There has been no shortage of words between Chris Brown and mother of his adorable daughter Royalty, Nia Guzman. They went back and forth on Instagram yesterday and she recently opened up in an exclusive interview.
Nia Guzman had an exclusive interview and opened up about father of her child and R&B superstar Chris Brown, their adorable daughter Royalty, and more.
It’s tough to co-parent in any situation, but it’s got to be a billion times harder your child’s father is someone in the public eye. What has it been like for you over the past two years co-parenting with someone like Chris Brown?
“Well, the world didn’t find out about her until a year ago. He always knew about her, he just wasn’t ready to deal with the situation. But, it’s been quite the experience. I can’t say anything positive about it… at all. Nothing positive.”
Like you said, we didn’t know about Royalty until she was a year old. Why did you choose to keep that news private?
“It was just on both parts. I knew what the outcome was going to be once it came out. I was very fearful for… everything that’s going on now. I know that he’s young, he’s wild, and he has the bad boy persona, and I just knew that it just wasn’t going to be the best situation. And if I could have still kept it quiet until now, I would have.”
Royalty’s very young. How do you shield her from all of this now, and what are your plans in the future as she grows older?
“I want to keep her as normal as possible on my end. I’m not a millionaire like daddy, so of course it is going to be regular on my side. It’s just going to take a lot of talking and just getting her to know right from right and wrong from wrong, and not be some spoiled little rich kid out here just thinking that the world is hers and she can do whatever she wants. I don’t want her to self-destruct. I want her to be raised normal.”
This week, there was a lot of talk about the photo of Royalty in her ballet outfit. Did you think that was going to be as huge as it was, and why did you think it was important to respond to Chris?
“I mean the fact that I had just spoken with him. He had already seen a video of her on her way to ballet class. To make that remark online, was totally insane to me. Because I have a phone. I have a phone, and I tried over and over and over to co-parent, to try and get this right. It went global! The picture’s everywhere! I personally saw nothing wrong with it. She always dresses like that to dance class. It was a cute picture, she had just finished dance, she was pouting. It was a funny moment, and she was leaned back looking at me because she was totally pissed off, because it was time to go. She was done with the class, but she didn’t want to leave. She just wanted to sit there. So, that’s the moment that I captured and it was funny to me! I don’t sexualize a toddler, or think of my children in any way like that. So for the backlash of that… I didn’t understand it.”
Did you speak with Chris after that comment?
“No. After that comment, I don’t think there’s going to be anything good in talking, so we just don’t. When it’s that far, it’s just rather nobody talks because me and him are both firecrackers, and then nobody gets anything accomplished but yelling. And it’s just a place that I don’t want to be.”
In addition to the photo going viral, there was news about the court battle about limiting the amount of days Chris is allowed to see Royalty. Does that mean you’re worried about her safety when she’s with him?
“No. That’s the false story. I didn’t go back to court to limit his time, at all. That’s never what I wanted. What’s in place right now, his days that he gets her, was agreed upon. I agreed to that. That’s what I wanted for him. It wasn’t court ordered or anything like that, all the way from the first agreement. It was agreed. And so this time around, all I wanted was a set nanny in place, that’s all I was wanting. I never wanted to limit his time or take any of his time from him. I totally want him to be hands on with her, and be a father, and try and get it more focused, and leave all the other bullsh-t that he has going on, alone.”
Do you feel like he’s too young and irresponsible to watch her alone?
“It’s pretty common sense. He knows. He knows he cannot do it on his own. She’s only two, and she’s a lot of work. I just wanted a nanny in place when she was with him, and it be agreed upon. It’s not like I was just going to throw anybody in there, it was something that we would agree, and this was what it was going to be, and then we go forth.”
So what was his issue with that? That sounds completely logical.
“I don’t really know what the issue is with that. I could throw around all kinds of speculations, I could totally bash the situation. I’m not going to do that. I won’t do that. Everything that’s put out there, I don’t even have to explain it.”
People have so many misconceptions about you, and they just throw you into this stereotype. What’s the most untrue thing you’ve ever heard about yourself?
“Gold-digging. I think this whole money issue too has been out of control. This number that people are stuck on, this $15K, this $16K… that is something that is legally calculated, from dad’s income. So, it’s not even a set number. I just want to have Royalty in a safer home. I would want it to be not leave to dad, and not be in a mansion, and huge playrooms and backyards and TV rooms, and then she comes home with me and you know, she’s in a small apartment. I just want to keep her balanced. He feels like she should have everything when she’s with him, and limited when she’s with me. And I don’t think that is ok, at all.”
Obviously there was a time when things were OK. What drew you to Chris, and what ultimately drew you apart?
“We had mutual acquaintances, that’s how we met, probably a good five or six years ago. And it was always just a friendship, and it was just nothing more, nothing less. It was just a friendship. And not until the custody issues were raised, that’s when we stopped talking and negativity started. But in the beginning of all this, it was all love. We both went through breakups, we both dealt with them, we both checked on each other throughout everything going on. And then to be here now is just really… is just really crazy, and it’s really hurtful. I don’t know how to get back to the way we were, until time can heal that.”
Even though there’s a lot surrounding Chris, he seems to be very sweet about Royalty. What did you think about him naming his album Royalty?
“I think he explained it. It was what he was going through in his life, it was what he was dealing with being a father. And he wanted to dedicate that part of his life to her. And that’s his way of expressing how he feels. I can’t say that I agreed or disagreed with it. I expressed my fears when I found out about the album cover, just of it being everywhere and her face being more out there. And the fan base, more of what she was going to have. And being that we’re not in a safe environment. I’m in a place where people can walk in and out of. It’s a pretty normal place, and I had asked, can we please figure this out until I’m able to move into safer grounds, but he went ahead with it anyway. That’s why we’re here now [laughs].”
Does Royalty have a favorite Chris Brown song?
“I feel like she’s been here before! She just knows the voice. So it’s not a particular favorite song, it’s just his voice. She’ll stop whatever she’s doing, like, “Oh! It’s Daddy!” And she’ll start dancing or moving her little head. It’s not necessarily a favorite song, she just knows who it is. She is definitely his child [laughs]. She’s definitely a firecracker.”
What ultimately are your plans? What are plans for mama?
“Eventually when everything calms down, I’m going to get my license out here for radiology, for the CT and the MRIs, nothing major. And just go back to everyday life, or what I used to live in Houston. I’ve just got to wait for everything to calm down, and maybe get some help out here. I’m trying to get my mom to move out here, and then maybe I can go forth with my life.”
What do you want people to know about you more than anything?
“It’s nothing hateful, ill or malicious in my bones. I want the best for everybody, and I want peace in everybody’s life, and that’s the ultimate goal. And I really just encourage the father-daughter relationship for both my children. I’ve never had an issue. I just think a lot of people think I’m just trying to take a child away from her father, that’s never been the case. And that’s what I did online yesterday. That’s not the case and never will be the case, no matter what. I’m all for it. I feel my children make their fathers better men. And I’m glad to be a part of it.”
Royalty’s very young. How do you shield her from all of this now, and what are your plans in the future as she grows older?
“I want to keep her as normal as possible on my end. I’m not a millionaire like daddy, so of course it is going to be regular on my side. It’s just going to take a lot of talking and just getting her to know right from right and wrong from wrong, and not be some spoiled little rich kid out here just thinking that the world is hers and she can do whatever she wants. I don’t want her to self-destruct. I want her to be raised normal.”
