3 Things Apryl Jones Revealed About Taye Diggs, Omarion & Fizz

What She Said About Taye Diggs...

Since their breakup, a question I see frequently in comment sections when I see Apryl or Taye Diggs pop up on my feed is a variation of "why did y'all break up?" Carlos finally got us some insight by allowing the entertainer the space to "clear the air" about what happened with her and Taye. She revealed to the host about their relationship, "It was great. It was great. While it was great. And we had some good times. We laughed a lot."

She talked briefly about how their funny videos together came about and repeated the sentence, "We had fun." They were together for a little over a year and when asked why they didn't work out, Apryl said, "Why didn't it work out? I will say this about Taye and I. I think that-- I will say this truthfully, we were--we went to therapy because I think we spoke different--we had different communication styles, you know. So we did do therapy, which I think is healthy for all. That's partnership. And so we did. I think we tried. I think we-we tried to understand each other.

"I think sometimes it doesn't always pan out. I think sometimes you cannot--the communication can hit a roadblock. And I think that, that's kind of what happened. I think like I may have felt like I needed certain, you know, that he wasn't and then he and it was like, 'Well, I'm telling you.' And he's like, 'Well, I'm telling you.' And it's like, 'Okay well, can we understand?' And we just couldn't get there. And that's okay."

Apryl concluded things with a story about a semi-recent NYC run-in, sharing that he didn't recognize her initially and she had to walk up to him but that there was laughter, banter, and light and that it was "cute." "I think that sometimes that's how relationships are. Sometimes two people recognize that like it just doesn't go further than where it goes. And who's to say that something later on down the line couldn't revisit itself when folks grow up, right? But yeah, that's kind of what happened with us. But it was fun while it lasted."

What She Said About Omarion...

At the start of the interview, Apryl briefly touched on how she and Omarion initially met. "At the gym," she revealed to Carlos. They shared a trainer at the time who thought it'd be a good look to introduce them to each other since they both did music. Apryl talked of not thinking anything of it and looked at Omarion at the time as "cool people" and nothing more.

After they chopped it up a bit during a gym session, Apryl said moments after leaving, she got a text from Omarion who surprisingly had her number despite her not giving it to him personally. She was new to California and Omarion was intent on being someone she hit up if she ever needed anything. "We kinda connected a little bit of time afterwards. And when we hung out, we just used to dance together and talk about spiritual stuff, and yeah like, we were just friends first. For a while."

She admitted he was her favorite of the B2K members as a child, but that she wasn't starstruck when she met him. She was used to meeting people in the industry so she looked at him like a person and he was "nice" in a way that was real. Apryl even admitted they went on to become roommates before anything romantic between them flourished.

Though they were sometimes intimate, they slept in separate rooms, had "banter," and spent a lot of time together. "I think we just really took our time," she told Carlos. According to Apryl, "within a year and some change," their somewhat situationship evolved into something more.

They went on to welcome two children, Megaa and A'mei, which was partially documented during their time on the reality show Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood together. There's no bitterness when she spoke about why they ended. "Life," she stated simply. "I think that life happened." By the time they got pregnant with their second child, their daughter A'mei, Apryl theorized that Omarion might have just been in "a different space." "And I think when he went to Dubai, he had came home one day off a trip and he was just like, just kinda like need a break. And I was just like, 'Okay.'"

She said he wasn't happy "with certain women in his life" and believed he was "feeling a lot of pressure." "Omari takes care of his family," she said of his responsibilities, "I think, you know, it was at a point where he came home, he was just like, 'I just--this is too much for me.'" The fact that she was pregnant with their second child at the time of hearing that was hard for her too. Still, she tried to give him space for a month to give her some clarity about his why behind wanting a break but said he never did.

She came to her own realization after thinking about what she'd tell her daughter if she had come to her with a situation like that and since the answer would be to get TF out of dodge, she left, got an apartment, and moved out. Apryl was a little blindsided at the time and "didn't get it" but now she says she does understand. She had to make her own peace about what happened between them which has helped her move forward in a healthier way.

What She Said About Lil Fizz...

Perhaps one of the most controversial moments in Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood was when Apryl took her relationship with Omarion's bandmate and former "friend" (quotations because the status of them is apparently up for debate), Lil Fizz public. Back then, not only was their perceived code-breaking with the Apryl-Fizz-Omarion of it all, but there was also some bad blood created between Fizz's child's mother and their fellow castmate, Moniece Slaughter. Fans speculated if the entire ordeal was a get-back to Omarion.

But, in her true transparent fashion, Apryl addressed Carlos' inquiry of her past with Fizz when the question was raised during their interview. She started off by clarifying the timing of everything and said within a span of five years of no longer being with Omarion, a lot happened on a personal level that the audience and fans of B2K or fans of the show weren't privy to.

"At that time, me and Drew (Fizz) really did become good friends from the show, me coming back to the show, and I was dealing with so much at the time," she explained to Carlos, briefly noting court and legal matters transpiring. For that reason and perhaps some others, she expressed feelings of gratitude for Fizz and what he was for her at that time in her life. He was a friend who looked out for her and had her back when she felt like she didn't have anyone in her corner.

"Things were intimate between me and him, obviously. Clearly. But that was a life I was living. It wasn't anything trying to get back at O at the time. O was far gone," she shared. "You know, my real life was happening here. And as a woman who was vulnerable and who was going through a lot of things at the time, I just feel like he was there as someone that I trusted in that time of my life. I didn't feel or see anything wrong with it."

She continued, "Now, while I can understand the world's perspective, while I could see it stepping outside and what that looks like, I get it and I respect it. You know what I mean? We are now in what is it 2025 about to be 2026? You're talking about six years now has gone by. And there has been a lot of evolution within me, a lot of growth."

Most of all, looking back, she wouldn't change a thing.

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