NIECY'S THREE-TIME CHARM
Niecy Nash dating history: Who are the comedian’s exes?
STAR actress Niecy Nash's personal life garners several headlines as fans look for more details on her romances.
Following Niecy's third marriage to singer Jessica Betts, the Don't Forget The Lyrics! host's relationship history came into speculation again.
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Who has Niecy Nash dated?
When she first broke onto the Hollywood scene, Niecy was already married to her first husband Don Nash.
The couple married in 1994, one year before her first credited role in Boys on the Side.
During their 13 years together they had three children.
Niecy and Don share their eldest son Dominic and two younger daughters, Donielle and Dia.
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The couple hit splitsville in 2007, but Niecy did not publicly reflect on her first marriage until her speech at the 2020 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Luncheon.
The actress spoke candidly about her divorce from Don : “My first marriage was to a pastor, and with that divorce, I lost my husband, my pastor, and my church, just like that.”
After her divorce, Niecy dated San Francisco 49ers tight end, Vernon Davis, in 2009.
Niecy then met her second husband, Jay Tucker, and the duo were engaged in 2010 and married in 2011.
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The couple was featured in Niecy Nash's Wedding Bash, a TLC reality show that followed the preparations for the wedding.
Jay announced their divorce in 2019 and the two released a statement through social media.
On Instagram, the former pair revealed: "In this season of our lives, we are better friends than partners in marriage."
"Our union was such a gorgeous ride. And as we go our separate ways now, we feel fortunate for the love we share — present tense."
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They further shared: "We believe in the beauty of truth. Always have."
"Thank you all out there for your support of us as a couple over the last eight years."
Just five months after her divorce with Jay was finalized, Nash revealed she married for the third time.
Having never made their relationship or sexual fluidity public, fans were shocked when Niecy announced that she married musician, Jessica Betts.
When did Niecy marry Jessica Betts?
Niecy and Jessica had been friends for four and a half years before their relationship became romantic.
On August 29, 2020, the actress and the singer officially tied the knot at their home in Venture, California.
The actress had never been with a woman before Jessica and the news shocked not just fans but her children too.
Niecy recalled her conversation with her youngest daughter: "My youngest daughter, she reminded me, she was like, 'Wait a minute mom, are you the same mom that was like girl, I'm strictly dickly?' And I was like, 'Wah, wah. Like yeah, but no.' "
But she has explained that gender is a moot point in her marriage but that Jessica has the "most beautiful soul I have ever met in my life."
While stopping by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Niecy discussed her sexuality.
She explained to Ellen and the audience: “A lot of people say that, like, ‘Oh, you came out!’ and I say, ‘Well, from out of where?’ You know what I mean?"
"I wasn’t anywhere to come out of. I wasn’t living a sexually repressed life when I was married to men, I just loved them when I loved them. And now I love her.”
Who is Jessica Betts?
Jessica is a musician and has worked with many big names including K. Michelle.
She list her musical influences with legends such as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, Kim Burrell, and Tracy Chapman.
In 2005, Jessica competed and won the first and only season of the reality competition series The Road to Stardom With Missy Elliott.
Just a few years later, Jessica was inducted into the showcase of BET Music Matters artists in 2011.
Then in 2018 Niecy and Jessica worked together when she appeared in an episode of Claws, as the character Nadege.
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Niecy posted a video of the two jamming on set, while she was in costume wearing a wedding dress.
The two had no idea at the time that Niecy would be dressed in a wedding gown for their own ceremony just two years later.
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