After months of silence in the wake of her impending divorce from Kendu Isaacs after nearly 13 years of marriage, Mary J. Blige opened up on the UK talk show “Loose Women.”
“I’m in the thick of it. I’m in the middle of a divorce that’s everywhere (in the news),” Blige said. “It’s just how hard life is. It’s the pain, it’s the lawyers, it’s the ‘this,’ it’s the ‘that…’Not even knowing someone that you thought you knew for years is horrible.”
She also hinted at the optimism of stepping into a new chapter of her life.
“There’s hope in it as well, because I have to keep the joy so I can live and survive,” Blige said. “I can’t just die with all the sadness, that’s why I’m here because I kept my joy. In spite of my pain and crying and releasing everything onstage to my fans and us healing together, I kept my joy.”