The other day I wanted to write about Kelis and her fall from grace among men – from men I actually know to anonymous commentors on gossips blogs. Talk about anger, you’d think these dudes were paying the child support order themselves. Jeez. And how before the ink dried on their divorce papers, men were calling Kelis the b word – and no I don’t mean bitch (although I’ve seen her called that a lot more recently too). I mean the dreaded baby momma. I wanted to write about the huge different between a wife and a baby momma. About how baby mommas are constantly disrespected and degraded because they don’t have a ring on their finger. I figure if men don’t like/respect/love a woman enough to not marry her, why have a child. I guess that’s a different post. But the change in the public opinion of Kelis these past few weeks has been incredible and very disheartening.
And then it got worse – yesterday Kelis asked for more money. Every gossip site had the monthly breakdown of Nas’s earnings and what her new spousal and child support orders should be. And all hell broke lose. Men across the country collectively sighed, as if paying $89,935 a month to your ex wife was the norm.
Now I have no idea what in the world Kelis is going to spend on that money on and I really don’t care. This is a consequence of divorce, especially among celebrities. And while I can see where men are coming from with regards to paying such a large amount in spousal support, we need to sit down and think how much would he have been spending less on Kelis if they were still married. Probably more than what she is asking for. And as for the child support, that is his child. He should be paying some child support. And again, if he was still living with Kelis and the baby, chances are he’d be paying more, not only in dollars but also in time spent with the child.
If you want to learn more about spousal support, click here. To learn about child support, click here or here.
peace,
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She’s getting about $1.08 million a year from him… and since he earns about $3 million a year, I guess the courts decided she’s entitled to about 1/3 of his income (child support and alimony). Nas pays child support to his ex (mother of his daughter destiny)… how much is he paying her?
oh wow I didn’t even think (or actually even know) about the other child support order. I’m sure he’s not paying nearly that much for his other child.
thanks for your comment.