothing but the best.
In response to her statement, Ne-Yo wrote on Twitter that for the sake of their children, he and his family would work through their challenges behind closed doors, and added that personal matters were not meant to be addressed and dissected in public forums.
