Mary J.
Blige has been married to husband and manager, Kendu Isaacs, for 11 years and
she recently opened up about how they have maintained a happy marriage and a
working business relationship. She said their most successful tactic is making
sure that both of them have no friends of the opposite sex. Check out her
thoughts on marriage below and share yours.
On how she
feels as the couple celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary next month.
It
definitely feels like an achievement. I never thought I’d last this long in a
marriage.
What are the
benefits of marrying one’s manager?
“He always
has my back – he’s going to fight to the death for Mary J Blige. The downside
is that there’s no separation – it’s on all the time. When you don’t feel like
answering to your manager, he’s still your husband. If one of you doesn’t want
to talk about something right now, you have to respect that. And you have to
respect each other’s space.”
On having
friends as a married person.
“All females
for me, all guys for him. There’s none of that, ‘Oh, that’s my female friend.
Oh, that’s my guy friend.’ No. Not in a marriage, I’ve never seen that work.”
How being a
wife has changed her;
“Being a
single person and an artist, there’s a lot of selfishness that you don’t even
know you have,” she says. “Being a wife, it’s not all about me
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