Watch: Ne-Yo Introduces His 4 Girlfriends From Polyamorous RelationshipSome stars aren't looking for a one-and-only connection.
Take Ne-Yo, for instance. Back in March, the Grammy winner introduced the internet to his four girlfriends-and he doesn't care what anyone has to say about his relationships."Say something nice or move on with your life," he wrote on Instagram March 8. "We happy over here."That's not to say that Ne-Yo has always required his Miss Independent to be down with polyamory. The "Closer" singer was previously married to Crystal Renay, mom to three of his seven children. But in 2022, she filed for divorce and accused him of being unfaithful (For his part, Ne-Yo said he would work through these "challenges behind closed doors" and stressed that "personal matters are not meant to be addressed and dissected in public forums.")Now, the 45-year-old-whose divorce was finalized in 2023-just wants to be upfront about what he's looking for when it comes to dating."After my divorce, I decided, 'You know what? I aint lying to nobody no more,'" he said on the March 7 episode of BigBoyTV. "I hurt a lot of people with just being dishonest about things that I could've been honest about."readNe-Yo Defends His Polyamorous Relationship With 3 WomenSo, Ne-Yo said he laid it on the line with each of the women. "I ain't manipulating nobody. I ain't brainwashing nobody. I aint lying to nobody," he said on the Feb. 20 episode of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. "I set it out there. 'Here's what it is: I like you, but I also like her, and her and her. If you cool with that, come on. We're gonna have a great time. If you're not, thank you for your time. Go on about your business and we're straight.'"Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for TV One and Urban One Honors And if his children-he also shares two kids with ex Monyetta Shaw-Carter as well as two with ex Sade Bagnerise-has questions, he'll answer them."I'm not lying to nobody, not even my children," the musician continued. "'Hey, this is daddy's girlfriend, and so is that, and so is that and so is that.'"However, Ne-Yo isn't the only star involved in polyamory. To see what more stars have said about their experiences with non-monogamous relationships, keep reading.
Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty ImagesRuPaulFor RuPaul and his husband Georges LeBar, having an open relationship works because "it's just realistic," the TV host explained to The New Yorker in 2024. "There's no such thing as monogamy with men."And ultimately, it just made sense for the couple."We didn't decide," the RuPaul's Drag Race star, who met his husband at New York nightclub Limelight in 1994 some two decades before they wed, told Vanity Fair in 2019. "The hoax is that monogamy is actually something that can actually happen. I wouldn't want to put restraints on the person I love the most on this planet. I wouldn't do that to someone I love, my very best friend."And having an open marriage doesn't make them question their love for each other."Listen, if you get something happening that you cannot resist and that's going to make you happy, go for it," RuPaul continued. "Go fot it. Because the truth is, I know in my heart of hearts like I've never known anything before, that man loves me more than anything else in this world."InstagramThe Sister Wives StarsKody Brown once said, "Love should be multiplied, not divided."And for decades, he was in a plural marriage with wives Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, Christine Brown and Robyn Brown-with their journey being documented on the series Sister Wives."I just fell in love," the father of 18 said on the first episode in 2010, "and then I fell in love again and I fell in love again."However, he's since fallen out of love with polygamy. Christine and Kody announced their breakup in November 2021, with him and Janelle confirming their separation in December 2022. A month later, Meri revealed their decision to "permanently terminate" their marriage. As a result, Robyn is Kody's sole wife. "I'm not an advocate of plural marriage, but I've had my own experience in it and I've had my own failures in it," he told People in December 2023. "Because of that, I'm like, you got to be really, really wise about who is doing it, how they're doing it."And while Kody said it can work for some people, he noted "there's those marriages that have people who know each other very, very, very well, and they still don't work."Some of Kody's exes have since embraced monogamy-like Christine, who wed David Woolley in 2023 and has said on the show she "wouldn't live polygamy again." Others, like Janelle, have said they "would consider a plural marriage again."As for wife Robyn, she said on a 2024 episode she'd do plural marriage again if she could guarantee a "positive successful experience."Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyWillow SmithWillow Smith brought a discussion on non-monogamy to the red table."With polyamory, I feel like the main foundation is the freedom to be able t