John Legend says he was ‘dishonest ‘ in his past relationships and had a history of being unfaithful to his partners… before he met Chrissy Teigen in 2007
John Legend says he was ‘dishonest and selfish’ in his past relationships.
The All Of Me hitmaker has been happily married to Chrissy Teigen since 2013 after meeting in 2007, but has admitted prior to meeting the model, he had ‘a history’ with being unfaithful to his partners.
‘I did have a history with it, especially in my 20s,’ said the 41-year-old crooner. ‘I think what happened for me, you go through a lot of your life in your teens and I was younger than everybody in high school and college, and so I just didn’t get a lot of girls. When I started to get that attention, I loved it.’
All of him: John Legend was seen this week on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast
She changed this man: When the crooner met Chrissy Teigen, he knew he wanted to stop the bad behavior of his past; seen in 2008
John added: ‘I escaped “technically cheating” by keeping my relationship ill-defined. But it was really cheating. I definitely was dishonest and selfish.’
In the past he dated Jessica White in 2005, and in 2006 he was linked to Wafah Dufour, Danielle Abreu and Tayo Otiti.
He did not specify if he cheated on any of those women.
It was a big effort: Legend told Dax that he used to keep his relationships ‘ill-defined’
In 2007 he met Chrissy on his music video for Stereo during which she played his love interest.
She has said after the video wrapped, they went back to his hotel room and got romantic over In-N-Out burgers.
John eventually realized he was ‘happier being in love with one person’, and settled down with his now-wife Chrissy, with whom he has daughter Luna, four, and son Miles, two.
He added: ‘At a certain point, you just realize you’re happier being honest. You’re happier being faithful and being in love with one person.
‘At a certain point, I just decided that person was Chrissy. I decided I wasn’t gonna mess with somebody else anymore.’
His ex: In the past he dated Jessica White in 2005; he has not said if he cheated on her. Seen in 2005 at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami, Florida
Another love: And the chart-topper also was linked to Wafah Dufour; seen in NYC in 2006
Another cutie: He reportedly dated Tayo Otiti (in the coral dress). Also seen here is Olanrewaju Otiti in Miami
And although Chrissy was the one to stop John from being unfaithful, he admitted the couple were ‘both seeing other people’ when they met and fell in love.
Speaking to Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast, John said: ‘We were both seeing other people at the time. There was kind of a looseness at the very beginning but we fell in love not long after that.
‘It’s so much easier, your whole life is lighter. Your mind is freer, everything is better.
‘Chrissy has 12 million Twitter followers. If I were to do anything, it would be career suicide. It would be terrible.’
Still very much in love: John and Chrissy seem on vacation this summer; they have been together for 13 years
Their little ones: Together the power couple have son Miles and daughter Luna