Akon has claimed that men are not naturally
wired to be committed to one romantic partner.
In a recent chat with
The Shade Room, the Senegalese-American singer said men are naturally inclined
to have multiple partners and are not designed to remain committed to one
woman.
“Men aren’t committed. We’re not built to be committed,” he
said.
“We’re natural breeders by nature, right? Okay. We populate
because that’s how God created us. So we can’t be committed to one, two, three.
That’s not ours; we’re not wired to be committed.”
The five-time Grammy-nominated artiste, however,
distinguished commitment and what he described as “faithfulness”.
He argued that a man could remain emotionally loyal to his
partner despite being involved with other women.
“But faithfulness is something totally different. I could be
with a chick and be with her forever through all the problems. No matter what,
I can find the baddest chick alive and have my main chick, and I’m just using
this as an example,” he said.
“I could be in a hotel, and she busts down the door, and I’m
knee-deep in there, and I’m going to jump off and be like, ‘ Babe, I don’t even
know her.’ She’s out of here. Like, I wouldn’t even know her. She means nothing
to me because this is what I’m faithful to.
“But just hear me out. How many men do you know who will
fight for that one because of the mistake they made with something that didn’t
matter to them? That’s faithfulness. That’s creating that energy to fight for
it. Now commitment, we are guilty. We’re not committed. We’ll be with multiple
women.
“That’s just who we are. We can’t; that’s nature. Nature
created that. We didn’t create that. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a coincidence
that every single woman on this planet, if they have a problem with their
spouse, it’s over another woman. Think about it.”
In September 2025, Tomeka Thiam, Akon’s wife, filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage.
She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. The union
only produced one daughter: a 17-year-old girl named Journey.
The 52-year-old musician, whose real name is Aliaune Badara
Thiam, has been publicly open about his belief in polygamy.
In a 2022 interview on The Zeze Mills Show, Akon confirmed
he is the father of nine children.
While reports and allegations from women linked to him,
including Rozina Negusei, Amirror, and Tricia Ann Thiam, suggest he has
multiple wives.
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