Victoria Monét and John Gaines have split, the pair have confirmed.
The R&B titan was last seen in public with the 33-year-old fitness trainer at the Grammy awards earlier this year, and the two have a three-year-old daughter together.
Internet speculation had been rife in the past few weeks, with Victoria Monét now sharing a lengthy statement.
In the statement, she explained that the two ended their relationship some 10 months ago, but plans to “remain a family” while raising their daughter.
“We originally preferred to keep this out of the public (as announcing this publicly is sure to make pain resurface) but it is becoming more and more difficult to suppress. Yes, we have seen all of the questions and extremely false accusations of our origin story and we have thought long and hard about whether we owed it to anyone to explain where we are as we heal, since we understand how social media can magnify the truth or run far with untruths.”
“Ultimately we decided to be open and address it in hopes to put a period on the question marks for the sake of our healing process.”
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Continuing, the R&B artist wrote that the split was not caused by “infidelity, toxic behaviour [or] drama”
“We spent the last 10 months trying to respectfully and privately navigate the fact that we are no longer in a relationship. Though we still completely adore and respect each other, we are not a couple anymore.
“There was no infidelity, toxic behaviour nor drama. We both just have some fundamental growing to do that would be best done apart so we can remain the best versions of ourselves for our daughter.”
“It simply didn’t work out and that’s okay. We still think the world of each other and operate with love in every interaction for our family. We have an incredible daughter to raise for life and that is undoubtedly our number 1 priority forever. No relationship status can remove or replace that fact. We are committed to doing the inner work and trust that God will place us both where we belong in due time.”
Find the statement in full below.
