All day yesterday, I was like “why do I know the name Columbus Short?” I was half-remembering those stories about him from a few years ago, when he got into a bar fight in LA and cold-cocked some dude and fled the scene of his crime. He also has a history of violence prior to the 2014 bar fight. By the end of 2014, he had left his role on Scandal, with Shonda Rhimes basically telling him to get his sh-t together. Oh, and he blamed some of it on cocaine abuse? My hazy memory was simply, “That guy is super-messy.”
Well, it got even messier for Columbus Short this week. According to Bossip, Short met Karrine Steffans late last year, as they were working on a movie together. Their relationship went from zero to MARRIED in a matter of like two months, and by January 2016, Karrine was confirming that Columbus was not just her boo, but her husband. Karrine is a famous “video vixen,” author, model and actress. So, by most accounts, Karrine and Short have only been together for like four months, tops. And he was already cheating. We know he was cheating because Karrine threw all of his sh-t out of the apartment, took photos of the sh-t, then started calling out his mistresses right and left. All on Instagram. First she posted this photo of Short calmly seated in a lobby with all of his crap spread out on the floor:
Karrine captioned this photo: “Somebody come get @officialcshort cheating ass and all his sh-t. What about you @aida006…still want him? And @candicernb…you f–ked my husband…want him?” The second woman being called out is Candice Boyd. After that, she posted a video of the damage with the caption: “You okay @officialcshort?” with her voiceover: “Nobody has anything to say. Nobody has anything to f–ing say. You feeling OK, you feelin’ okay?”
While I think it’s silly to jump into marriage to such a known d-bag (two violent assaults and a coke problem), I also think it’s sort of funny that she’s calling him out on social media. It’s like Waiting to Exhale 2.0. Where Angela Bassett’s character burned her husband’s sh-t in the front yard, Karrine simply tossed all of Columbus’s sh-t in the lobby (??) and FILMED IT HERSELF. I’m not saying I agree with this solution, but I’m saying that I don’t blame her or shade her.
Also, Columbus got on Twitter after Karrine posted those Instagrams. Here’s what he had to say:
Just want to say….that it's unfortunate that way things end up. I felt truly that a woman gave me a home and a place to get my mind right
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) March 29, 2016
And a place to maturate gifts that I wasn't able to foster, without stability. I love Karin and her brilliantly talented son. But toxicity
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) March 29, 2016
Of any kind isn't healthy for anyone. I've been working hard to bring you guys quality movies, music and art. And that's exactly what will
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) March 29, 2016
Continue to happen. How could you not love a woman who took you in a broken place and allow you to heal. I'm thankful for the journey and
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) March 29, 2016
It ain't the first time I've been homeless. But will definitely be the last!! When it's all said and done stand strong stand tall and
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) March 29, 2016
Most of all UNBROKEN……If I'm still standing you have no excuse! #MoreThanConquerers
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) March 29, 2016
This is also why you don’t marry your hookup of one month, btw.
Photos courtesy of Karrine’s Instagram.
Ha! I saw his name was trending yesterday, but I never looked for the reason. I figured it was something related to his legal issues.
No he has stepped up…
No cocaine, alcohol or domestic violence this time… just pure doggery.
Is this chick legally married to him ….
Good to know. Addiction is a disease and in the throes of it you really do become a different person.
No, she is not. He is still legally married to his last wife (the one he beat to a pulp and had a restraining order against him). Also, Karrine “marries” every man who trips into her bed.
He didn’t even spell her name correctly.
He was busy maturating gifts.
LOL!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/maturating
The ones he couldn’t foster had to maturate. Get with the program.
LMAO omg
Haha yeah his statement was ridiculous in every way.
And btw..”maturate” means to form pus.
Maturate gifts?! Is English his first language?
Apparently, it’s a word. But yeah, that had me laughing too.
I think he was attempting to say he was busy maturating his gifts, as in developing them, but that’s meeting him more than halfway. And it would still be a poor way of saying it.
Yeah, it’s a word (albeit an infrequently used one). It’s also not uncommon in African American Vernacular English to add -ate to infinitive verb forms, or to add it to -ing gerunds/verbs; for instance, “conversating” gets used frequently in AAVE, but not Standard American English.
Nah dude. Don’t put this on the AA culture. I’ve never heard anyone use maturate in my life. And conversate is real or a longstanding joke depending on who you encounter in the AA community.
I’m not “put[ting] it on” a culture. It’s also my culture, and I happen to study linguistics. I was just trying to offer an explanation.
Ok, didn’t mean it to be that serious. Guess it didn’t translate well.
Holy sh** a linguistics post here! Love it.
Yes. It is a word. Meaning to form pus. As in a boil.
At first I thought I read…um…well…’masturbate’…
At Cheeze-It they take time for their cheese to maturate?
New word of the day!
Maybe he meant “masticate”? Omg this is so damn funny I know it shouldn’t be but…….damn Karrinelol
So when I look up the word “maturate” the first defintion the pops up is a medical definition and it means to make pus. May apply here.
Yeah, “author”….superhead has quite the reputation herself. This whole situation was messy from the start, now its just silly
I read both of her books. And she has been with TONS of married men. (Shaq, Wyclef, Ice Tea, LL Cool J, Ja Rule, P Ditty, Bobie Brown ..just a few that come to mind) So isn’t she the pot calling the kettle black. Am I the only one who misses Columbus Short on Scandal? Hate the guy who took his place.
Haahahahaha. Both these people are insane but I take Karrines brand of craycray over Columbus any day. Shes mellowed out quite a lot if all she plans to do is tweet about throwing him out.
Wowzers now that’s drama.
So she’s yelling and throwing stuff and he’s sitting there charging his phone? Good grief.
Also, sounds like he married her to have a place to stay. Pathetic doesn’t begin to describe this whole thing.
She wasn’t even yelling. I can’t believe how calm they both were in the video.
Aren’t they both known cheaters, lol?
She was married before and stated that she left her marital bed at like 3am to go to Lil Wayne, spending days with him and her husband(s) would just have to accept that.
And I think he abused his ex-wife, I’d be scared as hell if I saw him THAT calm. Looks like he’s meditating his bad thoughts away.
Goodness this is so messy.
I was thinking the same thing, I’d be frightened.
Yeah, sitting silently like that is NOT a good sign. I guess nothing happened at the time, but if he’s discussing his love for her and playing the victim online, I have to wonder where/how/on whom he’s taking it all out.
My first interpretation was that he knew full well he was in the wrong and his guilt kept him calm enough to endure the outburst.
It could also be that he’d already argued so much that if he didn’t sit down and do something to chill, he would have snapped in the same manner that he did with his estranged wife.
Good on him for keeping it together at the end and respecting her on twitter.
She didnt cheat, she had an open marriage at the time. She has always been clear about her relationship Lil Wayne to the world, including telling her partners upfront that Lil Waynes phone call is priority number 1 for her. In fact, theres a Vlad TV interview in which she lays it out clearly and adds that she would personally never accept such an arrangement. The man in her life seemed to and that was on him (She was married to Eddie from Family Matters at the time).
This is what bugs me – if you want to sleep with people other than your marriage partner then don’t get married. Open marriages drive me NUTS!
I can’t imagine being married to someone who didn’t come first. An open marriage is one thing, but an open marriage where your spouse isn’t even the most important relationship to you? Odd.
Not everybody gets married for a monogamous sexual relationship though. To each her own.
The open marriage part is her business. Though some would call this karma for hooking up with men who definitely had wives/girlfriends of their own.
I get that not everyone wants or expects monogamy, but to me the emotional abandonment would be the worst. Like, you’re second best because if #1 calls the other person will literally drop everything to be at their beck and call. You don’t matter and you’re told so in no uncertain terms. That’s not even how decent people treat their friends.
I watched that VladTV interview and it was non-sensical. Having an open marriage or an open relationship is one thing. But your spouse or significant other should be your #1. That’s the part that really got me. No open relationship will work if the one your are supposed to be committed to is not your first priority.
No sexual exclusivity does not mean no loyalty or respect. To drop your husband for a sexual partner call and to make fun of it in public shows a lack of affection, respect and loyalty. What she describe is not open marriage, it’s emotional abuse.
Now that I think about it was probably more a polyamorous relationship than just an open one. She was basically married to her secondary relationship, which does happen in that world.
Also, if a man /woman knows they are not the primary relationship, knows that the entire world knows this too and still proposes marriage, that surely should not be viewed as abuse. The terms of the relationship were clearly laid out to you and as she said in that interview, “you always have the choice to leave”
@Naya – Yes, I assume polyamory would be more of the correct term. I’m just perplexed that either of them took the step towards the serious commitment of marriage, knowing there was someone outside the relationship who was deemed more important.
Also, she was so mad at Columbus Short, yet she is the “other woman” in the relationship between Lil Wayne and Christina Milian. I dislike that term, but Karrine has antagonized Christina on social media about her [Karrine] and Wayne’s relationship. That being said, I don’t have an ounce of respect for any of the people mentioned in this post. 😉
You are right, Karrine really trolled Christina. I dont think Karrine cares who he is with though, she just resented that Christina willingly walked into the “arrangement” and then proceeded to undermine it by making him cut Karrine out. Thats why she kept tweeting at Christina that he “belongs to the world”.
As it turns out Christina should have listened. Lil Wayne will never master monogamy and demanding that he cut Karrine out didnt stop him from from messing with groupies. Nor did it save their doomed relationship. All these people are messy messses.
Reminds me of a neighbor throwing all his girlfriends crappie out of here apt next to mine. I did the feel bad for either person, but enjoyed thevery show. I don’t feel bad for people who make their issues a spectacle. And I have no clue who is is or his drug problem bc if he has one she probably dabbles in the same crap.
When you decide to marry a dude you’ve only known for four months who has a past of violence & drug abuse, one of the things you are NOT going to have is a peaceful or a happy life.
isn’t he the one who cheated on his pregnant first wife with Britney Spears, too?
Exactly.
Chaine, I right away thought of Britney Spears when I saw his name – was he a dancer or choreographer at one point? Or I’m confusing him with someone else, but I think there was some story there.
He was a backup dancer on 1 of Britney’s tours.
this world is full of giant children who we call adults.
does anybody have any pride anymore?
any dignity?
is there a high road when people are like this?
behave like this into adulthood?
i’m talking both about the man and this woman.
they’re both idiots.
I agree. I completely understand the desire to do something like this, but to actually do it? I have too much pride and I hope, dignity. In the end, behaving badly doesn’t make me feel better, ever.
Some people’s high road is permanently under construction.
As for me I’m breathless with anticipation for Columbus’ quality movies and art that he’s been working so hard on to bring to the masses all while maturating gifts don’t you know.
Lol, so funny!
They’ve both been nuts for years now and we had already predicted it would end in disaster. Not one thing about this surprises me. Shocked to even see this story written here…
Looks like she went big and went home.
Another fun fact about Karrine Steffans she was married to Darius McCrary aka Eddie Winslow for a few years.
Yeah she was! She ended up accusing him of spousal abuse. She also dated Bill Maher. What a life she’s had!
And Vin Diesel!
“What a life she’s had!”
She should write a book…..oh wait.
I remember reading her book when it came out “Confessions of a Video Vixen” and thinking that she has some serious issues. I don’t want to play armchair psychologist but I came out of that thinking she has Borderline Personality Disorder. She LOVES the drama. There is no way she will ever be in a healthy relationship because she truly doesn’t like that. She will always be attracted to cheaters, abusers, etc. And I was also left with the impression that she relishes in the victim role because it gets her sympathy and also contributes to her “survivor” story. I’m not going to blame her for this man cheating on her because obviously that isn’t her fault. I just feel that both of them are broken people and she will always be in the news for these types of things because she likes toxicity. I don’t say this with judgment as I have in the past; as we say in the hood, “it is what it is.” I do hope she finds a person who respects her a little more than past men, at the very least.
And I have nothing to say about him because I don’t know who he is, which is why I’m focusing on her.
While I agree that she loves drama I don’t think that she’ll never find a healthy relationship or that she’s broken. If you’re willing to do the work, healing is available.
“If you’re willing to do the work, healing is available.”
Agreed. I don’t think she’s willing to do that, though…
Pure speculation on my part!
I sensed the BPD too. Aside from her relationship patterns, theres also a long line of mental illness and parental neglect in her family. I can see why intimacy and abandonement are so scary to her.
I really root for Karrine though. Most of those men she wrote about also name names in their rap lyrics and she has been the subject of many songs herself. Their outrage over her book was mind blowing hypocrisy, sexism and double standards. For her guts, I hope she can work through her issues.
Well, if these crazy kids can’t make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us…😝
Sometimes you just know, right?
SCORE!!! Karrine for the win! Go girl. Lol
I’ll say this much… Karrine always brings the great gossip.
They look like brother and sister in that top pic.
Karma for all the rappers and famous people she slept with not caring that they have wives, girlfriends, and families. She makes me sick because she was taking herself so seriously acting like she’s a great writer and artist and is done with being a groupie and kissing and telling, then she puts out more books.
Considering how many people she helped cheat on their significant others, I figured she’d shrug the cheating off and carry on.
Me too! Guess not lol
Wasn’t he Britney Spears backup dancer back in the 90s? And had an affair with her?
I love this!!! That’s balls lolllll. I love that she called out the women.
woof! I don’t really feel sorry for either of these “adults”