Shante Broadus on How She & Snoop Saved Their Marriage

Nearly five years ago, it was reported that Snoop Dogg wanted to divorce his wife of several years, Shante Broadus.

However, the two ultimately decided to stay together and for the first time Shante is speaking out on Snoop’s thought process and how he reneged on plans to divorce her.

Here’s an excerpt from her interview with Jamie Foster-Brown of Sister 2 Sister magazine:

Jamie: There was a tough a time for you all – and I think Snoop got lost – when you all were talking about the divorce. It was so much coming at him. And he even asked you what he should do.

Shante: Yeah [laughs] Girl, he didn’t know. You’re trying to leave me and you’re asking me what you should do? So he didn’t know, it was just a lot. And you know I understand. It’s hard for me and I’m just his wife. He’s actually the star.

Jamie: Why is it hard for you?

Shante: Because people look at me and think, “Ooh, she’s married to Snoop.: They think of me as some other person and I’m so not that person. It’s only people that don’t know me, of course. But I think it’s jealousy. That’s all I can think because I haven’t done anything to anybody but taking care of my kids and being a wife to my husband.

Jamie: But he had all those women around. He had that TV show. That was a lot of pressure. That’s a lot of pressure on most men.

Shante: It is pressure. I mean, these women, they’re out here trying to take something home. So they’re not playing.

Jamie: Does he discuss that with you? Like, “this happened to me or this woman tried to do that or say that”?

Shante: Well, if he is coming to me talking about it, he didn’t do or say nothing.

Jamie: How long have you been married?

Shante: 13 years as of June.

Jamie: So has the love light gone out or are we just used to one another now and just look at each other?

Shante: We’re used to one another. I mean, it sucks that his job requires him to be gone a lot, but I would prefer that than my husband here all the time broke and in my face. [laughter] So, it works out. We’re older now and I know that he’s not going anywhere, I’m not going anywhere. We’re here.