Tyrese Blasts Ex-Wife: 'I Only Married You To Keep You In The Country'

By Isha Thorpe

December 6, 2017

In a recent radio interview, Tyrese revealed something that could potentially land him in prison. According to the recording artist/actor, he only married his ex-wife, Norma, to keep her in the country. 

As we all know, Ty and Norma have been in the middle of a very messy, very bitter legal dispute concerning their 10-year-old daughter, Shayla. Norma previously filed a court order that requested Ty's custody be taken away after he spanked their kid. After weeks of one stressful court appearance after the next, the case was eventually dropped and Tyrese was reunited with his baby. 

Now, the star is breaking his silence about his ex and their messy relationship. "We had an angel, but I married you to keep you in the country," Tyrese blasted his British ex. "I never married you because we were happily married. You're from London. I married you because we had a baby on the way and I had to do whatever I had to do so I'm not traveling all the way to London just to spend quality time with my baby."

He continued: "So, now you're running around painting this picture, like we was [singing 'Here Comes the Bride']. We got married and there was like seven people there."

After this reveal, Ty also went on Instagram to further speak about putting his ex on blast, during his interview. See his IG video post below. 

**WARNING: Explicit language**

Shit that only REAL MEN and FATHERS who have been lied on constantly can relate to..... Hello my name is #PettyWop #PettyPendergrass #PettyLabelle #ChattyPatty or a whole lot of other things you savage online folks come up with - Let me define me for a second...... I am a MAN and a FATHER who has had to live with 10 years of false claims and have my career and opportunities tied into my image and Brand to literally go away because of my ex - so just maybe this “clearing” the air and clearing my name is therapeutic for me cause if you don’t get it all OUT you end up angry cause you’re carrying it - She can’t just wake up on a Thursday randomly cause me of some crazy shit take my baby from me for 87 days then go back to living a regular life...... Gtfoh - I’m from the blocks in Watts and one thing I’ve learned is NOT to sit on your hands and be passive aggressive and Ok with 10 years of private and public abuse........ #TyreseGotTimeToday to keep my foot on your neck the way you’ve done me for 10 years with your lies and bullshit- #Exonerated not even ONE of your lies in 10 years was heard or believed in the courts - I heard the #Transcripts Of your whole #TESTIMONY just leaked online- Something in me wants to celebrate that TW world will finally HEAR your bullshit lies.. - the question is what else is she up to what’s the NEW lie and accusation that’s coming - This is my cry for Help cause I’m still at Home deeply effected by my baby being taken from me for 87 whole days for NO REASON AT ALL........ you need to legally change your name back to Mitchell cause you’re the furthest thing from a GIBSON.... You hate me but yet you still wanna use my last name?? FOH!!!!

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