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Mo'Nique is one celebrity mom who isn't afraid to take a different approach to her marriage. In a world where stories of affairs breaking up Hollywood couples make headlines more often than anyone would care to hear about, this mom of four is trying something new.
Opening up about her unique relationship with husband Sidney Hicks the actress told True Exclusives:
"I originate from this place called Africa and what I know of African kings — tell me about one of them that just had one wife. Do you know any of them? I don’t… So when we came [to America], we adopted other people’s ways and that’s called ownership. I don’t want to be owned anymore… We’re humans guys, that’s all."
When asked about reports she's given Sidney a "pass to cheat," Mo'Nique explained, "When you say ‘a pass to cheat,’ when you’re with your best friend and you say to your best friend, ‘I’m having these feelings about this person sexually and I want to share it with you.’ When you’re best friends, you can have those open and honest conversations."
"Often times people cheat because of something they’re not getting…All these people on the face of the earth, do you think my eyes won’t say ‘He’s fine!’ or 'She’s attractive’? And if you want to go further with it, let’s be honest enough to have those conversations. What is it about that person that you find you want to sleep with them? Because they may give you something that I’m simply not willing to do. And if that’s the case, how could I be mad? Because I’m not going to do it, should I deprive you of not having it?"
For the record, the mother of four sons didn't clearly state if Sidney has ever followed through with having any relationships outside their marriage.
In a statement I find a bit hard to argue with, Mo'Nique went on to say, "Honesty, that’s it. If you can’t tell the person you’re laying with every night how you truly feel, then you’re in a bad place."
If I'm being honest, I really like the way this couple is taking a look at things with an open mind and finding their own path rather than feeling bound by norms. I wish we all did this a little more regularly -- but that being said I do also wonder if she and Sidney are playing with fire. Perhaps he's used the "pass" and they're still just fine, but if he hasn't I wonder if she'll really be as comfortable with his having sex with someone else as she expects. I imagine the reality of it happening has the potential to feel different than one would anticipate.
I'm also rather curious to hear what their four sons think not only of their parent's apparent arrangement, but it being talked about in the press. Do you think the odds are the boys will follow the same open-minded path or go the traditional marriage route?
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More celebrity couples who are bucking tradition, this time by the husband taking his wife's last name:
Many thought Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes were siblings, but they actually married in 1996. Jack opted to take his bride's last name as his own, swapping Gillis for White.
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Meg and Jack White officially divorced in 2000. In 2005, the musician married Karen Elson, with whom he has daughter Scarlett and son Henry. Meg served as the maid of honor.
Jack and Karen announced their separation in 2011 by throwing "a positive swing bang humdinger."
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Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego secretly married in June 2013 in London. In her July 2015 cover interview with InStyle, Saldana revealed that, in a reversal of tradition, the Italian artist adopted her surname upon marriage. Thereafter, the actress became Zoe Saldana-Perego or Zoe Perego and Marco became Marco Perego-Saldana or Marco Saldana.
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The pair welcomed twin boys named Cy and Bowie in November 2014. They boys' last name is Perego-Saldana.
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When Carlos Peña wed Alex Vega in 2014, they opted to go halfsies on their new last name.
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Rather than hyphenate the stars added their names together, each adopting PeñaVega going forward. The actor and the Spy Kids actress have yet to share if they plan to start a family.
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Jay Mohr got incredibly creative for his second anniversary gift to wife Nikki Cox. As a present, he added her last name to his, becoming Jon (his birth name) Ferguson Cox Mohr.
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After marrying in 2006, the couple welcomed son Meredith Daniel Mohr in 2011. The comedian also has a son named Jackson, who was born during Jay's previous marriage.
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Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (pictured here with his daughter) also gets points in the creativity department -- choosing to mash up his last name with his wife's. Upon wedding Corina Raigosa in 1987, she and Antonio Villar "meshed" their names into "Villaraigosa."
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The couple filed for divorce in 2007, but both have continued to use their combined name. He is the father of four, the two youngest of which were born during his marriage to Corina.
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John Lennon added Yoko Ono's last name to his when they married in 1969. He said of the change, "Yoko changed her name for me, I've changed mine for her. One for both, both for each other. She has a ring, I have a ring. It gives us nine 'O's between us, which is good luck. Ten would not be good luck."
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His legal name when he died in 1980 was John Winston Ono Lennon, and hers is Yoko Ono Lennon. After suffering three miscarriages she gave birth their son Sean in 1975. John's firstborn child, son Julian, arrived in 1963 during his marriage to Cynthia Lennon.
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For his fifth marriage, Lorenzo Lamas decided to hyphenate. Upon marrying Shawna Craig in 2011 he changed his name to Lorenzo Lamas-Craig.
Wikipedia notes: This decision was motivated by the fact that his previous wife, Shauna, kept the surname Lamas, and is legally named Shauna Lamas, and Lamas' fifth wife, Shawna, whose given name is a homonym and almost identical to that of Shauna, did not wish to have a virtually identical full name.
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Shawna Craig gave birth to Lorenzo's grandson in 2015!
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The unique pregnancy came about after Shayne Lamas, who is Lorenzo's daughter (Shawna's step-daughter) suffered a near-fatal pregnancy loss in 2014. Shawna volunteered to be a surrogate for Shayne and her husband Nik...
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who legally changed his name from Hooman Abedi Karamian to Nik Lamas-Richie upon marrying. The couple are now parents to daughter Press and son Lyon.
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Jay-Z, whose birth name is Shawn Carter, bucked tradition by hyphenating his last name with Beyonce's when they married in 2008. Legally, he is now Shawn Knowles-Carter. A source told the Daily Star the couple wanted to keep "Knowles" because Beyonce's parents don't have any sons.
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The singer's legal name is now Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. Interestingly, their daughter's name is Blue Ivy Carter. She was born on January 7, 2012.
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