Ne-Yo reveals the number one rule his four girlfriends live by in his ‘pyramid' relationship
Ne-Yo has revealed what it's like having four Miss Independents in his life and what his number one rule is.
The R&B star, known for hits like 'Closer', 'Sexy Love' and 'So Sick', surprised fans after introducing his four girlfriends on social media earlier this year.
It turns out that the 45-year-old has been pursuing the polyamorous life since divorcing Crystal Renay in 2023.
And his four partners, Cristina ('Pretty Baby'), Arielle ('Twin Flame'), Moneii ('Phoenix Feather'), and Bri ('Sexy Lil' Somethin') are part of his 'pyramid' schedule.
"On this tour, I'll let this one come out for seven days, then she go home. This one come out for seven days and then this one. And then we do something all together. It's a beautiful thing," he previously explained on the REAL 92.3 station.
The four women, Ne-Yo says, all willingly follow one rule because they agreed not to 'lie to each other'.
"What I say goes... and you can't date other men," he said on The Angie Martinez Show.
"When I got with these women, I did not ask for their exclusivity. I did not demand their exclusivity.
"They asked for it. They came to me and said, 'I want to be exclusive to you and just you'.
"I said, 'You understand that your exclusivity to me, does not mean my exclusivity to you? You understand this, yes? You're OK with it?'"
The musician from Arkansas insisted the key is that they are 100 per cent honest with each other.
"The main rule is to just keep it a buck. We're not gonna lie," Ne-Yo - whose real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith - explained.
"We're not gonna lie to each other. We're not gonna sit up here and blow smoke. I ain't selling no dreams, and I'm not forcing anybody to be here.
"If for whatever reason you decide this isn't for you anymore, the door is never locked.
"You have permission to go on about your business. I don't want anybody to think that I'm manipulating these women into doing something they don't want to do."
Ne-Yo is a father of seven and he says balancing parenting responsibilities is his biggest challenge.
The singer shares three children with his ex-wife Renay, two with his ex-fiancée, reality star Monyetta Shaw-Carter, and two others with influencer Sade Jenea Bagnerise.
"One of the major challenges is time, because I don't have a lot of free time, I have seven beautiful children," he added.
"I have a career that is still moving like it's 2005, in this thing, I move around a lot, so I don't have a lot of free time, and everybody needs their own individual time."
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