“Ready To Love” Exclusive: Mike And Shea Talk Coupledom & Reveal Whether They’ve Been Smashing To Chocolatey Delicious Smithereens!
BOSSIP: A big turning point in your relationship comes after he’s locked in a room with Shatava and Shea, you threatened to leave the retreat. Did you appreciate him more after he came after you?
Shea: I think they took two different situations and mashed them together. The problem was, I came there tired. My son just came in town, I came in from my shop. It’s like when you have a bad day. When you are typically rested and feeling good it may not be that big of an issue. I was just grumpy coming in and trying to make the best of it and I had customers like, ‘You gone get my shirts? You gone get my shirts?’ And my son was like ‘Mom what do I do with this?’ So all that was in my head and it was three hours away, so I was just with the smoke – anything anybody said, anything anybody did. When the subject came up, it was like ‘Yea let’s get to the bottom of this.’ It really had nothing to do with Mike and Shatava, because what could they really do in a room when it’s a bunch of people?
We had already established the fact that there was no emotional connection there and I don’t think Shatava — regardless of the way some people felt about how she dressed — she’s really a respectable woman and I don’t think she would play herself like that. I couldn’t see her playing herself like that.
It let me know that he really cared about me, because despite what people were thinking, I was doing it because I was tired, I wasn’t doing it to have Mike come after me. I’d had enough and I was ready to go home. I done left places before and left family members in the middle of the night hours from home and for me I had had enough, but with him coming after me that let me know he really cared. Mike went after what he loved.
Mike: I’m the type of person, even when I’m upset, I’m a very logical person, I’m not going to let a woman drive home at 2’o’clock. Nobody got killed or nothing, we had a disagreement. To me a man that would let himself go too far out of anger, would put his hands on a woman…
BOSSIP: Why do you think Aaron had such a difficult time on the show?
Mike: I’m real respectful, so I’m not going to be the one rubbing shoulders like ‘Hey, it’s the process.’ I wouldn’t be cool with that. I was trying to tell Aaron — don’t pull one woman on your lap, because the other women are gonna be like, ‘I’m a human being, I’m not a video game that you plug in.’
He’s not too young, he’s right where he needs to be yet, by the time he’s 39 he’ll be right where he needs to be. I’m not where Nephew Tommy is. Some of the things Nephew Tommy would say I would be like, ‘Oh damn, why didn’t I think of that?’ So I’m where I’m supposed to be. Especially after this. That reunion. They almost killed my dog. I almost grabbed him up and ran out the back door with him I was feeling so bad. He’s great guy, I love Aaron.
Shea: I know everyone thinks he’s devil spawn, but he’s a good guy. In real life guys do all the things he was doing and you don’t know until you get with somebody else and they’re saying
‘Girl, you don’t know he said this about you?’ You don’t find out until after the fact or so many months after the fact. Aaron was really pulling up with the person sitting there with the information. They were already prepared for him.
Mike: If you are in your 30’s and your 40’s and you meet a man and the first thing he does is pull his shirt up on you, and you go for it… Guess who is to blame? Yo a**, I think he’s getting too much of the blame, but c’mon — he pulled his shirt up. Of course people got upset, but Aaron said ‘It isn’t what I say, it’s what I do.’ You deserve everything after that.
BOSSIP: We wouldn’t be Bossip if we didn’t ask if you guys were smashing to smithereens…
Mike: Have we consummated? Smizzash.. I put her in all kinda — wait, yo mama is gonna read this? We are taking our time to get to know each other and we’re doing things different.
Shea: I never had that before. One of the things I had an issue with being single and dating is, I’m a homebody — so does that mean when you invite somebody over they think you gonna smash them? I’ve never had nobody take time and step back. After it happens it’s like ok what do we do now? Then it becomes this sensitive area where if you do it — everything means something. ‘Oh sh** he didn’t open the door…’ and you just take yourself to that anxiety place. So to have someone spending time without it — I’m gonna take my time, because that’s going to be there forever. Everyone’s plumbing is working, the womb is good.
Thanks for reading! We’re wishing this beautiful couple the best of luck. If you haven’t watched “Ready To Love” you can find all the episodes on the OWN website and on demand. It’s a great show.
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