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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are undoubtedly relationship goals personified. They’ ve been together for over a decade, and in that time they’ ve allowed public honest access to both their highs and lows. Time and time again, John and Chrissy have proved themselves the image of a strong and enduring relationship. So, when BuzzFeed UK was offered the chance to sit down with John following his album and tour announcements, they couldn’ t miss the opportunity to present him with fans’ relationship questions and receive his unfettered advice on affairs of the heart. And he was just as honest and insightful as you’ d imagine. Q: How do you find the balance between being ambitious and supportive to each other? Is there any jealousy or competitiveness in your successes? – kaityblack1 John Legend: I love it when my wife is successful. I love with when she’ s doing something she’ s enjoying. We both want each other to succeed, and we want to be part of each other’ s successes as much as we can. Obviously our jobs intersect in a lot of ways that other people’ s may not. But either way, you should always want your partner to feel fulfilled and happy in what they’ re doing. And you shouldn’ t feel jealous if they’ re getting joy from something other than you, because it can make your relationship better. Q: How do you not get bored or tired of each other after years of being together? – sydneyh488789294 JL: I’ m lucky I’ m with a very exciting, dynamic woman. If she wasn’ t, I don’ t know how easy it would be. But I am with someone who’ s funny and clever, and we get to travel a lot and do a lot of exciting things. But I think you have to make some effort too – you can’ t just expect it to unfold that way. You need
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen
John Legend Gives Great Relationship Advice
to go on dates, you need to do things that make you remember why you fell in love with each other in the first place. Q: How did you deal with Chrissy’ s postpartum depression? – peppelini JL: It’ s tough. You see someone’ s mood decline and then stay in a darker place for a while and it’ s a challenge for you. You don’ t know if it’ s you, if it’ s something you did wrong, or what you can do to help. You have to understand the science of what happens to a woman’ s body after she delivers a baby – it’ s a common thing. And, if you do understand, you can speak to professionals and get through it. But if you don’ t understand, you’ re just like,“ Why is she mad at me for this?” or“ Why is she upset about that?” There’ s all kinds of symptoms that you might think are individual and aren’ t related to something else. But, when it comes down to it, they’ re all part of the same suite of things that are happening. If you don’ t deal with it as an overall issue, then you just think you have all of these little fires to put out. Once you understand they’ re all related to one another it’ s easier to deal with, because you know it’ s not all about you. You know it’ s not your fault, it’ s not your wife’ s fault – she didn’ t do anything wrong to make her feel this way, it’ s sometimes just how your body works. You just have to help each other, support each other, and you’ ll get through it. Q: Does“ busy” ever mean busy or does it always mean“ not interested”? – Holly Lynn, Facebook JL: If“ busy” happens for too long then it’ s“ not interested”. Because no matter how busy you are – even if you work a lot – you can make time to hang out with someone you really like. If someone is telling you they’ re busy, and it’ s happening for weeks on end, then they are probably not interested.
Q: How do you know when you’ ve found“ The One”? – sunbeamshow JL: There was a moment when I felt like I had definitely fallen in love with Chrissy, as opposed to being really attracted to her and liking being around her. It was a few months in and it just felt different. It felt more special than“ I’ m really attracted to this girl and I like hanging out.” It felt like it switched into something more serious, more thrilling, more passionate, and I felt the difference. Q: How would you get an emotionally distant partner to open up to you? – Francis David McGinley, Facebook JL: I think I’ m the emotionally distant partner – I’ m probably the wrong person to answer this question! [ laughs ] I think it helps that I’ m with someone who’ s very in touch with their emotions. She helps me not take myself too seriously. It’ s good when you have that match of partners where one has a characteristic that helps bring out something new in the other person. Q: Is it weird for girls to make the first move? – samanthat4db521630 JL: I don’ t think it’ s weird. First of all, gender roles are changing and evolving and I don’ t think we need to be bound by old-school chivalry. But I think sometimes you might have a crush on a guy who might be shy. He may be scared to make the first move, and if you give him a little nudge or a hint – or even just come out and say it – it might get things going in the right direction. Sometimes being honest and putting yourself out there is not a bad thing. Obviously every situation is different, and he might not be making a move because he’ s just not that interested. But if you think you both might be interested in each other, and he might be a little shy, then don’ t be afraid to say something.
( Courtesy BuzzFeed)
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Riri moves into high-security home
Residents of the Robert A. M. Stern-designed Century Tower in Century City have been catching frequent glimpses of high-profile neighbor Rihanna. According to several sources inside the building— among the most luxurious condo towers in L. A.— the pop star, who quietly purchased a unit several years ago, has begun using it as a primary residence.
The 42-story tower is famed for its 24-hour valet, a 75-foot pool with private cabanas, private elevators and three layers of anti-paparazzi security. Rihanna, 29, reportedly was forced to vacate her Pacific Palisades home after trespassers were spotted on the property.
The Century has been home to a number of other high-profile residents. Paula Abdul owns a unit there as does
Rihanna celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa. It is also home to Candy Spelling, who resides in an 18-thousand-square-foot, $ 35 million penthouse that— for the time being— still has bragging rights as the most expensive condo in L. A.
When tennis icon Serena Williams made her first public appearance since announcing her pregnancy it was in fine style. She and her fiancé, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian attended this year’ s Met Gala in New York City. For the occasion, Williams wore a jade green asymmetrical custom Atelier Versace design, along with XIV Karats emerald drop earrings and a studded spiky bracelet.