The couple that caused widespread bi panic after starring in the Flashdance -themed music video for Kanye West’s 2016 song “Fade” is splitting up for good. A judge has ordered Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert to submit their divorce settlement in writing by noon on June 27, according to documents obtained by TMZ. It appears the judge wants to end the back-and-forth between Taylor and Shumpert over issues like their parenting plan and child-support addendum.
If the pair don’t come to an agreement by the deadline, the judge has promised to remove the case from her docket, meaning they’ll have to start the process all over again. The news comes after a protracted divorce proceeding that was first filed in January 2023 and kept hidden from the public until late last year. Here’s everything you need to know.
Taylor secretly filed to divorce former basketball player Shumpert in January 2023 citing his “cruel treatment.” She managed to keep the filing under wraps for a full ten months before reporters caught wind of the divorce in November of last year. Taylor announced their separation in September.
In the court documents, Taylor alleges their marriage crumbled because Shumpert was jealous of her fame, grew insecure when photographers requested him to step out of the frame for pictures of her, and felt like he wasn’t good enough for her. Eventually, Shumpert began “treating her cruelly and displaying extreme narcissistic behavior throughout the majority of their .