During last week’s episode of Dancing With the Stars, rapper Nelly, who did surprisingly well in season 29, decided to open up about his relationship with his longtime girlfriend Shantel Jackson
She became a subject after it was revealed that he and his partner Daniella Karagach would be performing on The Weeknd’s « I Can’t Feel My Face » theme as part of The Weeknd’s « Villain Night » theme. last week
« Shantel and I love this record, » he said before talking about life with his girlfriend of around six
« I wouldn’t want my life not to contain Shantel, » he said « We’ve been seeing each other for five or six years Anytime you can hook up with someone like that it works for the long haul She is sweet, beautiful and the more we got to know each other, she is just as beautiful inside «
« Even though he’s got that rap character, he’s the biggest darling, the biggest goofball, » she said in a denominational clip. « We just get along [laughs] »
He dedicated his performance to her and ended up getting his best scores of the season
In an after the fact interview with Entertainment Tonight, he explained what he enjoys about his longtime girlfriend
« We have so much in common, » he said « She grew up in the city center, she knows what it’s like to experience certain things in life when you grow up in the city center -ville
« She’s very motivated, very passionate about what she does and she doesn’t accept anything other than wanting to be better, » he added. « And that’s what I love. is exactly what I like «
Despite all this, and confirming that she was « the right one », when asked about the likelihood of marrying her, he couldn’t say it with so much confidence
Turning to marriage was never really Nelly’s thing He was with singer Ashanti for at least 10 years and is said to have been with actress and video model Lashontae Heckard for a number of years. It’s not something he seems to desire, as he made it clear about marriage in 2017 While he’s not guaranteed that it will be an everlasting thing, he avoids the idea of saying « I do. « like the plague
« What I find about marriage is… I take it very, very seriously This is something I only do once, » he told PEOPLE at « For me, it’s almost like society prefers that you get married and get divorced and then try to get married and stay married For me, it’s more important to die married than to be married and it didn’t work out i want to leave this place knowing i was in love and someone loved me and we were together and then be like, ‘well i will never get married again and I’m ruined »
« If it happens, when it happens, that’s it! » he added « She is locked in man, she is trapped. Death separates you is serious here! » «
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