{"id":24749,"date":"2019-06-03T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1046605"},"modified":"2019-06-03T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T00:34:00","slug":"why-ciara-felt-she-was-failing-as-a-single-mom-after-future-split-none-of-it-was-ideal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/why-ciara-felt-she-was-failing-as-a-single-mom-after-future-split-none-of-it-was-ideal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ciara Felt She Was &#8221;Failing&#8221; as a Single Mom After Future Split: &#8221;None of It Was Ideal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"35.640046296296\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2016417\/rs_634x1024-160517112642-634-ciara-future-album-release-party-2013.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Ciara, Future, 2013\" alt=\"Ciara, Future, 2013\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">MediaPunch \/ AKM-GSI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"19.671411625148\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ciara\">Ciara<\/a><\/strong> isn&#8217;t afraid to admit that she&#8217;s shed a few tears over her ex-fianc\u00e9, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/future\">Future<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During a candid interview on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=2276528422610437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Table Talk<\/a><\/em>, the &#8220;Level Up&#8221; songstress opened up about the heartache she felt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/765629\/how-ciara-and-future-s-relationship-turned-so-sour-they-ended-up-in-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">after her split with the 35-year-old rapper<\/a> and what it was like being a single mom. They are parents to <strong>Future Zahir<\/strong>\u2014Ciara&#8217;s first child and big Future&#8217;s fourth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d have moments in the shower when I would be crying,&#8221; she told hosts <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jada_pinkett_smith\">Jada Pinkett Smith<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/willow_smith\">Willow Smith<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Adrienne Banfield-Jones<\/strong>.&nbsp;&#8220;I had a few moments when I&#8217;d be crying in different settings\u2014crying in the bedroom, crying in the shower&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d be crying because I am not in the happiest place, and it hurts what I&#8217;m going through,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The two musicians called it quits nearly five years ago after rumors swirled that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/571647\/ciara-humiliated-by-future-cheating-allegations-rapper-breaks-his-silence-on-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future allegedly cheated<\/a> on the &#8220;Ride&#8221; singer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.759776536313\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"20.586592178771\">\n<p>While the&nbsp;33-year-old star has found her forever love with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/russell_wilson\">Russell Wilson<\/a><\/strong>, whom she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/776433\/ciara-and-russell-wilson-are-married\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">married in 2016<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/914094\/ciara-shares-first-photos-of-baby-girl-sienna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shares a daughter<\/a> <strong>Sienna Princess Wilson<\/strong>, Ciara still remembers the pain&nbsp;she felt after her and Future&#8217;s breakup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;None of it was ideal,&#8221; she said, especially since she had just welcomed her son after their split.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grew up with my mom and dad being together, the idea of it being, &#8216;Mommy and Daddy made baby,&#8217; and then all of a sudden you&#8217;re living your life in front of the world,&#8221;&nbsp;the &#8220;Goodies&#8221; star explained. &#8220;&#8216;I feel like I&#8217;m failing right now, [people are] gonna roast me, here they come in the comment section. I&#8217;m about to get fried.&#8217; All that stuff, it&#8217;s real. You can&#8217;t help but to think of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"17\">\n<p>However, for her it was more important to not feel like she was &#8220;wasting my life,&#8221; which is what led her to move on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You realize that time does not stop and it would be the worst scenario to stay in a situation that is just not healthy, [that] is not gonna get any better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the Seahawks quarterback came into the picture, she explains feeling something she never felt before. &#8220;When Russ came into our lives, Future was 10-months-old. It was different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never had that feeling in my life&#8230; it was just calm,&#8221; she said with a smile.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>For Ciara, Wilson&#8217;s bond with her son was something deeply special to her. &#8220;To love me, is to love my son,&#8221;&nbsp;she expressed, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s just a different level of love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old star&nbsp;revealed that she couldn&#8217;t be happier with her blended family. In fact, she dished that she wants &#8220;at least two more&#8221; kids with Russell.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1046605\/why-ciara-felt-she-was-failing-as-a-single-mom-after-future-split-none-of-it-was-ideal?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MediaPunch \/ AKM-GSI Ciara isn&#8217;t afraid to admit that she&#8217;s shed a few tears over her ex-fianc\u00e9, Future. During a candid interview on Red Table Talk, the &#8220;Level Up&#8221; songstress opened up about the heartache she felt after her split with the 35-year-old rapper and what it was like being a single mom. 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