LOS ANGELES - MARCH 3: The Inc Records artist Ashanti (left) with director and The Inc Records CEO Irv Gotti, shoots her new video for "Don't Let Them" on March 3, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Irv Gotti sparked hilarious chaos on the internet yesterday after a clip where the previously married music executive admitted Ashanti broke his heart went viral. Twitter users quickly pointed out that he had his wife’s shoulder to cry on.
In case you missed it, the Murda Inc. CEO recalled the moment his heart was shattered when Ashanti and Nelly showed up to a televised NBA game together on a preview clip of “Drink Champs.” During the interview, Gotti says he was home watching television when he noticed the two stars causing a commotion in the arena.
As Irv described feeling betrayed by “the chick you f**king are in love with,” the internet collectively asked, “wasn’t he married???”
Debbie Lorenzo, Irv Gotti’s ex-wife, confirmed in a 2019 interview that they were married for 15 years until they divorced around 2013.
The ex-spouse also appeared unenthusiastic about her husband and his artist hooking up, while Lorenzo did admit that she and Gotti were separated when he began dating Ashanti. However, the music exec’s ex says they were legally still married.
During a 2019 episode of “Growing Up Hip Hop”, she shared her feelings about the relationship:
“We were still married, but we were separated when they were dating. I was used to it from the beginning, like I’m going and traveling. I just wasn’t used to the women. That was new like, ‘where did these h*es come from?’”
In case you were wondering, Gotti doesn’t put the fall on his marriage on his outside relationship with Ashanti. In 2019, Gotti spoke about his past relationship with Ashanti during a conversation with Wendy Williams, who asked if he cheated on his ex-wife with the R&B star.
“No, Ashanti is not a homewrecker,” Irv said. “Ashanti had nothing to do with me and Deb. Deb caught me when I was directing ‘I Cry’ in Baltimore. Deb, being the vicious person she is, she came down unannounced, ‘I’m Mrs. Lorenzo, give me the room key.’ The door was latched, but she knows I’m in there. That’s what broke me and Deb up.”
Welp! That clears THAT up—but, tweets about Irv Gotti being married while admitting he was heartbroken over Ashanti are still pouring in on Twitter.
Scroll down to read some of the funny reactions.
