Tyrese Gibson “Retires” From Social Media In Bizarre Rant About His Ex-Wife And Fiancée
Tyrese Gibson has announced his “retirement” from social media due to “unbearable” comments regarding his personal life and emotional well-being.
This past weekend, the actor uploaded footage of himself from a red carpet event celebrating the release of his new film, 1992, on Instagram, along with a lengthy message vowing not to address his divorce from ex-wife Samantha Lee or his relationship with their daughter.
“I’m officially retired from social media,” the Watts native began. “I’m gonna go dark. I’m gonna pray I’m gonna turn my comments off because I don’t want to be reminded of this very nasty and unbearable narrative that REAL MEN don’t cry.”
GIbson, who has shown a willingness to express his emotions publicly, lamented the seeming lack of compassion given to men in comparison to women, alluding to his own experience of heartache.
“If and when a man has a child on the way with that beautiful woman or fiancé or wife, and she ultimately has a miscarriage [ I thank God I’ve never experienced this ] the only person who is depressed sad or even suicidal over that loss is NOT JUST the woman,” he wrote.
“I am not about to put up another post about my ex Samantha or any of the feelings that I’m still harboring over her waking up on a Wednesday, August 2020 and filing for divorce.. Why BECAUSE THIS ALBUM THAT HAS BURNED DOWN THE INTERNET called BEAUTIFUL PAIN wouldn’t exist if I was still married!” he added, referencing his latest musical release.
“I’m also not gonna put up another post to try and get a childish and mature, petty social media trolls to understand that the love of my life in Zelie Timothy NEVER asked to be here?”
“And the smiles that have been on my face, the intimacy, the flirting, the laughter, wild, sex, and love making would not be here had this woman NOT showed up to help me to discover the BEAUTY IN my PAIN! Sadly, we still live in the world. It feels like man versus woman, and we are reminded that men are from Mars lol.”
Gibson then declared that the only people he desired to communicate with at the time were Denzel Washington, Stevie Wonder, Minister Louis Farrakhan, and King Alpha before concluding his post by promoting his new film and album.
1992 was released this past Friday (Aug. 30) and stars a cast that includes Gibson, Scott Eastwood, Ray Liotta, and more. GIbson’s seventh studio album, Beautiful Pain, features guest appearances by Lenny Kravitz, El DeBarge, October London, Tamar Braxton, Kenny G, Eric Dawkings, and Le’Andria Johnson.
See Tyrese Gibson’s Instagram post below.
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