'Listen to Black Women' S6 Ep 3 Part 1 — Marriage & Exes
Watch ‘Listen to Black Women’ S6, Ep. 3 Part 1: Jessie Woo & Lore’l Talk Marriage, Exes & Pressure On Single Women To Settle Down - Page 3
This week on Listen to Black Women, Jessie Woo and Lore’l kick off 2026 with a new four-part series exploring love, marriage, and partnership. Special guests LeToya Luckett and Tish Taylor-Searcy share the keys to a happy marriage and push back on the pressure placed on single women to settle down.
What is the key to a healthy relationship?
The ladies agree: friendship is the foundation of a healthy partnership. As Tish points out, “We sometimes tend to treat our significant other not as our friend. Certain things that you would do or say to your partner, you wouldn’t say to your friend. Or you’ll forgive your friend quicker than you’ll forgive your partner.”
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This rang true for Jessie Woo, whose current relationship started with friendship at the foundation. The host shares how they met on set, and how their friendship evolved into something more. “I think that friendship is very important,” she says. “We are best friends. I tell him everything and I never feel judged.”
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How much should you tell your partner about your exes?
When it comes to exes, Lore’l asks: should you share your dating history with your partner?
“My husband knows everything. I mean, I’m not sitting down with a lined sheet of paper!” LeToya laughs. “We had a conversation. He was like, ‘Look, what happened before me is none of my business. But if we’re in a room, you know, with someone, just let me know. I’m not going to make you feel a way.’”
Jessie isn’t worried about the past either. “Are we moving forward? That’s what matters. I don’t care about his romantic links that have nothing to do with me. They’re not here now.”
As for staying friends with exes, they discuss the boundaries around that. Tish says, “It depends on who that person was and how deep it was. But if it was just some random, absolutely not.” She adds, “I think it’s also important how they treated me if we saw them in person or online.”
Do you still have solo time in a relationship?
They discuss solo trips and how they recharge when they need a little peace and quiet.
“I enjoy the comfort of my home. Home is where the heart is,” says Tish, a serial entrepreneur and momager to son Jacob Latimore. “I don’t need the bells and the whistles to take a beat. I don’t need to go to Bali, you know what I mean?”
LeToya also finds joy in the simple things. “I’ll go to the spa, or take a walk. I love finding a nice park and sitting by some water,” says the singer, actress, and producer. “Just taking those moments to pause, and being intentional and saying, ‘I’m gonna get quiet. I’m gonna get still.’”
Why are single women pressured to settle down?
More and more women are enjoying the single life, despite what society may try to tell them. The ladies discuss the pressure placed on single women to settle down and have children. “I feel like they should take their time,” Tish says. “Do whatever makes you happy.”
LeToya says that her past relationships showed her what she was looking for in a marriage. “I am a woman that’s not going to sit and put up with nothing,” she says. “So if things didn’t work out, that doesn’t mean that there was something necessarily wrong with me or with him, it just did not work out.”
What are the benefits of marrying later in life?
Marrying later in life is not necessarily a bad thing, LeToya continues. In fact, time and experience can help you understand what you truly want in a lifelong partner.
“If you’re going through life and experiencing different types of relationships, I feel like people should be able to do that before they settle down. Because marriage is supposed to be a forever thing,” she says. “You have to learn and experience and get a feel for what it is that you want, and I don’t think society or anybody else should pressure that.”
“Some of our parents got married at 20-something years old, and half of them divorced by 40,” the singer adds. “And I feel like people that are getting married later in life, because they understand who they are, they know how they want to present themselves in a relationship.”
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