Michelle Williams and her fiancé, Chad Johnson, are calling it quits. The Oprah Winfrey Network reality stars announced their split on Instagram Friday morning.
“I still remain fearless. I still remain single! Things didn’t work out! The healing that needs to take place is a must! I don’t want to destroy another relationship. Blessings to him, his family, and his ministry,” the singer revealed in a post on Instagram.
Williams who is one-third of the Grammy award winning trio Destiny’s Child, was scrutinized by fans after the couple went through a lover’s quarrel on “Chad Loves Michelle,” a docuseries that chronicled the couples journey to marriage.
During a press trip for the show, the couple sat down with the A-Scene's Francesca Amiker to discuss their love story, plans for the future, and the marriage advice Michelle received from her Destiny's Child band mates.
WILLIAMS: Well I didn’t think reality TV per se, which of course technically that’s what it is. I thought lets have the cameras roll on a real pre-marital counseling session because so many people we know or so many people that follow us have said me and my husband never did pre-marital counseling. And I’m like, how? I just don’t think we can be successful without all the tools and pre-marital counseling brings up all the topics you need to talk about now.
Johnson was criticized for asking Michelle, "if she took her meds" during a heated counseling session that appeared on the show.
AMIKER: So in this recent episode, it really got heated. You guys have been doing press and of course, you’re talking about it. A lot of people went after Chad when he went after your mental health, and you did come to his defense but why do you think it is important for you to say the thing about the mental health, "did you take your meds?"
JOHNSON: Well it wasn’t important in the moment. That episode is interesting because it captures just a portion of our counseling session and so, that specific episode was on communication, and we were talking about how we communicate, the different nuances that we’re learning to understand one another through. And that was one thing that we failed at and we decided to show our failure, and in showing our failure, the world decided to make a story of it.
WILLIAMS: Take it and run with it! And then the crazy thing is. Yes, he asked me did I take my meds. But in that same episode, if you watched the episode, he says 'I apologize, I should have never said that.' But people don’t even know what I was saying in that same disagreement, argument, whatever you want to call it. So, don’t come after Chad. Please don’t do that. I haven’t either in my communication with him. He said it one time. He’s never said anything crazy like that. So, you know, things happen. I just want people at home to search your communication with your parents, with your significant other, with how you treat people at work. I feel like while you’re running your mouth about what Chad said, make sure your communication is crystal clear and perfect too.
In the wake of the breakup, Johnson has not responded to the news publicly. However, Williams is back to hit-making with a new single, "Fearless."