Yesterday we reported on Keshia Knight Pulliam’s interview with Entertainment Tonight. Keshia, who is pregnant, was telling her side of the story in an acrimonious divorce from her husband of seven months, former NFL player Ed Hartwell. Ed filed for divorce from Keshia recently after breaking up with her via text message. He told the press that he wanted a paternity test and that the pregnancy came at a “dark place” in their relationship. Keshia let ET know that she had been faithful, that it was Ed who had cheated on her and that she had divorce papers drawn up earlier but Ed had begged her for another chance. She was genuinely upset and hurt, but kept emphasizing that her unborn daughter was her priority and that she would move on from this.

Now Ed has granted an interview to Page Six, and he talked around the issue of whether he had first cheated on Keshia, emphasizing that she had plenty of opportunity to cheat and that’s why he wants a DNA test.

Was [Keshia] being authentic in her interview [with ET]?
I think she stretched. She can tell a half truth to make it seem like she’s – I don’t want to say a victim, but to [make it seem like] she’s right. The thing is, I’m going to tell… the whole truth.

She wanted a baby really really fast. What I was trying to explain to her was from my beliefs… especially since we didn’t actually have a long courtship, that we should actually… focus on each other and not just have a baby.

Why did you want her to take a paternity test? Did you feel she was unfaithful?
During that time period she was asking ‘If you don’t want a baby can I adopt? If you don’t want a baby can I do invitro? Can I freeze my eggs, can you freeze your sperm so we can make sure?’ She was adamant, that’s one of the reasons we stopped having sex.

She wants what she wants, I want what I want: she wants a baby, I want to find love and happiness. But at the end of the day, I think if things don’t add up, I think it’s fair for me… I do want a test.

Keshia says she’s never been unfaithful. Is she lying?
Like I said she’s stayed out, she’s not came home, she’s went out-of-town… texted three days, I don’t know what’s going on. I could say that, but I can’t say she’s been unfaithful. Honestly I just to make sure that it is mine. I’m not saying that she’s a bad person. I didn’t want to make this all public. This is my first time coming into the media… If it’s mine I’m going to love it to death.

[From video on Page Six]

Give me a break. If this guy was faithful he would have denied cheating. Instead he called it a “half truth,” like “I slept with this other woman during the few months I was married but I don’t know how my wife found out about it.” Ed also said he told Keshia in February that he wasn’t sure he loved her and that he said to her “we messed up.” Also, his claims about not wanting to make this public are laughable.

Some of you mentioned in yesterday’s comments that Ed was said to be engaged to another woman when he first met Keshia. Ed told Page Six that he learned his ex, whom he was with for four years (not his ex wife, Lisa Wu from RHOA, he divorced her in 2011) suffered a miscarriage, and that made him worry about her. He explained that Keshia “wasn’t mad that I still cared about [my ex]. All she was a mad about was, ‘You don’t want to have a baby, but you’re mad about her baby.” Also, Keshia said in yesterday’s ET interview that she wouldn’t be anyone’s side chick. It sounds like she’s referring to this situation, where she may have been the side chick at first.

Last night ET aired more from their interview with Keshia. She said she had “no desire to continue to be married” to Ed and kept emphasizing how she wanted to set a good example for her daughter. Keshia said “This is her first lesson in womanhood.” I’ve never known anyone to talk about their unborn child like they’re already here and are old enough to understand adult concepts, it’s bizarre. At least she’s thinking ahead to how this will affect her daughter someday, that’s more than most people do. Keshia has filed her own divorce papers. They have no prenup and she’s reportedly worth $12 million(!). Keshia also discussed her nine year-old stepson, Ed’s son from his marriage to Lisa Wu, and how she’s upset he won’t have a chance to get to know the baby.

In the video intro to Ed’s interview on Page Six’s site they mentioned that Keshia is going to have a “guess the paternity” shower, which doesn’t jibe with the way she’s been handling this in the press. They probably got that information from Ed.

photos credit Getty Images and screenshots from PageSix and Entertainment Tonight