{"id":2163735,"date":"2025-11-18T06:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2163735"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:17:18","slug":"now-i-look-back-i-be-like-sheesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/now-i-look-back-i-be-like-sheesh\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Now I Look Back, I Be Like Sheesh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/omarion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Omarion;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Omarion<\/a> has spoken about the few years he spent practicing celibacy as part of a spiritual experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The B2K singer opened up to Boyz II Men\u2019s Shawn Stockman on his <em>On That Note<\/em> podcast and said that as a young man, being celibate was an intense experience because of how he was \u201cspiritually searching for strength and personal control over myself and my body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI did it for three years. Now I look back, I be like, <em>sheesh<\/em>,\u201d he says around the 45-minute mark below. \u201c\u2018Cause I love women. I love women in all [their] splendor, friendships, best friends, lovers, all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued, \u201cI think that that\u2019s when I was being introduced to a form of telepathy. Feeling closer to someone even when they\u2019re away. I just had the power to say no to anything. Like yo, if I don\u2019t want to do something, I could stop today. And I think that that\u2019s the power of discipline \u2014 [it] really turns your life into just another level. \u2026 So I think more than anything that I was just really just practicing discipline of self, and it really served its purpose. I always say I\u2019m one of the few guys that I could turn my discipline on and off, and it\u2019s like it\u2019s a cheat code for certain things. \u2026 I really know how to focus and commit to something because of that discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Omarion has been very open about his intense celibacy experience in the past, previously discussing it last summer during a sit-down with the <em>Know Thyself<\/em> podcast. \u201c\u2018Do you want to have a career? Or do you want to be out here making babies?\u2019\u201d Omarion said of his peers at the time allegedly asking him. \u201cAnd we\u2019re like, \u2018Huh?\u2019 You know 15, 16, we\u2019re not thinking about that, but it\u2019s a real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In other news, Omarion caught up with Zoe Spencer &amp; Jerah Milligan at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/omarion-on-his-new-album-o2-with-create-music\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard\u2019s R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Power Players 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Billboard\u2019<\/em>s R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Power Players 2025<\/a> back in September and said his new album <em>O2<\/em> is on the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m so excited, I just announced my collaboration with Create Music Group,\u201d Omarion said. \u201cI got a new album titled O2, and I\u2019m ready to give the world some new music\u2026vibes all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Check out the full conversation below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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