Mashonda, Swizz Beatz’s estranged wife, took it to Twitter to address Alicia Keys and the relationship she is pursuing with her soon-2-b ex husband. What sparked Mashonda’s open letter on Twitter was a tweet Alicia Keys posted that said:
Having a heated debate n the studio. Question is…N love is it better to go 4 the choice that is “SMART” or the choice that has “SPARK”??”
The tweet struck a nerve as Mashonda knew AK was talking about Swizzy, so she penned a long “open” letter addressed to Keys via Twitter (a definite MUST READ):
After having a great evening with my son and enjoying some fun twit chat, I decided to sign off and get some work done. However, a few hours later I was advised that I should check @aliciakeys twit page. I’ve never reached out to her on twitter before. I feel our issues are a lot more serious than a website conversation. Not to mention that I’ve reached out to her many times in the beginning of this whole thing, as any wife would do. Unfortunately, I never succeeded in getting a response. The 1st time I meet AK, my husband introduced us to each other at an event. ( I have no choice but to call him my husband, until he is not anymore) In the messages that I sent to her (AK), I made it very clear that on the contrary of what she might be hearing, I am still married to my husband, living with him and just had a child. Its been two years and I still have not received a response. What I do receive, is constant displays of selfishness and disconcern to me and my son.
I was a fan of AK’s last album, we were both signed to J Records and I always checked up on her projects. I sang her songs and admired her for creating Superwoman and Karma, I would never deny her, her talent. I believed in her until I found out she was possibly sleeping with my husband. The affair was denied by both, until it was finally admitted months later.
Already I can hear some of you saying ” why are u blaming her, You cant make someone leave their wife, You cant break something thats broken”. Well, my marriage was not broken, as far as I knew we were celebrating our sons birth and getting ready to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary . Call it blind love, whatever. I call it being a devoted wife.. As far as me blaming her and not blaming him, thats false. Me and my husband have worked out our differences. We are in a good place as people and as parents. I accept his choices and I am comfortable enough with myself to move on. I am so very blessed in many ways.
My concern with AK is no longer the fact that she assisted in destroying a family but that she has the audacity to make these selfish comments about love and wanting to be with someone, even after knowing their situation. How is this the same Superwoman that I sang out loud with in my truck? I ask myself sometimes.
If you are reading this Alicia, let me start by saying, you know what you did. You know the role you played and you know how you contributed to the ending of my marriage. You know that I asked you to step back and let me handle my family issues. Issues that you helped to create.
Im not saying everything was perfect all the time but no relationship is perfect. We made a vow to God and I believe you should have respected that, as a woman. I know you owe me or my son nothing but I just wish you would’ve handled things more carefully. I’m not judging you, I put you and the whole situation in the hands of God, the Higher Power. Just know that as a woman, I expected so much more from you. I never had intentions on reaching out to you this way but after reading your twits tonight, and the constant disregard, you left me no choice. I feel that after 1 and a half years of you hiding this affair and acting like it doesnt exist, that now is the time to confront it, since you talk so openly about it now
This is not a publicity stunt, I dont have a record coming out. I just need to close this chapter in my life and that means confronting our issues. There is a small child involved. His dad loves him to death and he wants to spend more time with him but hes afraid because he knows we don’t have a relationship. This is my main concern. My son NEEDS his dad and I NEED to be comfortable with you. For him!
I know many will see my point and many will not be able to look into what’s real because they only want to see Alicia Keys the celebrity, not the human. This is not for the “people”, this is for you. Like I said I was left no choice but to reach out to you this way. By now, Im sure you want to find a balance in this as well.I read your tweets tonight and I felt they were very insensitive. You have no idea how much pain I was caused because of this affair. Its baffling to me that you don’t understand what I might have gone through with this situation. I dont consider myself a victim anymore, Ive learned alot from this! I just ask you to try and be a bit more realistic and delicate to the situation, at least until my divorce is final. I felt me attending the party would have been a starting point for us, since you shook my hand after I offered it, but I suppose I was wrong.
If its so, that you and my husband are meant to be together, then God bless you both and I hope you never have to deal with what I did. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. If you two being together forever is the case, its more of a reason for us to get along, because I’m not going anywhere. Theres a child to be raised.
To answer your tweet, choose smart over spark. Sparks burn everyone, be smart! Its simple actually, just think of the shoe being on the other foot.
Stay blessed and lets work this thing out with respect and dignity.
WOW! Tell us your thoughts Miss Xpose Readers?
I HOPE THAT AK REALIZES THAT YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOEW!!!!!! I HAVE LEARNED AND SEEN THIS FOR MYSELF ANDYTIME A MAN WILL MESS AROUND ON HIS WIFE WHILE MARRIED STRONG SIGN HE WILL DO YOU THE SAME WAY LOOK DEEP BEFORE YOU LEAP
Jeez, all I can say is Mashonda needs to GET OFF TWITTER or this shit will whither her brain!!
She needs to talk to Kelis~!
Mashonda that msg was well written, i feel your pain and i can see that you want to move on…you just need respect. life is not fair, Swizz handled the situation wrong. However life has a way of teaching people lessons. There’s an old Jamaican saying “today for me, tomorrow for you” AK, if your reading this, keep that in mind. I recently went to a wedding and the pastor stated that God makes no mistakes and God put a marriage together for a special reason. AK once again hustle a man when he is over with his marriage not during the marriage. AK you acted very desperate…I expected so much more from you. For the record you will never be happy with Swizz, everytime he leaves home, you will be worried. Swizz will hurt you, that’s a definite. Wife, stay grounded, that’s your only option right now.
I feel that AK should not write the songs she write anymore if she does not follow them. I was a big fan of hers because I thought she was real. But to me it seems as if she portrayed herself as a mistress in an already healthy relationship. I am glad that Mashonda wrote that letter to her because she is right, Mashonda is going to always be there because they share one thing in common that her and Swizz do not (a baby). AK will reap what she sowe and I hate to say that but it is in the Bible. I’m sorry that she became to desperate for a man that she went after a married one. Keep ur head up Mashonda!
This is crazy! And I liked Alicia Keys too. I do not like home wreckers, so when a new song or record comes out, I’m gonna think twice about listening or buying anything of hers again. God does not lie, Alicia Keys and Swizz will reap what they sow. Yes, love is wonderful when you’ve finally found it, but love can only take you so far. Building a relationship takes time and you have to work on it everyday. Alicia and Swizz have already started off on a bad foundation, so who knows how long it will last. Once the smoke clears and reality sets in, they are going to have a long road ahead of them and they only have themselves to blame.
I feel sorry for Mashonda and her son, but if she continues taking the high road, in the end she will be just fine.
I thought u could only type 140 characters on Twitter? This chick is seriously in violation. I’m just sayn!
AK has no respect for herself so Mashonda should know by now this home wrecker has no intentions on respecting her, her son or her marriage. But keep doing u and continue to old your head high.
whatever..I bet Mashonda thinks Swizz should have stayed with her–even if he’s unhappy? She would rather a man who has no feelings or love for her to stay because they have kids and because of her own feelings? What kind of lifestyle is that?? She needs to just do what’s best for her and her children and move on. There’s no point in being bitter at something that will not change. Plus AK didn’t address her on Twitter..Mashonda is just assuming that she is. So her writing this long ass essay about AK, is just her jumping to conclusions..basically picking a fight. “( I have no choice but to call him my husband, until he is not anymore)”.. that’s bullshit, too…I doubt Swizz still calls her “his wife”. It’s kinda sad that she thinks she and him have any chance of reconciling…keep hope alive, I guess
i dont think AK was typing about this chick either…but i can understand her broken heart feeling that tweet was about her. time will heal her woombs n sh wont feel th need to react to crazy stuff.
Alicia Keys is a bitch….thats all.
Mashonda turned nothing into something. whether or not the message was a publicity stunt, those are personal issues that will affect everyone including her son, so if she claims she only wants the best for her son, this was not a way to handle it whether she could get in touch with alicia or not. Alicia, idk girl, you could have any guy, Swizz aint even cute.
I’ve always followed Alicia Keys as an artist, but as a woman I’ve lost alot of respect for her, doing something like this says alot about who you are, I’d never buy another album, I don’t support women like her, I know everyone makes mistakes but her mistake still continues and she chooses not to correct it, so everyone has to pay for their mistakes and her losing fans or support may be her punishment…resist temptation
if i should write the exact words my comment wouldn’t be displayed. AK is a homewrecker I’m so disappointed in someone who acts like a respectable woman, how much lower can you get?????????? stop singing alicia your songs are now meaningless and this just shows how hypocritical you are, did you even know that there are people that look up to you but i’m glad they c the fake, so sad you destroyed the family that i know if that little boy had a chouice he would have chosen to have his real mom and Dad and not the person who took that from him, you deserve far worse and i hope u get it in this lifetime.