GloRilla is back at it again with another post about dating and everything that comes with it. According to AllHipHop, the Memphis rap superstar sent out a tweet on X regarding waiting for the perfect guy to come along. Single & celibate until God send me my husband,” she said on the platform. The celibacy journey is something that she’s been talking about. At the top of the year, one of her goals for the year was to go without having any sexual activity for 90 days. It even became a topic of conversation with Complex‘s own Speedy Morman. However, around Halloween, she sent her fans and the internet into a frenzy over some pictures on Instagram.
It was her wearing what is now known to be a fake baby bump. People were especially shocked due to her previous feelings she shared with Charlamagne Tha God about having kids. Big Glo did try to keep the act going by denying that she wasn’t faking her pregnancy. However, it was eventually all put to rest fairly quickly. All of these past posts are why this tweet is maintaining some traction right now. Additionally, though, it’s because some have a major problem with her using “celibate.”
Usually, when someone is celibate, it means that they have never had sex of any kind and never will. It also means not having a relationship of any kind either. It may be a nitpick to some, but quite a few people are taking issue with it. One X user replies, “Women will post this while still getting head in the regular.” Another adds, “You not celibatestop using the word wrong.”
However, GloRilla’s fans were more supportive of her decision to wait for the right guy. “Single, celibate, and trusting God’s timing. When it’s meant to be, it’ll be.” “Same. It’s the best way to be. Sooo many diseases out here.” You can say what you want about the wording, but we are happy to see the femcee finding love on her own terms.
Lenny Kravitz revealed in a recent interview that he is a celebrity who has been celibate for the past nine years. He shared a personal choice that echoed the experiences of other celebrities who abstain from sexual intimacy. Kravitz, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday, explained his commitment to celibacy as a “spiritual” endeavor. “It’s a spiritual thing,” he told The Guardian. “I have become very set in my ways, in the way I live.”
His decision illustrates the many reasons why certain celebrities might choose to abstain from having sexual relationships. Some see being celibate as an unconventional lifestyle choice, but celebrities are embracing this path with their own perspectives. Their accounts offer insight into human sexuality and how people navigate relationships.
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One figure who has been vocal about her experience with celibacy is Lady Gaga. Back in 2010, the pop icon stated, “I can’t believe I’m saying this – don’t have sex. I’m single right now and I’ve chosen to be single because I don’t have the time to get to know anybody. So it’s OK not to have sex, it’s OK to get to know people. I’m celibate, celibacy’s fine,” she told Daily Mail. She continued, “It’s OK to be whomever it is that you want to be. You don’t have to have sex to feel good about yourself, and if you’re not ready, don’t do it. And if you are ready, there are free condoms given away at my concerts when you’re leaving!”
Andrew Garfield
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Similarly, actor Andrew Garfield entered on a celibate path while preparing for his role in the 2016 film Silence. He revealed on an episode of the WTF With Marc Maron podcast, “I had an incredibly spiritual experience. I did a bunch of spiritual practices every day, I created new rituals for myself. I was celibate for six months, and fasting a lot because me and Adam [Driver] had to lose a bunch of weight anyway.”
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For some celebrities, being celibate has helped them rethink intimacy. Justin Bieber, prior to his marriage to Hailey Bieber, engaged in a period of abstinence as a means of rededicating himself to his spiritual beliefs. “[God] doesn’t ask us not to have sex for him because he wants rules and stuff,” Bieber explained to Vogue. “He’s like, ‘I’m trying to protect you from hurt and pain.’ I think sex can cause a lot of pain. Sometimes people have sex because they don’t feel good enough. Because they lack self-worth.”
Orlando Bloom
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Similarly, actor Orlando Bloom embraced a six-month celibacy streak before meeting his now-wife Katy Perry. He credited the experience with helping him “relate to women and to the feminine within [himself]” in a more fulfilling way. Bloom revealed to The Sunday Times he was initially aiming for three months of abstinence, but ended up extending it because he was “really enjoying the way I was relating to women.”
Hilary Duff
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In the early 2000s, Hilary Duff was among the celebrities who publicly committed to being celibate until marriage. Duff, who dated Joel Madden, stated at the time, “It’s harder having a boyfriend who’s older because people just assume. But [virginity] is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about sex, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in,” she told Elle magazine in 2006. “But when they talk about it, it doesn’t sound special, like you would imagine it to be.”
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Ciara and her husband, Russell Wilson, famously abstained from sex until their marriage. It was a decision they described as challenging but ultimately rewarding for their relationship. In 2015, Wilson said during an interview at The Rock Church, “I asked her, ‘What would you do if we took all that other stuff off the table and did it Jesus’ way, no sex?’”
He continued, “I knew God had brought me into her life to bless her and for her to bless me and to bless so many people with the impact that she has and I have. We’re not going to be perfect, by any means.” Ciara and Wilson were married a year later and, the following year, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Sienna. In July 2020, the singer gave birth to their son, Win.
Kevin Jonas
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Kevin Jonas and his wife, Danielle, embraced a similar path. As part of the Jonas Brothers’ well-known commitment to purity rings and abstinence until marriage, Jonas was one of the celebrities who kept his promise to stay celibate until his 2009 wedding day. He later reflected to People, “I could’ve gotten married the day after we got engaged. We’d have gone cra-zy waiting any longer.”
Yvonne Orji
Actress Yvonne Orji, known for her role in the series Insecure, has spoken openly about her decision to remain celibate until marriage, which she says is motivated by her religious convictions. Despite portraying highly sexual scenes on the show, Orji has remained steadfast in her personal commitment to abstinence. “There was a woman on campus who did the Bible study. She was a med student, she was beautiful and when I heard it, I was like, ‘Do what?’ And she was 26. She was a virgin too. And she was like, ‘I want to honor Him. it’s the least that I could do,’” Orji said on The Breakfast Club in 2016. “And I’m real competitive — I have three older brothers — I don’t know why that was the thing I was competitive about. But I was like, ‘She can do it. I can do it.’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 07: Nick Cannon attends Hip Hop Health: Mind Over Music on April 07, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)
For Nick Cannon, celibacy has been an on-again, off-again part of his life’s journey. After welcoming his 8th child in 2021, Cannon revealed he had started a “celibacy journey” on the advice of his therapist. He explained, “My therapist was one of the [people] who said that I should probably be celibate because I had shared that news, that Bre was pregnant. That was the reason why I started my celibacy journey back then,” Cannon explained during a conversation with Angela Yee on his talk show in January 2022, referring to the model who was expecting his eighth child. ” … I was [celibate] because I was dealing with [this].”
Amber Rose
On the other hand, model and media personality Amber Rose has been outspoken about embracing long-term celibacy out of disillusionment with modern dating. In a candid interview on the Sofia with an F podcast, she declared, “I don’t want to share my house or my life with anyone. I don’t want anyone around my kids. I don’t want to have sex. It’s so gross. I don’t want it.”
Nicki Minaj
Rapper Nicki Minaj has also been open about periods of celibacy in her life. In 2017, she revealed she had taken a break from sex and dating, encouraging her fans to do the same. “I’m just chillin’ right now,” she said. “I’m celibate. I wanted to go a year without dating any man. I hate men,” she said during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Terry Crews
Terry Crews at the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball held at The Petersen Automotive Museum on September 30, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images)
For actor Terry Crews and his wife Rebecca King-Crews, a vow of celibacy played a crucial role in rebuilding their marriage after Crews’ struggle with pornography addiction and infidelity. Crews told Entertainment Tonight, “I went on a 90-day sex fast [with] her…It took me back to a time when I was 12 years old and I liked a girl and I didn’t know anything about sex. But all I did was give her a flower and say, ‘I like you for who you are.’”
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Mariah Carey is another celebrity who has spoken about the positive effects of abstinence. Prior to her 2008 marriage to Nick Cannon, Carey practiced celibacy, explaining, “It’s not that we had NO intimacy, we just didn’t have complete intimacy…I just thought that it would be so much more special if we waited until after we were married.”
“I definitely don’t want to push it on anybody else,” she added. “But we both have similar beliefs, and I just thought that it would be so much more special if we waited until after we were married. And it was, and it still is.”
We may have an explanation as to why NLE Choppa has been in his freakiest mindset of his career. According to HipHopDX, the exuberant Memphis, Tennessee rapper made a hilarious guest appearance on the Fame & Flavor cooking show, hosted by social media figure Cugine. He himself is an entertaining voice on the internet so this collaboration was much needed. The YouTube series, ran by RapTV, is now six episodes in and it sees Cug chef up some dishes alongside rappers. NLE Choppa popped out for the most recent video, and in it, he says that when he makes raunchy tracks, it is due to him being celibate.
While making a “rasta pasta” dish, the hitmaker says when he is not getting intimate with someone, he gets down and dirty with the beat. “I make my most freakiest songs when I’m celibate. I just f*** the beat, ya feel me?” Of course, that had the entire set laughing. In the interview, he is making allusions to his recent sex positive track is “SLUT ME OUT 2,” the follow-up to the original which remains to be one of his most popular tracks.
Later on in the video, NLE asks Cugine about the backlash he has been receiving for said record. “If you was a bad b****, would you f*** you?” Choppa inquired. Cug said he would as well and that is when NLE responded with confusion. “Exactly! So why is everybody tripping?!” To be fair, he has surprisingly not caught a ton of flak for bringing his parents onstage to perform “SLUT ME OUT 2” live. It has been one of the more shockingly wholesome moments this year.
What are your thoughts on NLE Choppa claiming to make his freakiest songs like “SLUT ME OUT 2” while celibate? Do you think he is getting too much hate, as well as the song, why or why not? Which one do you prefer the most and why? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding NLE Choppa. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
GloRilla is one of the more outspoken figures in this new wave of rap talent. The gritty Memphis, Tennessee femcee is one of the top-flight names from there. Her audience has continuously grown with her ability to make pure trap bangers and provide fun features. She was nominated for several awards last year for her singles and project Anyways, Life’s Great… Even with all of that success, GloRilla is starting to gain more and more haters. Some of it is due to some lackluster tracks such as “Cha Cha Cha.” It is also credited to the fact that she dishes out questionable opinions about relationships.
During the latter half of 2023, she went semi-viral for her comments about being toxic in your 20s. Some laughed it off, but others tore into the 27-year-old. Additionally, she encouraged her lady supports to never show favoritism to one man. “Ladies, don’t show favoritism among your n****s. Because as soon as your favorite n**** mad, he gon be cursing your other n****s out just for a motherf****r saying good morning!”
Now, Glo is back it again. On Twitter she had a little back-and-forth with Sexyy Red about her celibacy journey. It is a New Year’s resolution of hers to go without sex for 90 days. She claims that the itch has gotten so bad in the first nine days. So much so, that she is losing her sight. “Started my 90-day celibacy lil s*** for new year’s or wtv, I’m on da 9th day & my vision blurry af !!!!! Send help.” People have had just about enough of this, though. One goes, “It’s kinda crazy how far gone society is.” Another writes, “That’s not celibate then sis.” Maybe this will change Glo’s views on dating?
What are your initial thoughts on these latest comments from GloRilla about her celibacy journey? Do you think she gives good advice about relationships and dating? Are situationships one of the biggest issues within this generation? What are your opinions on the dating market in its current state? We would like to hear what you have to say about all of this. With that in mind, be sure to leave all of your hottest takes in the comments section below. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding GloRilla. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the music world.
,” she said on the platform. The celibacy journey is something that she’s been talking about. At the top of the year, one of her goals for the year was to go without having any sexual activity for 90 days. It even became a topic of conversation with Complex‘s own Speedy Morman. However, around Halloween, she sent her fans and the internet into a frenzy over some pictures on Instagram. 
stop using the word wrong.” 
