Say What?!??: Nelly Claims That Ashanti Was And Is Just A Friend… That He __________ Every Now And Then!!!

Posted on October 4th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Ashanti, Nelly, News, SMH, What the Hell???

Nelly and Ashanti

Nelly hit up the Loni Swain’s show last week sharing thoughts on why so many black women are single and he sure did have a lot to say but apparently he wasn’t finished. When asked about his relationship with Ashanti… Nelly replied with a “Who Said We Were A Couple, We Never Said That!”

Nelly… First you share your thoughts on why SOOOOO many black women are single and then in the next breath you pretty much label Ashanti as a friend with benefits???

WOOOOOOW!!!

  • Hmmm

    Fool u were in a relationship. Ur just an idiot i’ve lost nuff respect 4 u. How can you say that after all those years you were just friends, na it was clearly more than that.
    It seems to me that someone was hurt and is feeling a bit bitter towards black women…

  • ash

    lmao @ nelly

    where are the real men in this world? i thought nelly was one of them.. well i guess he like every other man.. seriously disappointed :(

  • !!!!!

    I COULD TELL,ATLEAST HES BEING HONEST NOW SMH AT THESE RAPPERS AND SOME MEN.

  • M3@9@N

    He must not have heard his song on the radio yet.

  • UPPERechelon.

    When a man is in love or still has feelings for a woman he doesn’t talk like that…when jay was asked questions about Be back in the day he didn’t deny her- he gracefully didn’t answer the questions and changed the subject…Nelly took her from Irv G. then at some point the trophy lost its shine…she seems annoying to me anyway-can’t say I blame him.

  • ggproffit

    yo,really a dude can mess wit a girl for years and not be more than friends,real talk.

  • sunflower

    He may be telling the truth but he is no prize.

  • A Mess wants to know where is her comment?

    Where is my comment dammit!!!!!

  • hmmm_BAPS

    He’s probably still hurt and not really trying to admit or talk about anything so he’s BS’ing w/ the topic trying to keep it from going further into detail.

    —— EGO!

  • maria

    There is something more to this and sounds bitter. How you gonna have a beautiful person like Shanti on the arm at all these events in public. Then turn around and say that Nelly. That is dead wrong He was even lucky enough that she was with him with all those damn kids he got and she has NONE! GTFOH!

  • *Casanovette*

    Who cares?

    His d.ick is smaller than Milli Vanilli’s career!

    “I say it must be his money cus it aint his d.ick…She need Tip-Drill, She need a Tip-Drill. Lol

  • Dohnna

    @*Casanovette*
    How do you know ??? lmao ! lol

  • Mrs. Rance

    He’s an idiot. I hope she’s done with him. Women really need to stop accepting any ole bullsh*t from men. If they don’t even want to claim you then you shouldn’t waste time with them.

  • DISTURBIA

    Bitter black male. She probably won’t take him back. That is what usually causes this type of behavior. I’m losing more and more respect for Nellie and I used to really like him. Now he is becoming an Azzhole like the rest of them. This is why black women seek out other cultures now when looking for a mate. This is a prime example.

  • DISTURBIA

    I BEG TO DIFFER, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY WANT YOU BACK AND YOU HAVE MOVED ON. THEN THEY TRASH YOU AND TALK SHYT BECAUSE YOU WON’T TAKE THEM BACK, ESPECIALLY IF HAVE ANOTHER MAN.

  • Nina

    I think Ashanti is pretty. She could do better than Nelly. I lost respect for him abt lying abt dating Ashanti. He is weak!!

  • chaka1

    Was this a set up to boost both of their careers? I always thought they were a couple.

  • Marquis de Sade

    Uhhh, why’re y’all makin’ these two casual f*ckbuddy relationship more than what it was? Y’all’re actin’ as if Ashanti was this great catch, when in reality she was Irv’s and Ja’ Rule’s glorified hobby horse. How do y’all think this non-talented, non-singin’ groupie got her contract?

  • klynn

    where’s my comment

  • klynn

    that’s why black women don’t respect black men anymore. That’s ok b/c one day nelly will have a daughter just like 50 they will feel laurence fishburne’s pain: like micheal jordan and ll cool j is about to find out in a minute.

  • ???????

    Nelly is feeling himself…SMH…I can look at that pic of him and tell that he is not going to age cute so he needs to cut it out and be thankful to have a good woman…then again….buck him…replace the b with an f ;)

  • sportstalk23

    Hahaha really so Pimp wanting to add in his two cents about single black women lol
    So Tip Drill how come some of those chicks you knocked are still single black women$
    You aint married then again anybody that was with Kat Stacks you should take what he says as a grain of salt
    I love how single guys have all these theorys on our singlehood but a whole gang of them are single too
    But no one focuses on that irony all over the freakin place

  • aya sonjohn

    I thought Nelly was gay

  • Bwahaha

    Your right. I saw her wearing a shirt saying “we lied..size does matter”. LMAO n wonder his pissed.

  • Dani

    I agree. I’m a woman & I’ve had the same “friends” with benefits for about 10-15 years. It depends on the person. Not everyone is looking for a monogamous relationship. Doesn’t mean that the “friend” wouldn’t still kill, steal or die for you-there is still love for each other.

  • wildcherry666

    If they were not a couple all of them years, then why didn’t he set the record straight years ago. I can honestly say, I haven’t heard Ashanti comment on their so called relationship so we honestly do not know. However, most of us do have a brain and know what a real relationship looks like and in my opinion Nelly and Ashanti were a couple. Ashanti never acted like she was hurt by their so called split. She seems like it did not matter if they were together or not.

  • resurrected

    Well if that is true she must be a friend that he don’t love or have respect for putting her in that kind of light when you dunp azz was spending all of your time around.

  • No u can’t be boyfriend #2!

    I think he is trying to be a lot like Beyonce and Jay but the only difference here is that they never went into specifics like this clown!

  • SMH

    can’t he just say nothing….or no comment.

    why he feels the need to throw ‘ol girl under the bus idk…

  • blkqueen39

    Wow. I’ve lost lots of respect for ya Nelly. “A Friend” huh…N**** please.

  • shon Jones

    Nelly u have lost alot of coll points with me.. Now i dont think i like you. I love Ashanti.. Nelly is a damn fool

  • LaDiva

    I doubt any women period needs advice from Nelly… Moving on.

  • http://www.mail4cash.tk ThePostcardChick

    Why is he denying the relationship? It is what it is…smh!

    I mail postcards for a living…Click on my name for info ;)

  • Moneybags

    Um they both addressed this issue on their twitter pages. An what they said damn sure wasnt dening them as a couple. Dnt believe me check out twitter.com/ashanti and twitter.com/nelly_mo THEY ARE TOGETHER.

  • http://mcclure.danielle@yahoo.com Chester

    I think Bobcat Nelly is a little sugary and bittery if you ask me. Most men that smile a lot are sugary and bittery towards women. Nelly close your mouth, Bobcat! :)

  • Caramel Cat™

    I don’t understand why people are throwing shade at him for his comments, he’s probably telling the truth. Just because you see two people together all the time doesn’t make them an official couple. There is a such thing as a mutual understanding between two people that is no one else’s business…and it’s been rumored that she’s an industry jump-off as it is…she was involved with Irv Gotti and mole man Ja Rule. I remember when Ashton Kutcher punked her and her mother on that bus, she came off as a serious bytch then, so I can imagine what it’s like dealing with her relationship wise…

  • Caramel Cat™

    Ashanti never acted like she was hurt by their so called split. She seems like it did not matter if they were together or not.

    ~~~

    And this is exactly why I think Nelly is being real and honest with his comments…she likely knew the deal all along and was cool with it…

  • chrissy

    i remember her taking care of his kids and her saying she wanted to get married…when they was not a couple….wuteva…i ain’t taking care of nobodies kids if you ain’t my man….bunk dat….nelly u corny…

  • http://www.showmestate.com 5’10″ AKILLAH RICHARDS (A SPADE IS A SPADE)

    yawns.

  • Kenyatta

    I am unsure if it is true or not, but a lot of couples claim friends only because they want to keep things private. He went a little too far, but they do that so when they are seen or doing something it isn’t that big of a deal. Him and Ashanti know the truth.

  • Sharie

    He’s probably just tellin the truth! I’ve always wondered why Ashanti stayed around waiting on this man who NEVER has claimed her & rumored to have gotten another woman pregnant… Ol girl need some self esteem & move the hell on…

  • Bri

    LMBO!

  • CAT EYES

    It seems cold to say this about a woman you are involved with,but I’ll be honest here—men do judge a woman by how he’s heard of her.For example,he has heard Irv Gotti and ja Rule have slept with her in order for her to move up in the industry.Do you really think with that info being told or heard of about a woman,she would have a fair chance of being considered”committment material”by him?No,he probably sees nothing wrong with what he said.This is an example of the past coming back to haunt someone.
    Truthfully,if she has any sense of dignity about herself,she would stop seeing him after he spoke like this in public about her.

  • Truth-is-Truth

    Nelly need to sit his disrespectful, credit card in the azz swiping, no hit wonder azz down somewhere. Ni@@@a ain’t nobody checking for yo azz anymore.

    As far as Ashanti, she needs to count her blessings that she got out of that relationship with Irv because she was his offering to the Dahjaal. Just like Aaliyah was for Damien dash, Ms West was for Kanye, Bill Cosby’s son, Mike Jordan’s father, Dr Dre’s son, king Latifah’s brother, Common’s cousin, well by now, y’all get the picture.

  • Caramel Cat™

    I agree with this whole post. Plus if she never demanded anything more from him he will perceive it as her being cool with things just the way they are…and why lie and say that they were in a relationship when he didn’t see it that way and she didn’t request for it to be that way?

  • TBP

    When was the last time you even HEARD from Nelly? The brother just dropped a new single and is just talking trash and trying to stay relevant to sell a few cd’s….end of story…

  • toosexy

    He really didn’t diss her…I think he has an album coming out and it’s a way to give some of the women at home who really think they might have a chance…HOPE! They are together.

  • Creole Queen

    HE IS LYING WHY LIE ABOUT IT

  • A Mess wants to know where is her comment?

    I think in the beginning they were dating but decided to become friends with benefits or just friends. Sometimes a person maybe nice but that doesn’t necessarily make them couple material. Physically nelly might be attractive but his attitude might be ugly. The same goes for ashanti.

  • candy

    I’m so disappoint

  • MSWIN

    I THINK ASHANTI IS PRETTY AS WELL BUT OBVIOUSLY SHE HAS A VERY LOW SELF ESTEEM TO BE DEALING WITH A MAN THAT HAS BEEN DENYING HER FOR YEARS…HE BEEN BEATING HER BACK OUT FOREVER AND WHEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THERE RELATIONSHIP HE DENIES HER..SMH!! WHERE THEY DO THAT AT..GUESS HE DON’T WANT TO MESS UP HIS PIMP GAME…POOR ASHANTI…GET RID OF THIS ZERO AND GET YOU AN HERO SWEETIE..

  • @llb0u+m3

    lmfao….she can do much better

  • MSWIN

    @NINA…NELLY ISN’T THE WEAK ONE..ASHANTI IS FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS LAME NEGRO ALL THESE YRS..IM SURE HE HAS FILLED HER HEAD FULL OF NEVER COMING TRUE PROMISES..SMH!!

  • MSWIN

    Ashanti comes across as being a little air headed in my opinion..you know one of those that no matter what he does to her good or bad she gone be there stuck waiting like a puppy basically settling for BS just to have someone to smile with in photos and a bed buddy on occasion..so sad..

  • Fed Up

    Real Talk….whether they are in a relationship or not, is really nobody’s business! He does not have to confirm or deny anything! And is it really gonna make a difference in our lives if they are? C’mon..get a life ya’ll!

  • http://perryone779@yahoo.com rose by any other name #93040263394 ™

    Nelly you are one fine dude.. i see you on the homefront,, Go Cornell.. you are the greatest!!!

  • ll

    It sounds like they just “dated” to get press. Like a lot of famous people do.

  • 100milesperhour

    Ashanti is getting a double scoop of karma right now. She was f*cking Irv knowing he had a wife so she could make a come-up in Murder Inc. Once Irv got in trouble with the Feds, she jumped ship & her career ain’t been the same since.

    She only started being seen with Nelly once her career was on the decline anyway. He knew what he was dealing with…didn’t he have a baby with sum1 else while dating her? That says it all.

  • HARDMIKE

    Apparently Ashanti was infallible and perfect in every way and Nelly is dumb as shat bricks for not making her more than his “friend” and apparently since they aint together seems to me it worked out for the best cause if you aint gon marry her and you know it you might as well lie to everyone

    did anyone every consider that maybe its what ashanti wanted too,or do you have to marry everyone you in a long term relationship wit?

  • http://hointervention.wordpress.com hointervention

    Nelly knows Ashanti was his woman. He needs to man up about it.

  • Polite

    Well good for her. But I can say he will never use me up.

  • leecipher

    LoL reminds me of dueces.any1 heard the remix?
    You dont have to buy a cow to drink milk.-You dont have to be in a relationship to have sex.LMFAO
    P.S.@Kenyatta are you Kenyan by any chance?Najivunia pia :)

  • Lady A

    I thoughtt was a publicity stunt myself. I am glad to see someone thinks the same as me. And sidebar he was looking Oh So GOOOOOD on the Mo’Nique show last night! Him and his brother City are the only cute ones in the lunatics cuz the rest are ducks!

  • 100milesperhour

    It says alot about Ashanti that she gave this A-hole the time of day for the past 7 years anyway. He can’t even form a proper sentence with subject, verb & predicate. She knew Nelly had longer money than hers, so she hitched onto his wagon to get some shine & now look.

  • cotton124

    If a Man don”t truely trust you will never MARRY YOU. AND IF HE HEARS YOU SAY GET OUT IF yoU.RE SHAKE UP HE WILL NEVER MARRY YOU. AND IF U DON.T HAVE ANY GET UP AN GO HE’LL NERVER MARRY U.

  • http://www.bossip.com bossip hates B.W.

    Poor thang, can’t diss krs-1, so he disses shanti. Smh

  • Oneofakind

    I agree with M3@9@N I heard his new song on Monique’s show last night and it sounds like somebody wants somebody back! HA HA. Fa real “US” as the consumer’s should be more intelligent at this point most artist do crazy stuff and say crazy stuff ironically right around the time a new album is about to drop. NEED I SAY MORE? Should I list any names??? Alright as the BAD GIRLS would say it “DONE”

  • MissB

    The same men who have so much to say about black women are the same men who are mistreating/disrespecting black women.

    SMH

  • http://u bklynlady

    Nelly GROW UP!!! That is such a immature betch move. That was you woman! ….AND get some proactive while you’re at it

  • http://u bklynlady

    CORRECTION: that was YOUR woman

  • y’all are corny…

    What I’m trying to figure is why is it important what title Nelly and Ashanti put on their friendship/relatiopnship. Maybe he just wants you people to mind your own f*cking business. How about that? Can any of you honestly tell me what good is it gonna do you if he ‘fessed up to being with her? Cuz if he did all of you would be b*tching about how this news is nonsense. Get a f*cking life people…

  • y’all are corny…

    So being invloved with two people in the whole industry makes her a jumpoff huh? It’s so funny to see comments made by people about celebs they will only see on tv. You don’t know sh*t about her so where you get this whole jumpoff story? You guys truly don’t see the error of your ways because you’re not on the receiving end of it.

  • wildcherry666

    LMAO! You was so wrong for that. lol

  • angie

    That was soooo ugly of Nelly. We have seen them as an item for a few years now. I don’t know if he said that, cause he doesn’t want people in his business to protect them or if he’e trying to give the image of a player. At any rate this is whats wrong with relationships in our communities now. What is wrong with committing yourself to one person.

  • http://logicvigilante.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kanyewestentourage1.jpg Slide Like a Fresh Pair of Gators

    LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:-)

  • Kenny

    He is a sad person, instead of not commenting he chose to make her look like an idiot to the public. His self respect is low, his thoughts about his mother and children’s mother makes him a loser. This means he was screwing around on Ashanti with other chicks that entire time, being that he’s stating they were only “friends”.

  • Koolmama50

    Kat Stacks?

  • Kenny

    As stated, he tried/tries to be like Jay Z and Beyonce…

  • Caramel Cat™

    Ummm, let’s stop for a sec and think about the two people she was involved with….thinking, thinking,….both men were MARRIED! So yes, that automatically makes her a jump-off…now please if you will show me where there’s an error? smh…

  • Eddie Longbacker

    Black women:

    Stop taking this so personally. You don’t even know what their relationship entailed.

    All of you who are pissed off, because what dudes have done to you in the past by just labeling you as a friend. Maybe they were Just friends. Just because you saw pictures of them together doesn’t mean they were a couple.

    It’s as if like Nelly is telling you personally that you and him are just friends.

    Perception is not always reality.

  • y’all are corny…

    Once again you don’t know sh*t about her, so you’re just a some random person on the sideline yelling at someone that don’t know you exist. You don’t even know if those allegations are true. You ever heard of a “rumor”?

  • leecipher

    i dont like nellys music but man.hes made me proud.neva cuff a bia dint start yestarday,wont end tomorow hahahahahaha LOL

  • Caramel Cat™

    Yeah, I definitely know what a rumor is, but just like you’re saying we don’t know jack about her enough to say she was a jump-off, we also don’t know jack about her enough to say she wasn’t…I’m responding to a post on a blog, that’s what it’s here for, Nelly said they were just friends, I merely stated that he’s probably telling the truth and it is my prerogative to continue on about what type of reputation she’s been known to have…my comments can simply be skipped over if you don’t agree with them…*shrugs*

  • http://lecoil.tumblr.com/ Educated Goon

    Nelly is just hurt…He is trying to show how much of a “man” he is by down-playing Ashanti.. but he probably hurt her feelings big time by sayin this sh*t.. Ashanti needs to call me if she needs a REAL MAN to love her.

  • wifey06

    gay

  • Whatev

    She wasted alot o’ years on him…

  • Its me snitches

    why yall mad at nelly, I am a black woman and i have had a jump offfor about 5 years, we use to o on dates and everything but we were not a couple…facethe fact she was just a cuddy Bubby

  • Tm30

    Has she ever said he was her significant other? If not then why all the sympathy thrown her way? And here’s another suggestion, perhaps they talked about this then agreed to say this in public. To be honest, I would say the same thing if I didn’t want people all in my business.

  • cali*s finest

    he is…always in ATL wit JD & his ‘crew’

  • Just Sayin…

    Sounds like Nelly doesnt want to talk about his relationship at all. He said everything but, mine your business. I dont think Nelly & Ashanti Mom get along. He did great in the interview, didnt diss her not once. November 16th is his date!! U go Nelly!! Stick to business.

  • Tracy

    Ashanti if you r seen out n about with Nelly after THIS! You need a SLAP!

  • ya dont say!

    Who knows what the deal is with them, and quite frankly who cares??!?! … they do make a nice looking couple though

  • Sydney™

    @Caramel

    “I remember when Ashton Kutcher punked her and her mother on that bus, she came off as a serious bytch then, so I can imagine what it’s like dealing with her relationship wise…”

    LOL, you remember that episode of “Punked,” too? That was years ago, and I can still remember how shocked I was by Ashanti’s over-the-top, angry reaction. Missy Elliott’s episode in which she stepped on top of the jewelry case in a store surprised me as well. As trivial as the show was, it did reveal another side of celebrities more than once.

    I’m not a fan of either Ashanti or Nelly, but I certainly wouldn’t take anything the rapper behind “Tip Drill” (remember the huge Spelman flap?) seriously. You cannot expect gentlemanly behavior and rhetoric from a thug.

  • Sydney™

    Uhh, oh, that’s right. I’m a black woman — ergo, I am enamored with le thug. How could I possibly forget that inescapable fact? My error. It shan’t happen again. :)

  • Marquis de Sade

    Sydney
    :lol: Not you, O’ fair one. You’re part of the 10%! :P

  • Bunny(formerly Angel/UrHeiness)

    Dead @ some of these comments!!!LMFAO!!!

  • handbag

    ASDF

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    BLAH! I suggest you a great site “handbagOK”, Where you can go along with world trends.!

  • c miller

    nelly ur advice means nothing to me because u r so self centered that u can’t even think of ashanti as wifey material maybe she dissed u. men like u will rather sleep around then commit. family is very important to most woman .some of us can spot a mirror looker like if u spend less time in the mirror maybe u can c that ur by urself even though u think ur not

  • http://grind365.com Al

    Nelly looks nervous with Ashanti in this picture! lol

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    I beleive they were married probably die-vorce now I feel sorry for the both of them being die-vorce is hard might had been a front for pr you really don’t know

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