Now, though Will and Jada is likely to be the primary couple you consider in relation to an open marriage, Mo’Nique actually has a podcast known as Open Relationship along with her husband of 10 years, Sidney. This comes after her remarks in 2006 about being in an open relationship which led to relentless judgment and ignorant remarks on their marriage with out realizing the nuances of how they make it work. This appears to be the catalyst for why Mo’Nique and her husband began the podcast to not solely dive deeper into how they make their open marriage work but in addition how speaking one another’s emotions is important to preserving a wholesome relationship. Although, at first, there have been different companions sexually, it appears their perspective of an “open relationship” has advanced, telling Essence, “So, it’s not simply an open relationship from a sexual standpoint, it’s an open relationship when it comes to dialogue that you just’re having along with your partner, your mate, your sons, your daughters, your moms, your father, as a result of we all the time hear ‘be somebody essential’ or ‘be your self,’ however that’s solely when it is politically right — whenever you’ve fallen into the boundaries of what individuals count on you to be versus you being your self when it’s towards the preverbal norm, however what we discover is towards the norm is de facto the norm.”
