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Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo and his wife Crystal Renay Smith recently announced that they’re expecting a new addition to their blended family. Shared via their respective Instagrams, the couple posted videos where they’re listening to Major’s “Why I Love You” and showing off Smith’s new baby bump.
“Overjoyed to announce… the family is expanding…” Ne-Yo said in his post. “👶🏽!#Number5❤️#5thandFinal #BlessingsOnBlessings🙏🏾 @itscrystalsmith You ready baby? Let’s go!” Similarly, Smith shared an almost identical clip with a caption quoting Major’s song, which read, “This is why I love you.. 💙💖💙 ”
The couple seemed quite far removed from the rocky note that they began last year on as the possibility of divorce hung over their heads. Even though initial reports cited Smith as being the one who was going to file, by April, news broke that Ne-Yo had not only filed, but was then choosing to withdraw his divorce request from Smith because things amongst the two were back on track. In May, the Grammy-winner even shared how being in quarantine helped bring him and his wife back together.
Additionally, last year in November we got to see the couple together on the Tamron Hall Show where Ne-Yo admitted that in his heart he hadn’t really wanted to split up with Smith. He said on the talk show, “I did not want to get divorced. I was really, really broken up about it. I felt like I couldn’t show that to the world. My pride wouldn’t let me show that to the world and wouldn’t let me show it to her, initially. But I think she kind of knew where I was it.”
If you recall, in addition to sharing their two sons, Shaffer Chimere Jr., 5, and Roman Alexander-Raj, 2½, Ne-Yo and Smith also co-parent with Monyetta Shaw, the mother of Ne-Yo’s first two children, daughter Madilyn Grace Smith, 10, and son Mason Evan, 9.
It’s nice to know that things between the couple are still on the right track, especially with a new addition to their family on the way. With Ne-Yo claiming their expected child is his “fifth and final,” we wish their family happiness and health along Smith’s pregnancy.
