After news reports circulated that Ne-Yo and his wife Crystal Smith had split, it was surprising to hear that divorce documents had been filed. The couple has been married for four years and seemed to be happily in love, but no one knows what goes on behind closed doors because they’ve managed to keep their personal life private. Ne-Yo shared the news in February while discussing his relationship status on a podcast, but soon after, the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to normal life as we knew it. The Grammy Award-winning singer-producer recently told Kendra G that the quarantine made him re-evaluate the important relationships in his life, including the one with his wife, Crystal Smith.

 
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“When you are faced with a pandemic, when you see people dying daily, bunches of people dying all the time, it really puts things into perspective for you,” the singer said. “Who’s there for you regardless of whatever. I have a handful of people like that on the face of the planet. So, when this thing went down and all of a sudden it ain’t safe to be outside, I said to myself, okay, if I gotta be inside, I wanna be inside with people that I know love beyond a shadow of a doubt and that I love beyond a shadow of a doubt.”

“Regardless to what me and Crystal was going through at the time, never did I ever say that I didn’t love her,” Ne-Yo continued. “I never had anything negative to say about her.” He added that even his latest single “Pinky Ring” that seems to address his divorce and newly-almost -single life wasn’t a diss record to his wife. “I didn’t say anything foul about her the whole time. It was just a record about what I was going through at the time and how I chose to deal with it.” Watch Ne-Yo discuss his relationship with his wife below.

Three-time Grammy Award-winning artist, Ne-Yo, and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Crystal Smith’s marriage is coming to an end after four years, and Crystal is looking forward to moving out their home in the near future. Just last month, the two were hinting to the general public that their relationship was coming to a close, and now, just weeks, later both parties have been celebrating their upcoming divorce as if they won the Super Bowl. After originally meeting in 2015, the “On Ur Mind” singer and his estranged wife wed the following year. Throughout their half a decade relationship, the two were blessed to have two beautiful children in Shaffer Smith Jr (born 2016) and Roman Alexander-Raj Smith (born 2018). While Smith has claimed that Ne-Yo is an amazing father despite the status of their relationship, she’s ready to move on and his currently in the hunt of a home to call her own.  Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Crystal Smith took to her Instagram Story to reveal that she is currently house hunting, posting a Boomerang video of a photo of a lavish two-story home in Georgia, according to The Blast. Some of her additional Instagram Story content included a joint rolling presentation, a text post that read “Attention < Respect,” a coronavirus awareness parody song, videos of her children, and more. 

Since their split, both parties have been enjoying their new single status. Ne-Yo has been spotted partying with a head-turning bellydancer and multiple models, while Crystal Smith was caught getting close with Ryan Henry of Black Ink Crew: Chicago. Crystal Smith has also returned Ne-Yo’s wedding ring which prompted him to produce a track entitled “Pinky Ring,” promising he will turn his soon-to-be ex-wife’s wedding ring into a pinky ring. 

Neither party has yet to file for divorce, but Crystal Smith appears to have fully moved on as she is currently looking to purchase a home for her and her two children. You can view her Instagram Story, here, and check out one of her latest Instagram posts in the photo provided below. 

Ne-Yo recently liked an Instagram post fro his soon-to-be ex-wife, Crystal Smith. Last month, the couple dropped several hints that their relationship was coming to an end and then Smith took things to the next level with a series of Instagram Story videos proclaiming her “bad b*tch” status to the world as a single woman. Ne-Yo and his estranged wife originally met in 2015 and wed the following year. Throughout their four-year marriage, they had two children Shaffer Smith Jr (born 2016) and Roman Alexander-Raj Smith (born 2018). Now, what was once a blissful relationship has Ne-Yo cyberstalking his future ex-wife Instagram posts.  

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The photo posted this past Wednesday features Smith rocking a plain grey, v-neck t-shirt as she hypnotizingly gazes into the camera. The post features a short caption that reads, “Character is shown when your world flips upside down. Grace is how you move after… #Solid,” followed by hair and makeup credits. The “Genesis” singer quickly liked the photo within hours of it being posted. 

Since their announcement of their divorce, Ne-Yo has been spotted partying on multiple occasions. Once with an eye-catching bellydancer and another instance with multiple models. That hasn’t stopped Crystal from enjoying her new-found single status, the aspiring entertainer was recently spotted getting close to Black Ink Crew: Chicago‘s very own Ryan Henry. 

While Ne-Yo might have taken some shots at Crystal Renay in his new song, “Pinky Ring,” discussing turning his soon-to-be ex-wife’s wedding ring into a pinky ring, Crystal Smith has returned the ring claiming not to be “money petty.” Notwithstanding the recent jabs, Smith has revealed that despite the status of her relationship with Ne-Yo, he’s truly earned the title as a great father. 

According to The Blast, Crystal Smith has yet to officially file for divorce. Check out her Ne-Yo liked Instagram photo in the post provided below. 

Not long after announcing that he and his wife Crystal Smith planned to divorce, Ne-Yo stepped back into the music scene with a brand new single “Pinky Ring” featuring O.T. Genasis. The superproducer-singer-songwriter and his ex have been cordial in the media and during his visit to Pull Up with Joe Budden, Ne-Yo expounded on his personal life.

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“‘Pinky Ring’ is a song about taking lemons and turning them into lemonade,” the singer said. “It is about a situation that anybody can use as an excuse to be down and feel a way, but instead, taking it and letting it be a positive thing. Not allowing it to bring you down.” Joe didn’t seem too satisfied with the answer and wanted to know what Ne-Yo did that led to the breakup with his wife.

“Without incriminating myself, without incriminating her and without putting any negative connotation on this… I will say that neither one of us was exactly who we needed to be in order for this to last, and that’s why it didn’t. Bottom line,” Ne-Yo said. “That’s what it was. I own mine, she owns hers, and the craziest thing is there’s no beef, there’s no animosity, there’s no love lost because we both understand that.”

Budden wasn’t convinced that there’s no beef between Ne-Yo and Crystal and called the singer “oblivious to what’s going on.” Ney-Yo disagreed. Budden later talked about his struggle with getting his engagement ring back from his ex-fiancé Cyn Santana and was surprised to hear that Crystal gave her wedding ring to Ne-Yo without a problem. Budden revealed he had to legally wait for the courts to rule on the matter.

According to Ne-Yo, Crystal isn’t the type of person who would hold onto something in order to get back at him or make things difficult. “She’s never been petty like that,” Ne-Yo added. “She’s never been money petty like that. That’s not her.” Watch Ne-Yo and Joe Budden chop it up on Pull Up below.

Ne-Yo’s divorce from Crystal Smith was confirmed a few weeks ago and he has been giving us excuses to use the “Mr. Independent” pun ever since (a play on his 2008 hit “Miss Independent”, for those who didn’t catch on). Just a few days after this news was made official, Ne-Yo was spotted getting jiggy with belly dancers at a hookah bar. Now, another sighting of Ne-Yo celebrating the single life has been reported.

According to Page Six, the 40-year-old singer was partying it up at the Paradise Club inside NYC’s Edition hotel for the launch of Macy’s Good Brother Apparel. Ne-Yo himself posted photos from the evening on his Instagram page. If it wasn’t clear how much he was enjoying himself based on how hard he was smiling in the shots, he captioned them, “Better than I’ve ever been.” Being surrounded by (at least) five models and sipping Courvoisier cognac in a VIP section til 4 AM will have you feeling like that. Page Six‘s source also shared that Ne-Yo performed his new bachelor anthem, “Pinky Ring”, which features O.T. Genasis. “He was in good spirits, having fun with his friends and repeated the lyrics ‘turn wedding ring into a pinky ring’ while on stage,” said the witness.

Ne-Yo spoke on his split from Smith on the Private Talk podcast. “It’s not a sad thing,” he explained. “Long story short, I’m never gonna talk bad about her. I’m not that person. There’s nothing bad to say about her. She’s a fantastic woman. She’s the mother of my children and she’s always gonna be that. Long story short, she’s got demons just like everyone else, just like me. We realized our demons don’t mesh and until the both of us get ahold of our personal demons, it’s gonna be just difficult for us to stay married. That’s the end of that chapter, not the end of that book. Like I said, that’s the mother of my kids and I love her to death. We’re gonna be family forever.”

Ne-Yo is basking in his bachelor-ism now that he and wife Crystal Smith announced their split, as the singer was busy partying at a hookah bar complete with belly dancers with some female friends this week. The recently single man shared some videos on his Instagram story showing various female friends of his having the time of their lives with one of the belly dancers at a hookah bar on Tuesday night. The first few clips show the women imitating the belly dancer's traditional moves and admiring her skills. In the last story, Ne-Yo got an up-close shot of one of his pals twerking in some red leggings.

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Ne-Yo's wild night out follows his recent confirmation of his impending divorce from wife Crystal Smith. It had been speculated that the two of them had parted ways as they both seemed to be dropping hints that they were no longer together. After Crystal revealed that they had, in fact, split, Ne-Yo went on former adult film star Alexis Texas' podcast, Private Talk to confirm the rumours and explain what happened.

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“It’s not a sad thing," he emphasized. "Long story short, I’m never gonna talk bad about her. I’m not that person. There’s nothing bad to say about her. She’s a fantastic woman. She’s the mother of my children and she’s always gonna be that. Long story short, she’s got demons just like everyone else, just like me. We realized our demons don’t mesh and until the both of us get ahold of our personal demons, it’s gonna be just difficult for us to stay married. That’s the end of that chapter, not the end of that book. Like I said, that’s the mother of my kids and I love her to death. We’re gonna be family forever.” Ne-Yo isn't the only one of them that has been living it up post-breakup, either: Crystal was recently spotted partying with star of Black Ink Crew: Chicago, Ryan Henry.

Ne-Yo has confirmed the rumours that he and his wife, Crystal Smith, are getting a divorce. The singer returned to the Private Talk podcast this week for the second part of his interview with former adult film star, Alexis Texas, in which he acknowledged that it was “slowly but surely becoming public knowledge” that he and Crystal are, indeed, filing for divorce.

“It’s not a sad thing,” he continued. “It’s more of an us realizing…long story short, I’m never gonna talk bad about her. I’m not that person. There’s nothing bad to say about her. She’s a fantastic woman. She’s the mother of my children and she’s always gonna be that.” Ne-Yo and Crystal tied the knot in 2016, and have two sons together, Shaffer Smith Jr and Roman Alexander-Raj Smith.

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“Long story short, she’s got demons just like everyone else, just like me,” Ne-Yo explained. “We realized our demons don’t mesh and until the both of get ahold of our personal demons, it’s gonna be just difficult for us to stay married. That’s the end of that chapter, not the end of that book. Like I said, that’s the mother of my kids and I love her to death. We’re gonna be family forever.” Crystal was recently spotted partying with star of Black Ink Crew: Chicago, Ryan Henry. Listen to Ne-Yo’s full interview with Alexis on Private Talk below:

After rumours that she and husband Ne-Yo had split spread this week, Crystal Smith was acting like a “bad b*tch” on Instagram while rapping along to some female empowering lyrics. Crystal shared multiple Instagram stories of herself driving around after dropping her kids off, in which she raps along to a bad b*tch anthem.

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Filming herself behind the steering wheel, Crystal gave it her all while rapping along to the lyrics, “laughing to the bank with some money hoe.” She continued, spitting, “tell you broke b*tches, ain’t sh*t funny though. F*ck a dollar and a dream. I’m gonna stay woke and holding the real thing. I don’t do it for the gram, b*tch I do it for the green…I can show you silly h*es how to get it, I be on some no drama, just cash….When a boss b*tch speak all the b*tches follow.”

This display of unbothered energy comes shortly after rumours broke that Crystal and husband Ne-Yo had parted ways. While the split was merely speculation at first, Crystal confirmed their separation to Baller Alert on Monday. She made sure to highlight that regardless of the status of their relationship, Ne-Yo continues to be an “amazing father.”

According to a Jasmine Brand source, Crystal is ready to file for divorce by the end of the month. The couple met in 2015 and wed in the following year. They have two sons together, Shaffer Smith Jr and Roman Alexander-Raj Smith.

R&B singer Ne-Yo married his wife, Crystal Smith, on February 20th, 2016, but it looks like these two may not be making it to their four-year wedding anniversary. Various clues from both parties seem to demonstrate that the happy couple may have called it quits in recent months. The first indication that there’s trouble in paradise for these two is that they have not made any public appearances together for months. While many couples keep their relationship fairly private and thus aren’t seen together all the time, a much more suspect clue that their marriage is in shambles can be found on social media. Crystal has deleted every single photo of her husband from her Instagram account, and it appears that she has unfollowed him, as well. Not only that, but Crystal has also been sharing plenty of posts with captions that seem to imply she’s finally single and stoked about it.

On Wednesday, she shared a selfie video with the caption, “She been humble way too long …” She followed this up on Friday with a black and white photo of her wearing a gorgeous white gown, declaring, “It takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations..and you can’t buy that.” On Ne-Yo’s end of things, he’s been less cryptic on social media, and still has photos of Crystal on his account, including a post from the end of last year on which he revealed that “2019 had its bumps and bruises.”

Despite declaring that they had “big plans for 2020,” the caption indicates that they were indeed having trouble in their marriage for the past year. A recent video of Ne-Yo serves as further proof that he and Crystal may not have been able to save their marriage. In the clip, Ne-Yo can be seen wearing his wedding ring on his pinky, a strange choice for a happily married man.

While nothing has been confirmed yet, the evidence is quite telling. Hopefully this is just a rough patch, and these two will be able to work it out.

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