{"id":311,"date":"2025-09-01T14:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2025-09-01T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:25:34","slug":"rb-singer-mary-j-blige-refuse-to-date-a-broke-man-making-low-wages-says-shes-not-taking-care-of-any-more-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"R&#038;B Singer Mary J. Blige Refuse To Date A Broke Man Making Low Wages, Says She\u2019s Not Taking Care Of Any More Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2001 Mary J. Blige boldly proclaimed in her timeless hit that she would accept\u00a0\u201cNo More Drama\u201d in her life, and she meant it.\u00a0 Now, granted she did get married and divorced from her now ex-husband Kendu Isaacs after that song, which brought some highly publicized drama to her life.\u00a0 But within that, Mary has continued to hold her head high amidst every obstacle.\u00a0 The singer is ready to move forward in life, and this time, she\u2019s demanding more control with whom and what comes into her life.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bhnewstime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-09-at-11.27.07-PM-758x422.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 758px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 758\/422;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CN5RpvrrO8K\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=13&amp;wp=1080&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allaboutlaughs.com&amp;rp=%2Frb-singer-mary-j-blige-refuse-to-date-a-broke-man-making-low-wages-says-shes-not-taking-care-of-any-more-men%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A5636.300000011921%2C%22ls%22%3A1560%2C%22le%22%3A3819.199999988079%7D\" height=\"880\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For 12 years, Blige was married to Isaacs before a contentious divorce battle would begin and last for years.\u00a0 According to\u00a0<em>Page Six<\/em>,\u00a0the marriage was then plagued by infidelity with none other than her artist,\u00a0Starshell.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>TMZ<\/em>\u00a0also obtained court documents that showed Kendu allegedly spending upwards of over $400k on\u00a0Starshell.\u00a0 On top of everything, Isaacs was asking for an abundance of money in spousal support and other expenditures, of which he was seeking $5k per month to give to his parents as he had already been doing that practice while being married to Mary.\u00a0 It is to be noted that Isaacs was not only her husband but her manager as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not responsible for supporting [Martin\u2019s] parents and his children from another relationship which he lists as ongoing monthly expenses,\u201d said Mary in legal papers, as reported by\u00a0<em>Page Six.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>However, Isaacs, who also made claims of being \u201cunemployable\u201d, was awarded $30k a month in spousal support.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speaking with\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em>, Mary shared how she really felt about the drama that ensued thanks to her now ex-husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m living. I\u2019m not happy about a lot of things. I thought someone loved me, right? Turns out, he was a con artist and he didn\u2019t, and now he\u2019s coming after me for all my money,\u201d the Grammy Award-winning artist said. \u201cWhen you come out of something like that, you realize you were never the one. There was someone else that was his queen. I got played. I got suckered. I have to keep smiling and keep my spirits up because this is designed to kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTWgfSHBG1C\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=13&amp;wp=1080&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allaboutlaughs.com&amp;rp=%2Frb-singer-mary-j-blige-refuse-to-date-a-broke-man-making-low-wages-says-shes-not-taking-care-of-any-more-men%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A5713.600000023842%2C%22ls%22%3A1560%2C%22le%22%3A3819.199999988079%7D\" height=\"746\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSince the divorce, Blige has been focused on a bevy of other projects, including a few acting roles.\u00a0 While it doesn\u2019t seem as though she may be ready to date again, when it is the right time there\u2019s one thing for sure:\u00a0 she\u2019s got no time for broke men.\u00a0 \u201cHe has to have more money than me, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Blige said in an interview with DJ Ace of BBC Radio 1Xtra.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBecause I\u2019m not taking care of any more men!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blige added about her life now that she\u2019s free of Isaacs:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m having a ball. I\u2019m having so much fun. I\u2019m free. Free in my mind. Free in my spirit. Free to be me, to do me and just enjoy my life and have people enjoy it with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJ63rxGL2ws\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=13&amp;wp=1080&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allaboutlaughs.com&amp;rp=%2Frb-singer-mary-j-blige-refuse-to-date-a-broke-man-making-low-wages-says-shes-not-taking-care-of-any-more-men%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A5772.800000011921%2C%22ls%22%3A1560%2C%22le%22%3A3819.199999988079%7D\" height=\"746\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2001 Mary J. Blige boldly proclaimed in her timeless hit that she would accept\u00a0\u201cNo More Drama\u201d in her life, and she meant it.\u00a0 Now, granted she did get married and divorced from her now ex-husband Kendu Isaacs after that song, which brought some highly publicized drama to her life.\u00a0 But within that, Mary has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}