Jill Scott & Fiance Lil John Roberts Split; Singer/Actress Talks Single Motherhood
Jill Scott is officially a single mom.
The award-winning neo-soul queen -who is up for Best Actress Emmy for her role as Precious in HBO’s critically acclaimed series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency — has revealed that she has separated from her musician fiance Lil John Roberts, just two months after the birth of their son.
In an interview with Essence Magazine, Jill opens up about raising the couple’s 2-month-old son, Jett Hamilton, while juggling a career in film and television.
“….John and I are no longer together. When you have a baby you’re dealing with a lot of emotions and I don’t know how much of it had to do with us breaking up, but it happens,” Jill explains. “We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that’s concerned. I know some might criticize me or the fact that my son is being raised in a single-parent home, but I wasn’t raised in a two-parent home and I had a good relationship with my dad. I have hopes for him and I’m sure his father will do his part as well.”
She added, “My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it’s tough, and I can’t imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging. I can afford to have this child at 37 because I have a support system and I can talk to my girls, Mo’Nique and Erykah [Badu], but I don’t understand how any mother does it alone. I don’t believe I suffered from postpartum because I didn’t feel depressed, but it was jarring and I can understand now how some mothers lose it. What he’s taught me is that I thought I was grown and patient but I was neither until now. Even when I hold him and dance with him to his favorite song, Marvin Gaye’s “Come Live With Me,” and he holds me tighter and then relaxes, I realize that I never knew unconditional love like this before, and I’m looking forward to watching and helping him grow.”
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On July 23rd 2009, shamilar wrote:
give me a break, she just wanted to have a baby. Dude looks gay too
On September 17th 2010, t.p. wrote:
Yea i think she just wanted a baby, since she and her hubby couldnt conceive one and that the only reason she gave for the split/divorce from him. But as soon as she got divorced she took up with this drummer “so to speak” and the next thing you knew she was pregant. Right after the baby now wow we suddenly split. She has officially made herself a statistic..
On October 1st 2010, anan wrote:
jill scott is no statistic. she’s a succesful, BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT, CLASSY black woman with a wolfs howl. she’s independent, her husband probably couldn’t handle her success being greater than his own. most black men cant deal with ii- their ego’s are too big. i am of the firm belief that jill scott is a good woman (in relationships), but its HARD finding someone decent at any point of your life, whether your a college grad, a successful, multi-millionaire soul singer like jill, or a high school drop out with three kids.
either way, its hard keeping relationships, as many of you who post comments on this blog have already been with multiple partners, sexually, and romantically, so to try and JUDGE a woman based on her previous failed attempts at procreating and keeping a marriage in show business is quite hypocritical and astounding. VERY FEW people stay together forever, and even in the “in-between” time, you are likely to run across many a stumbling block. her having a kid out of wedlock after a bitter and painful divorce, is not making her a statistic, perhaps a baby is what she NEEDS. everyone needs love, and if you are a parent, you know what its like to love and be loved by your child unconditionally, its a kind of love that a man could NEVER give a woman, no matter how great he is.
so for those grumbling their old wives tales about her becoming ‘another statistic in the black community- my advice would be to shut your face. you do not KNOW her circumstance, nor do you know her, so to judge someone based off of their personal life choices amplified by the sick, twisted, biased media who’ll do anything for ratings, combined with low-life nobody’s who have SHIT ELSE to do, but to constantly stalk the news threads lined up with your favorite victims latest woes. pop culture is a fucking wreck, havent we learned ANYTHING from what happened to michael jackson? constantly feeding this kind of negative press is gonna beget MORE NEGATIVE PRESS. i can now safely assume you are then, nothing more than NEGATIVE PEOPLE, therefore, you have no hope, as hope is reserved for POSITIVE, EMPATHETIC, and INTELLIGENT people only. quit making false statements about celebs and POSTING THEM AS FACTS, JUST BECUZ YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THE WORST.
On November 7th 2010, honeybiscuit wrote:
The first con that we learn about statistics t.p, is that statistics never include reason or details. Yes she is going to be a single mother. But what if she is happier when she’s no longer with that guy? surely that means that her son will receive the best of her or at least much more emotionally connected mum than if she was in an unhappy relationship. They have their reasons, they’re entitled to privacy and the right to act on those reasons and I wish all three of them the best.
And so should you t.p
On May 27th 2011, cynthia belle wrote:
I just finish reading the article of jill scott in June Ebony. I feel at this time of her life she reinventing herself. she finding out who jill scott really is. Her divorce was still so early. Before she jump in something new. That she knew nothing about. But my girl is doing something right now. She raising a handsome son on her own. And she capitalize on being the best jill she can be. On point chick. Do u Boo and then u can have something with someone else.