Oh boy. Here we go again. Last week Nas’ daughter’s mother Carmen Bryan was reportedly trying to have him jailed for contempt of court for failing to pay $11K in back child support/tuition for their daughter Destiny. Now in a weekend interview with the Hip-Hop Socialite she reveals she doesn’t want to see him behind bars, she just wants him to get help for his “mental health issues.” Yikes…
Peep the excerpts below:
On Media Reports That She Wants Nas To Be Jailed:
“I do not want to see my child’s father go to jail. However, I do want to see him get the mental help that I believe he desperately needs. So this situation is a curse and a blessing with regard to the fact that there are some deep-rooted mental issues that I believe exist and need to be addressed.”
On Her Beliefs About Nas’ Mental Health Issues:
“Well first off, let me just say my experiences with Nas, my dealings with Nas, and my research all lead me to believe that he does suffer from bipolarism and he may be a paranoid schizophrenic. That’s my personal opinion based on my experiences and interaction with him. An incident occurred with Nas years ago when we were together. I came in the house, Destiny and I, and he was on the couch wrapped up in a blanket; his mom was on one side of him, his brother on the other side, there were a few more people in the house. My first reaction was, ‘Is everything okay? What happened?’ And that’s when Nas told me ghosts were haunting him again, and entities were whispering to him and touching him and bothering him. This is something that he mentioned when we first got together, but I had never experienced him ever experiencing it until that moment. So, I’ve witnessed this long battle with insanity.”
Whoa. Do you believe her? With all the stuff that she revealed when her book came out — why no mention of mental health issues before in her dealings with the press? Nas’ mother died before he married Kelis, so why not mention this incident before?
Hit the flip for Carmen’s explanation for why she decided to take the issue over Destiny’s tuition to court and what she claims Kelis had to say about his alleged mental health issues.
On Why She’s Taking Her Tuition Fight To Court:
“This thing started, unbeknownst to me, in June of 2013. Nas just stopped paying Destiny’s tuition. I have a court order that says he has to pay 100% of her secondary education, which is college. Nas dropped out of school I believe 7th, 8th grade, so he’s ignorant and uneducated. He’s a junior high school dropout; he doesn’t believe in education. My thing is she wants an education. After all she’s been through, she desires it, and she deserves it. What she doesn’t deserve is to get half way through an accelerated program, and have to stop because her father refuses to pay the tuition. But this time, I want things to be different. I don’t want him to go to jail – I want him to get help.”
On Her Motivation To Have Nas Mentally Evaluated:
“My legal team is going to file a motion and ask the judge for an order to have him mentally evaluated before we proceed because like I said, I don’t want to see him go to jail, but I do want to see him get the help that possibly, based on my experiences with him, he needs. And anyone that knows Nas, knows him, they know that he’s off. I believe that he is terrified, and he’s afraid of public backlash and humiliation. I also believe that he’s afraid the medication will numb him, or turn him into some kind of zombie so he won’t be able to write and create, which will ultimately ruin his career. These are my personal beliefs based on my past experiences and conversations with Nas. Like I said, I just want to see him get the help I believe he desperately needs, at the end of the day he is Destiny’s father. I’m concerned.”
Do you really believe that she wants him to get help? Is talking to the press about him going to hurt or help the situation? It’s odd that she says people know Nas is “off” because it seems like so many celebrities are “off” but we have heard so little about Nas having these kinds of issues.
Hit the flip for an anecdote from Carmen about a story Kelis allegedly told Destiny. We’re curious whether Kelis would stand by this story.
Kelis’ Take On The Situation According to Carmen:
“In fact, I remember right before Kelis got pregnant, Destiny went to go visit with her father, and Kelis told Destiny that her and Destiny’s dad had went to go see a marriage counselor. And after the session, the marriage counselor pulled Kelis to the side and said he needs a different kind of doctor – there’s a disconnect. You cannot work on this marriage until he works on what’s going on with him. Now, when Destiny told me that story, I called Nas immediately because I though it was inappropriate of Kelis to have that kind of conversation with Destiny. You know, her marital problems. And Nas agreed, but he never denied what was said in that session. So when Destiny told me that, that only confirmed what I had already known and experienced, and had witnessed through my entire relationship with him. You know, I don’t make this stuff up.”
This is really really personal stuff. We reached out to Kelis’ camp and a few of our Nas connects for their reaction to this interview but haven’t heard back yet. Do you think Carmen will stand by this story or will her tune change once Nas pays Destiny’s tuition?
