To the contrary, in a recent interview with ESSENCE.com, Iyanla said the rapper’s ex-wife Tashera Simmons actually encouraged him to do the show. She also added that he initially agreed to discuss everything in his life.
His ex-wife wrote in and asked if we would be able to support him. And then he agreed that he needed some support and would do the show. The biggest difficulty was just his capacity to be vulnerable and to speak honestly about what was going on with him.
I don’t think that he went wrong. All of us have ways in which we mask and cover our pain. This is a man who is in a tremendous amount of pain. Some of us eat; some of us shop or eat chocolate. What he is doing is a less socially acceptable way to mask and cover his pain because he doesn’t have the skills and the tools to deal with it otherwise. So I don’t think he went wrong, it’s just a defense mechanism.
The statement from DMX’s camp completely ignores his obvious mental illness and goes on to promote his upcoming music project.
“What the team does want DMX’s fans to know is that he is working on a new album that will include Swizz Beatz and we hope to also work with Timbaland, Dr. Dre, and Kanye West,” it reads.
Check out a few highlights from the interview below and tell us what you think.
DMX Says Iyanla Didn’t “Fix” His Life, She Made It Worse was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
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