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To File Or Not To File? Keyshia Cole Explains Initial Hesitance To Officially Divorce Daniel Gibson

<p>Ms&period; <strong>Keyshia Cole<&sol;strong> is taking a moment to reflect on her failed marriage to former NBA star <strong>Daniel Gibson<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite ruthlessly <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thegrio&period;com&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05&sol;keyshia-cole-slams-husband-again-on-instagram-you-slept-with-a-woman-in-our-home-in-our-bed&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">blasting him<&sol;a> for supposedly cheating back in the day&comma; she says she hesitated to officially call it quits because of their child — though she eventually realized&comma; &&num;8220&semi;You just gotta choose you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keyshia-cole-daniel-booby-gibson-settle-divorce-both-agree-to-no-child-nor-spousal-support&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Keyshia Cole &amp&semi; Daniel &&num;8216&semi;Booby&&num;8217&semi; Gibson Settle Divorce&comma; Both Agree To No Child Nor Spousal Support<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Keyshia Cole Discusses Standing By Daniel Gibson &&num;8220&semi;Through All The Cheating&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;keyshia-cole-riff-love-hated-mistake&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8220&semi;Love&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> songstress dished on the subject during a sit-down with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;keyshia-cole-talks-divorcing-daniel-gibson-dating-exclusive-7553606" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While chatting about her and Gibson&&num;8217&semi;s 2014 split&comma; 2017 filing&comma; and eventual 2020 divorce finalization&comma; Cole explained that their son — Daniel &&num;8220&semi;DJ&&num;8221&semi; Gibson Jr&period; — is why she stuck around for as long as she did&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;That was a lot of the reason why I didn&&num;8217&semi;t get a divorce through all the cheating&period; Because it was like&comma; I just want to do it for my kid&comma; you know what I&&num;8217&semi;m saying&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Ultimately&comma; Keyshia Cole was fueled by thinking&comma;<strong><em> &&num;8220&semi;&&num;8216&semi;Can &lbrack;my son&rsqb; have two parents in the same home&quest;'&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regarding this desire&comma; Keyshia noted that she always dreamed of her parents being together while growing up&period; However&comma; while she tried to make it work for their child&comma; she eventually realized that she had to choose her own happiness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;At some point you just gotta choose you and choose to be healthy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CTd8nqkL1e6" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Keyshia &amp&semi; Her Co-Parenting Partners Are &&num;8220&semi;Just Making Lemonade&&num;8221&semi; As She Looks For Love<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As the artist continued&comma; she acknowledged how she and Daniel Gibson — as well as <strong>Niko Khale<&sol;strong>&comma; with whom she shares a three-year-old son — are &&num;8220&semi;just making lemonade&&num;8221&semi; out of their situations by doing the best they can&comma; which is &&num;8220&semi;really what it&&num;8217&semi;s all about&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Regardless if my kids don&&num;8217&semi;t have both parents I&&num;8217&semi;m trying to create that safe space of co-parenting&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s really what it&&num;8217&semi;s all about&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Keyshia added that while her co-parenting relationships have &&num;8220&semi;ups and downs&comma;&&num;8221&semi; they always make sure to put the kids first and &&num;8220&semi;work it out&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The kids are first in line&period; Sometimes we don&&num;8217&semi;t agree on things and when my kids hurt&comma; I hurt&period; So they just know Mama Bear is going to come&comma; so don&&num;8217&semi;t play&period; We work it out though&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Keyshia&&num;8217&semi;s love story isn&&num;8217&semi;t over just yet&excl; Regarding her romantic future&comma; Keyshia Cole notes that — while it&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;rough out here&&num;8221&semi; — she&&num;8217&semi;s still &&num;8220&semi;not giving up hope&period;&&num;8221&semi; In fact&comma; she thinks she just might have a boo waiting for her overseas&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;A couple of people have told me my husband is in Dubai and I need to go overseas&period; I said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Well bring him on&excl;&&num;8217&semi; I just gotta get over there&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1673487255275708416" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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