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Teyana Taylor Reframes Divorce in Candid Interview, Emphasizes Co-Parenting With Iman Shumpert

Her remarks follow a 2024 divorce, with a 2025 contempt ruling she says she satisfied.

Overview

  • In a Vanity Fair interview published January 13, Taylor said divorce felt like “grieving the death of a living being” and stressed showing up for each other as co-parents for the next 18 years.
  • Taylor and Shumpert’s marriage ended in a July 2024 decree after her January 2023 filing citing “cruel treatment,” which he countered by saying the bond was “irretrievably broken.”
  • A judge found Taylor in contempt in August 2025 and ordered her to pay Shumpert $70,000, and she later said she paid immediately to move on.
  • The former couple continue to raise daughters Junie, 10, and Rue, 5, with Taylor encouraging people not to fear marriage despite her experience.
  • Taylor is promoting new work, with the crime thriller The Rip scheduled to premiere on Netflix on January 16.