Teyana Taylor says peace price her $70,000, and it was value each penny.
Throughout an look on “The Breakfast Membership” on Wednesday, August 27, the 34-year-old singer and actress addressed the fallout from her divorce with former NBA participant Iman Shumpert, 35, revealing that she was ordered to pay $70,000 in authorized charges after being present in contempt of courtroom.
The penalty got here after she went stay on Instagram to disclaim rumors she believed had been coming from Shumpert’s camp about how she could have taken “all the pieces” he was value.
“That was the perfect little coin I ever spent in my life,” the “A Thousand and One” star mentioned in the end of the cost.
Taylor and Shumpert, who met in 2014 and married in 2016 earlier than welcoming two daughters, 9-year-old Junie and 4-year-old Rue, introduced their separation in 2023. After almost a decade collectively, their divorce was finalized in July 2024. Within the months since, their break up has led to public disputes over custody and funds.
Regardless that the contempt ruling left her with a hefty invoice, the “Straw” actress admitted she’s relieved to have paid it. She pressured how exhausting she discovered the courtroom filings and divorce headlines that saved resurfacing simply as she stepped into a brand new period of her profession. She made it clear she’s able to be “left alone” to give attention to what’s subsequent, and lots is on the horizon.
This month alone, she’s celebrating a return to music with a sprawling self-directed visible album referred to as “Escape Room,” starring in a wave of main appearing tasks, together with the upcoming movie “One Battle After One other” with Leonardo DiCaprio, and even getting ready to enroll in culinary college. The multi-hyphenate has additionally been making headlines for delving into a brand new romance with actor and “Escape Room” co-star, Aaron Pierre.
“I’m drained, however in one of the best ways,” she instructed InStyle in her September cowl story concerning the whirlwind. “I’m drained from the onerous work and understanding that the an increasing number of drained I get, it actually means all the pieces’s paying off.”
She additionally opened as much as i-D journal in a canopy characteristic launched this week, reflecting on her profession and the liberty she’s claimed since her divorce.
“As soon as you are taking a lady out of survival mode, she’s going to blossom, and I really feel like I’ve blossomed out loud into the girl that I’ve at all times been versus being blocked by rain and thunder,” she mentioned. “Now, it’s simply clear skies.”
