Mary J. Bligeis speaking candidly about turning the big 5-0.
Whileappearing virtuallyas a guest onThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowTuesday, the 50-year-old singer opened up about her milestone birthday.
“I’ve been through hell in my life and to make it to 50, it was just beautiful,” she added. “Family and friends were around, it was just beautiful.”
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Donning a gold snakeskin halter bikini for the series of photographs, Blige accessorized her high-shine look with a pair of tinted sunglasses and an array of gold jewelry. The Grammy award-winning singer also showed off her toned physique and blonde braids in the two pics.
“Tough love is the therapy! #MaryJFly,” Blige caption the pic as she struck a pose in herfirst photograph, adding “#WhereTheMoneyReside” in the caption of herfollow-up post.
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Later during herElleninterview, Blige also opened up about listening to her past work for the first time amid the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.
“Well, I really didn’t like to listen to even the sound of my speaking voice, let alone, listen back to Mary. J Blige,” the “Family Affair” crooner explained to DeGeneres, 63. “But I’ve grown so much.”
“During the quarantine, I don’t know. Something just said listen to some Mary J. Blige and I did,” she continued. “I felt like an outside person doing it.”
The artist went on to explain how listening to her old music turned out to be therapeutic, helping her through the quarantine times.
" … As I was listening, what blew me away was so many of the lyrics was helping me now, during quarantine and in my life," Blige said. “And what I couldn’t understand was how could somebody so messed up — that was drinking and on drugs and just a crazy, young person — write those lyrics that can help me through everything that I’m going through right now? It was like listening to another person.”
source: people.com
