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Mary J. Blige Says Prayer Got Her Through Her Divorce

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Just last weekend we watched Mary J. Blige flaunt her post-divorce body and her one-of-a-kind, powerhouse vocals that crowned her the queen of Hip-Hop Soul back in the ’90s on the BET Awards.

While she carried herself with grace and dignity in the midst of a tumultuous, highly-publicized divorce from her husband/manager Kendu Isaacs on television, she recently attended the ESSENCE Fest as a performer and a guest speaker. During the conversation, journalist Tamron Hall and Blige delved deep into how the superstar has been faring during her recent journey that’s played out in the media.

“The journey that got us here is that every woman can relate to a woman out there fighting for her marriage,” she began. “When I first started writing this album I was fighting for my marriage. There were a lot of layers to me peeled back for this marriage. I really thought I did [find] the love of my life.”

As many know, Issacs and Blige had been married for 12 years, but in July 2016 it all came to an end. Being open and honest, she revealed, “I don’t know if people seen the last eight or five years of my life, but its been hell. And its been ugly and its been public and its been nasty. So, in the midst of all that. And the stuff that people don’t even know about — fighting for my life, fighting for my marriage, fighting for my morals and everything — I discovered my strength. My strength, my real strength is discovered.”

In addition to releasing her thirteenth studio album, Strength of a Woman, Mary revealed that prayer helped her through her darkest moments.

“Being Mary J. Blige the celebrity is secondary and I’m a human being first and I suffer just like everyone else,” she said. “I believe that I wasn’t given this career or this job as a singer or this gift from God to sit down and say, ‘I’m going to suffer from the world in silence and die.’ And it’s therapeutic for me as well. So, you know, that’s why. It’s not just for me.”

Head over to ESSENCE to read the full post.

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