Jill Scott Now A Single Mom?

So, I’m trolling the Internetz at work as I often do (hey, don’t judge, I work hard) and I stumbled upon this article on the Essence website and nearly gasped. Ok, so I did gasp. Jill Scott is now a single mother! What? After all that hullabaloo about getting it on with her drummer after the her first failed marriage to that Lyzel in E Flat dude?

My favorite musical diva (and TV detective) tells Essence that being a mother to her 2 month old son, Jett, has been an exciting new experience for the 37 year old. Jill says she loved being pregnant (despite 36 hours of labor) and would even have another one.

Then, she drops the bomb… she and fiancé Lil' John Roberts are no longer together. Jill says she dealt with a lot of emotions, as expected when you’re hormonal and preggers, and thus, the relationship is over. Although she doesn't outright blame the break-up on the pregnancy. She says the two are co-parenting and working on being friends.

Mind you, Jill announced her engagement to Lil’ John (no, not the “What… Yeah” Lil’ John) during a concert in June of last year. John is/was her drummer. So she went from engaged in June ’08 to a mother in April ’09 and now single. Whew! I can’t keep up. Can anyone keep a man anymore? I sure can’t!

This proves life takes its twist and turns no matter how famous or how rich you are. Now, I don’t judge (I think we covered that already), but even though Jill can afford to raise this baby as a single mother, was this a well-thought-out move on her part? Did she just want to have a baby that bad and this guy was a means to that? Is it fair to the baby? So many questions, but what’s your call?

Perhaps, they’ll be re-thinking these matching tattoos?


On an up note, Jill says we may get a new CD this year.