Jay-Z Finally Speaks On Why He Cheated On His Wife, Beyonce

The Grammy winner has never come out and said outright that he was unfaithful to Beyonce until he sat down with Dean Baquet from The New York Times on Wednesday for a very revealing chat. 

During the chat, he admitted that he had been unfaithful to his wife of nine years. He also said that therapy is what kept them from getting divorced.

The father-of-three said he has some scars from his past and it was those scars that led him to push away Beyonce. And that led to the cheating that she addressed in Lemonade.

He said: "You have to survive. So you go into survival mode, and when you go into survival mode, what happens? You shut down all emotions. So, even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect. ... In my case, like, it's deep. And then all the things happen from there: infidelity."

Revealing that the couple had initially planned to release a joint album together, Jay described making their respective albums ‘4:44’ and ‘Lemonade’ as “almost like a therapy session”. “We were sitting in the eye of that hurricane,” he said, 

“but the best place is right in the middle of the pain. And that’s where we were sitting. And it was uncomfortable. And we had a lot of conversations. [I was] really proud of the music she made, and she was really proud of the art I released. 

And, you know, at the end of the day we really have a healthy respect for one another’s craft. I think she’s amazing.” 

From nme