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Omarion Talks About Meeting Apryl Jones’ Boyfriend Taye Diggs For The First Time: ‘It Was Cool’

<amp-jwplayer data-media-id&equals;"doYe0Xun" data-player-id&equals;"AHLj8qWB" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"16" height&equals;"9" class&equals;"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-media-component i-amphtml-video-interface i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" i-amphtml-layout&equals;"responsive"><iframe width&equals;"640px" height&equals;"360px" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;content&period;jwplatform&period;com&sol;players&sol;"doYe0Xun"-AHLj8qWB&period;html&quest;isAMP&equals;true" class&equals;"i-amphtml-fill-content" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"overflow&colon; hidden&semi;"><&sol;iframe><&sol;amp-jwplayer><amp-analytics type&equals;"googleanalytics" data-credentials&equals;"include">&NewLine; <script type&equals;"application&sol;json">&NewLine; &lbrace;&NewLine; "vars"&colon; &lbrace;&NewLine; "account"&colon; "UA-51932734-1"&NewLine; &rcub;&comma;&NewLine; "triggers"&colon; 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Plus&comma; why does Omarion not allow anyone in his dressing room- even his own mom&quest; Find out here…'&sol;>&NewLine;<meta &equals;'thumbnailUrl' content&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;IMG&lowbar;6997-scaled&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;768'&sol;>&NewLine;<meta &equals;'uploadDate' content&equals;'2023-03-29T08&colon;04&colon;43-07&colon;00'&sol;>&NewLine;<meta &equals;'contentUrl' content&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;jwplayer&period;com&sol;v2&sol;media&sol;doYe0Xun'&sol;>&NewLine;<div id&equals;'jwppp-video-1175671' class&equals;'jwplayer'>Loading the player&period;&period;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<script type&equals;'text&sol;javascript'>&NewLine;var playerInstance&lowbar;1175671 &equals; jwplayer&lpar; "jwppp-video-1175671" &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;playerInstance&lowbar;1175671&period;setup&lpar;&lbrace;&NewLine;playlist&colon; "https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;jwplayer&period;com&sol;v2&sol;media&sol;doYe0Xun"&comma;&NewLine;&rcub;&rpar;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div><p><strong>Omarion<&sol;strong> and <strong>Taye Diggs <&sol;strong>have finally met&excl; In August&comma; the singer told The Shade Room he hadn&&num;8217&semi;t met the actor&comma; who began dating his children&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; <strong>Apryl Jones<&sol;strong>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;taye-diggs-and-apryl-jones-seemingly-confirm-their-relationship-with-first-red-carpet-appearance&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">in early 2022<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Omarion claimed he didn&&num;8217&semi;t have &&num;8220&semi;any ill feelings&&num;8221&semi; toward the couple at the time&comma; given that he&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;moved on&period;&&num;8221&semi; And it seems like that stance has remained after recently <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;exclusive-details-apryl-jones-shuts-down-breakup-rumors-with-taye-diggs&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">meeting Diggs<&sol;a> at a school event for the singer&&num;8217&semi;s son&period; Apryl and Omarion share two kids&comma; <strong>Megaa<&sol;strong> and <strong>A&&num;8217&semi;mei<&sol;strong>&period;<&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;heres-seven-times-taye-diggs-and-apryl-jones-served-all-the-honeymoon-phase-feels&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Here&&num;8217&semi;s Seven Times Taye Diggs And Apryl Jones Served All The Honeymoon Phase Feels<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Omarion revealed details about the link-up during <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;na8rl35A5Gg&amp&semi;t&equals;717s" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">an interview<&sol;a> on <em>Sway In The Morning&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I just met him for the first time&comma; and he seems like a cool dude&comma;&&num;8221&semi; O said&period; &&num;8220&semi;And he had kids of his own&comma; so you know&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s an older man&comma; so you know&comma; I only expect&comma; you know&comma; good things from him&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Omarion also gave a rendition of the conversation&comma; which you can view below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CqW-R&lowbar;KtE1Y" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Omarion also discussed having a blended family and the conversations that may follow&&num;8211&semi;including with the kids or a new partner in your former partner&&num;8217&semi;s life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;For me&comma; showing up as a man for my kids means &comma; you know&comma; we got to have some tough conversations sometimes&comma; and I don&&num;8217&semi;t think it&&num;8217&semi;s nothing wrong with that&period; I think as long as&comma; you know&comma; respect is overstood and apprecaited within the scope of the blended family then I think you could virtually get through anything&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Omarion Says Co-Parenting Relationship With Apryl Jones Has Improved<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Before diving into how he met Taye&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;omarion-dr-phil&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Omarion also<&sol;a> briefly discussed their split&period; Sway asked the singer if he felt the need to apologize to Jones for distancing himself from their former relationship&period; Omarion responded yes&comma; before explaining how their opposing views of love at the time contributed to their end&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;&&num;8230&semi;We were both in different place at the time in our life&period; It was just kind of like damn&comma; we got to chalk that up to being teachers in each other&&num;8217&semi;s lives rather than&comma; you know&comma; meant to be together for the rest of our lives&&num;8211&semi;even though in an aspect we will because&comma; you know&comma; my kids&period; They have all kinds of things that they have to do for school that we both show up&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CQWV9-ThTi2" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In August&comma; Omarion also <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;exclusive-omarion-talks-co-parenting-with-apryl-jones-7-years-after-split-were-still-in-a-transformative-state&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;9ozdvj&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTE1MjU2MzY1NS4xNjgwMDk3NjYz&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDA5NzY2Mi4xLjEuMTY4MDA5NzY3MS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">told The Shade Room<&sol;a> that his relationship with Apryl was in a &&num;8220&semi;transformative state&period;&&num;8221&semi; In the years since their 2015 split&comma; Jones and Omarion maintained a strained relationship&&num;8211&semi;from Apryl&&num;8217&semi;s former romance with B2K group member<strong> Lil Fizz<&sol;strong> to her allegations that Omarion keeps her in court&period; But now&comma; the singer says things between them have improved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I will say we have been moving towards a better relationship at this particular point in time&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Omarion said&period; &&num;8220&semi;For the kids&excl; It&&num;8217&semi;s all good&comma; it was just something that we went through&period; With all respects to you know people feeling complete in their life&comma; like everybody from my past that I may have had a challenge or adverse thigns with like I wish them well&period; You know&comma; I mean I want them to be happy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"na8rl35A5Gg" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And happy Apryl seems to be&excl; 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