Omarion talks about his three-year celibacy on the Know Thyself podcast. In it, he tells André Duqum his decision to abstain from sex was prompted by his desire for more.
“When I decided to become celibate, it was because I was searching for something more,” he says. “A lot of people would be like, ‘Oh he young. He on top of the world. He just put out an album … like you ain’t out here f****** these h***?’ I’m like nah. There’s more to life than that.”
Listening to his body and delving more into Christianity also helped with the decision.
“Always being a dancer, you listen to your body. It’s interesting that at that particular moment in my life, I kind of took it on as a challenge,” says Omarion, who acknowledged he made music about making love and was hypersexualized as a member of B2K.
“It was just an interesting time. I was really studying my Bible, and ultimately, like I said in my book [Unbothered], it wasn’t for me,” O adds. “But it allowed me to kind of, you know, step out of this world and have the responsibility of being a sex symbol and being a young adult.”
“In hindsight, it was preparing me for my contribution to music, me being integral and my words and what I’m saying,” he continues. “Not having to really live a double life.”
O notes that he’s “not here to judge anyone, because we all have our journey.” He was just in a space where he wanted to “understand my energy, give myself time to grow.”
“I knew that if I could control two areas of my life, which is food and the urge of sex, then, you know, nothing can stop me,” he says.
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