Aht Aht! Zonnique & Bandhunta Izzy Respond To Backlash Following Viral Video About Their Relationship (WATCH)
Zonnique Pullins and her boyfriend Bandhunta Izzy are setting the record straight following backlash from a viral video about their relationship.
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Zonnique & Bandhunta Izzy Respond To Criticism
On Monday, January 15, the couple took to YouTube to share a video to their channel which is titled âThe Hunta Family.â The clip was almost 40 minutes long and opened up with the pair seemingly addressing comments from The Shade Roomâs Instagram account.
The first comment the pair addressed was a social media user criticizing Izzy for referring to Coretta Scott King amid the backlash he and Zonnique received.
The pair explained that there were never intentions to âdisrespectâ the activist.
âI heard there was a joke going on about the pinnacle of a woman that they want as they Coretta, so I called her my Coretta â Wtf are you talking about? Civil rights movement? Weâre talking about her relationship status,â Izzy explained.
A few minutes later, the pair addressed their initial comments about staying in a relationship because they share a 3-year-old daughter.
âAnd then yâall took when I said if the baby wasnât involved like I just wouldnât want to be here if there wasnât a baby involved,â Izzy explained. âWouldnât I be with my two other baby mothers if a baby could really make a n***a stay? I want to be here because I want to be hereâŠâ
Zonnique explained that she doesnât have Izzy âhostage.â Additionally, she explained that either of them could leave the relationship at any point. Before concluding, the pair shared that they arenât trying to be an âexample for nobodyâs kidsâ and have a âgreat relationship.â However, that doesnât exempt them from problems.
Check out their comments below.
Social Media Reacts
Social media users entered The Shade Roomâs comment section to share their reactions to the coupleâs sentiments.
Instagram user @badgirljanelle wrote.
âI understand wanting to defend yourself When people go in on you.. but sometimes responding just makes it worse Chile đ©â
While Instagram user @makael35 added.
âThe fact that he doesnât know or didnât learn that Coretta Scott King was JUST as important as her husband during the Civil Rights Movement is EMBARRASSING with a capital EMBARRASSING! Ladies please educate yourself on these men that yall reproduce with!â
Instagram user @kweenmocha wrote.
âThe lights are on but nobodyâs home.. yikes.â
While Instagram user @blessedbodiesfitness_ added.
âYOU literally said âNoâ to a question that asked âif yall didnât have a child would yall be togetherâ lolâŠBut I guess âTHEYâ trippin lolâ
Hereâs Why The Couple Initially Went Viral
As The Shade Room previously reported, the couple took to YouTube on January 9 to share a question-and-answer video with fans. During the conversation, Zonnique asked Izzy if they would be together had they not shared a child.
Izzy firmly responded, âNo,â and then shared his explanation.
âI feel like⊠you had an image in your mind of raising Hunter in a two-parent home,â he explained. âSo you tolerated a lot of s**t, so you just stayed â I wouldnât be with you neither⊠I have four kids, and this is the only kid I was in the household with from start to finish, so itâs something that I donât want to take from her as well. But I wouldâve been kicked you to the god***n curb.â
Ultimately, Izzy explained that he dislikes Zonniqueâs attitude.
After the coupleâs sit-down was published, YouTube users largely criticized the parents for publicly revealing intimate details of their relationship and seemingly âtoleratingâ one another. Additionally, many concluded that Izzy lacks respect for Zonnique.
âAs someone who is currently working towards finally separating myself from a man who I was on and off (mostly on) with for 8 years, I refuse to watch another young beautiful woman settle for a guy who shown the world loud and clear that not only he doesnât love her, hell he doesnât even like her, but he doesnât respect her either. This is so sad⊠I hope she sees whatâs really going on here,â YouTube user @TIFFANYBUTTERFLY commented.
However, on January 12, Zonnique took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share her reactions to the criticism. The mother appeared unbothered and seemed to divulge more information about her romantic preferences.
âyâall think Iâm pressed about being in a relationship with a man whole time I like women⊠omg itâs 2024 yâall still invested in other people business,â she wrote.
That same day, Izzy also took to X to share his response to the criticism by sharing a photo of him and Zonnique while referring to her as his Coretta.
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