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'RHOA' Friend Monyetta Shaw Shares Two Kids with Ex Ne-Yo

Monyetta Shaw is showing on 'RHOA' Season 14 as a friend of Kandi Burruss'. The newlywed has two kids with her ex, singer Ne-Yo.

Shannon Raphael - Author

The cast line-up on The Real Housewives of Atlanta modified considerably after Season 13 following the departures of Porsha Williams and Cynthia Bailey, and audience are getting to understand a few new additions to the forged.

Longtime "friend" Marlo Hampton in the end got a peach on Season 14, but there's a new supporting superstar on the most recent season of the display: Monyetta Shaw.

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She's linked to the gang as a result of her long-standing friendship with singer, actress, and businesswoman Kandi Burruss. The two first were given to know one every other when the author/Season 14 "friend" used to be in a courting with musician Ne-Yo.

As Kandi shared at the June 26 episode of the hit Bravo franchise, she was friendly with Monyetta when she was once relationship Ne-Yo, but the two stayed in contact as a result of she has "positive vibes."

Who is Monyetta Shaw? Read on to find out extra about her personal life, including her kids with Ne-Yo, and her new husband.

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Who is Monyetta Shaw from 'RHOA'?

The Season 14 addition hails from Louisiana, and she or he attended Louisiana Tech University. Though many RHOA viewers are assembly her for the primary time at the Bravo series, Monyetta is no stranger to reality TV programming.

In 2014, prior to she began appearing on RHOA, Monyetta starred at the first and most effective season of the VH1 truth collection, Atlanta Exes.

Outside of her TV pursuits, Monyetta could also be the founding father of The Evan Grace Group, a maintaining corporate specializing in the development of brands in publishing, fashion, and entertainment.

As Kandi mentioned on the show, Monyetta is a printed creator as neatly. She wrote a motivational memoir, Bigger than Me, and the co-parenting advice guide, Keep It Classy: Co-Parenting Strategies for Unstoppable Moms and Devoted Dads.

She additionally penned the kids books, The Adventures Of Maddie: Meet Maddie and The Chronicles of Nice Guy Maso (and there are coloring e book variations of each and every e book, too), which are named after her two kids.

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The Season 14 "friend" has two kids with her ex-partner, Ne-Yo.

Monyetta started courting Ne-Yo, who is understood for hits like "Closer," "Because of You," "Miss Independent," "So Sick," and "She Knows," in 2009.

In June of 2010, whilst speaking with Ebony, Ne-Yo confirmed that he was anticipating his first kid with Monyetta.

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Just a few months later, on Nov. 12, 2010, their first daughter together, Madilyn "Maddie" Grace Smith, arrived. Less than a yr after that, the two became parents for the second time when their son, Mason Evan Smith, was born on Oct. 9, 2011. The pair reportedly were given engaged in the same year that their son was once born as well.

After dwelling in combination, welcoming two youngsters, and getting engaged, Ne-Yo and Monyetta broke up in 2012. Ne-Yo has since married Crystal Renay Smith (née Williams), and they share three kids together as neatly.

Monyetta has additionally gotten married since she cut up up from the singer.

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Monyetta Shaw is now married to husband Heath Carter.

About a decade after she parted tactics from Ne-Yo, the truth celebrity and mother of two were given married to businessman Heath Carter at The Biltmore Ballrooms in Atlanta on Nov. 7, 2021.

Monyetta wore a blush robe for the development, and her now-husband wore a white tuxedo jacket with black pants.

Her pal Kandi was in attendance, as was once Kandi's husband Todd Tucker, and her former Xscape bandmate, Tiny Harris. Tiny's husband, T.I. went to the marriage, as did other stars like Nicole Murphy, Eudoxie, and Angela Simmons.

Once Heath and Monyetta wed, they formally blended their households in combination. Monyetta's two kids have been a big part of the nuptials, as was once Heath's daughter, GiGi.

You can see Monyetta on RHOA. New episodes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta air on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. You can also circulate the sequence on Peacock.

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