Ashanti Doing It All? Nelly Refuses To Help Change Diapers, Or When The Baby Is Crying, Internet Reacts

by Grace Somes
Ashanti and Nelly || Image credit: @ashanti

In a clip from their new Peacock reality TV show, ‘Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together,’ fans were left shocked and outraged after the rapper made it abundantly clear he has no plans to help his wife, Ashanti, with diaper duty, even as she expresses being overwhelmed by their newborn son.

The newlywed couple, who famously rekindled their early 2000s romance and secretly tied the knot in December 2023, are now navigating marriage and parenthood on their new Peacock reality series, Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together. However, based on a recent episode, not everyone is convinced they actually belong together.

In one scene that has been making the rounds online, Ashanti confronts her husband about him sleeping through their infant son’s cries.

The clip, which has gone viral, features Ashanti questioning how Nelly can possibly sleep through their son’s cries at night. “I’m trying to understand how it is that you sleep through when he starts crying?” Ashanti asks him. Nelly’s response is a nonchalant “Do y’all really be up at night? I heard about it… I think you will be fine.”

When Ashanti emphasized, “It’s just with the baby, it’s a lot,” Nelly laid down the law: “Listen, it’s all on you, I ain’t even gonna lie. You know I ain’t got nothing for him.” “Absolutely not. I know,” Ashanti replies.

In another scene, Nelly joins the team, telling them, “Until he can say, ‘I’m hungry.’ Until he can say, ‘I need to use the bathroom,’ it’s going to be a lot in your lap. But as soon as he starts walking, he’s with the crew. I told her, I say, ‘enjoy.'”

And the internet erupted. Fans were quick to drag Nelly, calling out what many perceive as a lack of support and a shockingly outdated view on co-parenting.

One user sarcastically summed up the circulating criticisms: “So the people are saying that Nelly’s a Trump supporter, doesn’t change diapers, won’t step up until the baby is walking, is jealous of the baby taking up all Ashanti’s time? Is all that right? Ashanti got her good man, Savannah.”

Another tweet, pulling no punches, stated: “Nelly ain’t had a hit in 20 years. And you’re not even booked. Ashanti has had appearances since she gave birth. Get your lazy ass up and help that woman you was so thirsty to run down on!”

Some fans even questioned the wisdom of putting their relationship on reality TV at all. “Nelly and Ashanti shouldn’t have done this TV show. Relationships are both complicated and unique. Reality TV does nothing but open the door to critique, whether it is valid or not, and eventually, said critique impacts your household. A divorce wouldn’t surprise me,” a user commented, suggesting reality TV might be the kiss of death for their renewed romance.

“Every clip I have seen further proves how very ignorant Nelly is. The man is 50 and still has the mind of an 18-year-old. I don’t know what Ashanti still sees in him,” a disappointed fan wrote.

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