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MN: Do you think that it’s possible for a relationship to be ruined by an outside factor? For example, like Jayceon claimed that Tami did with you two.
I think that a relationship can be discombobulated by both. It can be internal or external. I think that if you let external forces come into your relationship and kind of upset things, then yes, it can cause problems. I also think that it can be turned outright internally—you can have problems. So I think that relationships can be upset by both situations or a combination of both.
MN: Do you have any advice for moms and dads who may have to explain complex or grown-up situations to children?
Yes and that’s why I decided to write my children’s book, “The Little Girl Who Lost Her Smile.” I feel like as a mom and as a school teacher of really young children, that there are real world experiences that children have to adapt to—like divorce, separation and things like that. Sometimes it’s hard for them to wrap their little minds around it and understand. So the point of me writing “The Little Girl Who Lost Her Smile” is to explain to children— who come from two-parent homes and unfortunately that relationship breaks down, and they’re no longer able to experience having that family together—that there is hope. There is a possibility to move forward, to have the two parents get along and have the relationship between the mom and dad be a positive one. The kids are able to see that even though mom and dad aren’t together and living in the same household, there is love between the two parents.
I found that with Cali and Justice, they felt torn between the two of us. But if they see the parents work together to develop a friendship and see that the relationships are positive, the children are able to see that even though the parents have decided to end their relationship, everything is okay and that they’re still loved and cared about.
MN: Would you say that Cali and Justice are now in a better place and doing better with adjusting to the split?
I think that for Jayceon and I and Cali and Justice, they were kind of lucky because I did a very good job of shielding them from everything. I was really able to sit down and explain to them what was going on. And then, by the fact that they are loved in two different homes. They have their father’s house where they’re loved and cared about and doted on. Then, they have me in their home where they were born and raised. So for them, it’s kind of like a fun adventure situation. They go to their dad’s house; they have fun there. They have a lot of activities that they participate in. And when they’re here with me, they feel the same way. The love and the nurturing that they’ve received all of their lives, they’re still getting in both places. For them, everything has worked out really well.
MN: How are they adjusting to having The Game’s new “adoptive” daughter Madison around? Are they sort of like, “Who is this other child spending all of this time with my dad?”
It’s new for them; however, they’ve adapted really well. They’re kids, so the fact that Madison is a good basketball player and she plays basketball with Justice, he already has a relationship with her. They’re just a few years apart in age and so they were already hanging out as friends in the short time that Justice met her. So in the time that Jayceon took on the responsibility of parenting her, they just kind of flowed with it. I think they’re enjoying it.
MN: Aside from being The Game’s ex-fiancée and Justice and Cali’s mom, how would you define yourself? Is there anything that you’d like for people to know about you that they may not know already?
Over the course of the last two to three years, I’ve been introduced, like you said, as either Jayceon’s fiancée, girlfriend or children’s mother. You know, just really attached to him. But, I do have my own identity. I’m my own person. I’m a school teacher. I’m a mother. I’m a friend. And I’m actually an author in addition to the things that I do. I’m wearing another hat as I’m venturing into writing children’s books. I think that I was probably introduced to everybody through Jayceon. But I think that I’m a strong black woman who is able to stand on her own two feet. Sometimes as we date celebrities or a man who has a name of his own, sometimes we get lost in that. But I was a strong independent woman before our relationship and I still am to this day.
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