Iggy Azalea just had a super candid and emotional conversation with a podcast interview on “Dinner’s On Me” about being a single parent to her son, Onyx. She didn’t hold anything back to tell the listener the realities and trials she underwent, stating emphatically that she was, in fact, “very much the only parent” in Onyx’s life.
Azalea’s comments revealed absolutely no co-parenting at all by her ex-boyfriend, Playboi Carti. She expressed the frustrations and emotional toll this all has taken on their family dynamics. “It’s hard,” she confessed,
“because there is nobody else to share it with. It all falls on me.”
The Australian rapper has revealed that her relationship with Carti was tumultuous enough to make her decide to shut off direct contact with him. She did so mainly to safeguard Onyx from this instability in their relationship.
“I needed to create a safe and stable environment for my son,”
Azalea said.
“And that meant cutting off direct communication with his father.”
One of the more striking angles in Azalea’s tell-all was her public rebuke against Carti’s claims of providing for her financially. In various interviews Carti claimed to be taking care of Azalea financially. She denied this vehemently.
“I want to make it clear that I’ve always been financially independent,”
Azalea said.
“I pay for all of my own expenses and take care of my son by myself.”
On top of dealing with being a single mother, Azalea has expressed great passion for keeping Onyx off the limelight of social media. She made this decision because of the sour times internet trolls mocked her son over his clothes. Here she explained to the world that
“It breaks my heart to see people be so damn cruel.”
In a final sum-up, she said
“I’ve come to the realization Onyx goes on the ‘Gram when he’s 18. He deserves privacy and protection from that kind of ugliness”.
Azalea wants to protect her son from mean scrutiny, which at times goes with public life, by keeping his life off social media.
“He didn’t choose this life,”
she noted.
“And as his mother, it’s my job to protect him from the parts of it that can be harmful.”
Iggy Azalea has been very vocal about her single parenting experience—the surface of which goes a long way to uncover emotional and practical issues weighing her down. Hers is a story of bravery and grit while trying to satisfy all motherly duties by herself. That aside, Azalea has given up the towel but is focused on ensuring Onyx grows up enveloped in love and security.