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What Do Will Smith and Ne-Yo Have in Common?
Posted by Brian
Heartbreak! Both Will Smith and Ne-Yo have told recent stories about heartbreak that drives them to success.
Ne-Yo says the woman behind his hit love songs is his ex.
The woman behind R+B sensation NE-YO’s pained love songs knows she’s helping to make her ex millions – because he keeps telling her. The singer/songwriter admits new song Stop the World and hits So Sick and Do You are all inspired from one broken romance – and he still speaks to the ex-girlfriend who broke his heart when he was a teenager. He says, “I talk to her from time to time. She knows she’s responsible. Her man knows, her daughter knows, and they’re flattered. “She makes for great song lyrics, but she better not ask for 10 per cent.”
Will says heartbreak at 15 is why he works so hard also.
Actor WILL SMITH has credited an unlikely woman as the source of his superstardom – his cheating ex-girlfriend. The 39-year-old former rapper has made a name in Hollywood for himself with lead roles in high-grossing action and sci-fi hits including Men In Black and Independence Day. And Smith admits it was the unfaithful act of a former lover during his youth that drove him to excel in acting.
He says, “My first girlfriend cheated on me when I was 15 years old, and I processed in my mind that she cheated on me because I was not good enough. And I remember my walk home after I found out, and I remember just vowing to myself that I would never not be good enough again. “In my childlike mind I connect that to (wife) Jada’s love for me, even
My first thought is that they need to quit acting soft and get over it, but with the success that they have had, can’t really knock the hustle.
Are they acting soft? Yeah probably, but I think anybody who has a “drive” factor about them always tend to turn a bad or negative situation into motivation rather than defeat. When I read the bit about Ne-Yo I think of Duck in the Five Heartbeats. Remember the critic told him he will be a much better writer once he suffers more. I think this is/was the case with Ne-Yo because he continues to write some of the hottest stuff out.
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