Celibate celebrities?!?
We often hear about celebrities’ careers, relationships, and high-profile marriages. But hearing about their personal lives is something we don’t see too frequently. Many celebs have taken the celibate route for various reasons, whether it’s for inner peace, faith, or career purposes.
Let’s look at the 7 Surprising celebs who uncommonly chose celibacy.
7 Surprising Celebrities That Uncommonly Chose Celibacy
Omarion
On “Know Thyself” podcast”, Omarion discussed his experience being celibate for 3 years.
“That was an interesting time. I kinda took it on as a challenge. When I decided to become celibate, it was because I was really just searching for something more for myself. At the time, I was practicing Christianity. I was really studying my Bible and ultimately it wasn’t for me, but it allowed me to kinda step out of this world and have the responsibility of being a sex symbol and a young adult.”
R&B Singer Omarion continued to say people were like…
“Oh, he’s young. He’s on top of the world he just put out his #1 album”. It’s more to life than that. In hindsight, in was preparing me for my contribution to music.”
Mya
“Just doing without, it shifted my mindset,” Mýa explained. “It was no longer a focus. The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to … have kids or procreate … I have to start with self [love] always, versus expecting from other sources.”
For her, she said,
“celibacy is a very spiritual thing. And you must be very selective if you want better results. That self-accountability started with me by shutting that part of my life off.”
GloRilla
TGIF Rapper opened up in January 2024 to practice celibacy for 90 days. At the time, the task however wasn’t proving easy.
“I’m on da 9th day & my vision blurry af !!!!! Send help,” she added at the time. She posted to X on Nov. 10 to declare herself “single & celibate.“
“I’m Single & Celibate until God sends me my husband”.
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50Cent
In January 2024, 50 Cent declared his intention to choose celibacy was to focus only on his career success at the expense of all other areas of his life, including romantic ones.
“My new idea is so big, I don’t have time to be distracted I’m practicing abstinence,” he wrote on Instagram. “I have been meditating and focusing on my goals.”
Tamera Mowry-Housely
Sister, Sister” star and former cohost of “The Real” Tamera Mowry-Housely told the world nearly 11 years ago that she didn’t lose her virginity until she was 29.
Due to her religious upbringing, she felt guilty and decided to remain celibate until she married her now husband, Adam Housely back in 2011.
Redman
Redman, another celibate celebrity, is the latest star to open up about his time being celibate, saying his two-year celibacy journey has been “the best thing” he could’ve done for himself.
“My girl and I broke up maybe three, four years ago. I was going through such a sh*t divorce that played a role in why it took so long to drop Muddy Waters [Too]. I had so much on my plate,” he shared.
“I actually fasted for two and a half years—no f**king, no smoking. It was the best thing I could have done in my life,” he expressed. “It cleared out so much distraction. My reception is much clearer now. Having no sex is nothing to me now because it was all feeding the flesh.”
Actress Tiffany Haddish
Tiffany Haddish appeared on Jay Shetty’s podcast in May 2024, she confirmed that she had been practicing celibacy since the previous October.
“Does kissing count?” Haddish responded. “I’m not being penetrated, that’s for sure. No penetration … I just feel like, dang, I am the prize and these dudes gotta qualify. When I think about my track record of like who I lay down with it, it takes like a year or so for me to even warm up … I’ll go on free dinner dates, I mean, not free dinner dates, but like, yeah, it’s free for me. But it do cost me money to get, you know, cute and stuff and the gas in the car.”
On a serious note, though, she added,
“I think when you lay down with somebody, you are sharing your soul. You are sharing a piece of yourself, you’re giving a little piece of yourself up. I only got so much soul left and I don’t wanna necessarily just give it over to anybody.”
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