Nelly Furtado Opens Up About Dating On "Call Her Daddy"

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Nelly Furtado is BACK and better than ever.

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You definitely know this '00s icon from singing some of the greatest pop songs of all time, including "Promiscuous" and "I'm Like A Bird." But you might not know that she just released her seventh album, aptly titled 7.

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And lucky for us, she also just appeared on the Call Her Daddy podcast, where she opened up about various aspects of her dating life, as well as some other super interesting topics. So let's get into it, shall we?

At the beginning of the interview, Alex Cooper, host of Call Her Daddy, asked what Nelly's type was. "It's changing," the 45-year-old star answered. "It's a very fun time in my life because I didn't really get to be single in my 20s, right? I was pretty locked down in relationships."

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"I was in long term relationships for much of my 20s and 30s," she continued. "So only recently, I think in the last few years, I've become single again. It's so fun dating. I love it."

She continued to explain how she likes when men "come correct," and how she "adore[s] confidence."

She then reflected on her dating history. So for a bit of context: Nelly dated music producer Jasper Gahunia from 2001–2005, and they also have one child together. After that, she was married to Demacio Castellon for 8 years. Nelly also dated (and shares two kids with) rapper Gerard Damien Long.

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"I've been dumped before," she said. "I hadn't experienced that [heartbreak] till much later in life, till quite recently, in the last five years. And that was really hard for me because I wanted to hang on."

Nelly proceeded to discuss going through "a very difficult time" in a past relationship. "I accepted some things that I would never accept now in terms of the way you're treated," she said. "You cannot see it at all when you're in it. Sometimes we just love so hard."

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"We're quite vulnerable when we become mothers because we just want what's best for our kids, and we want to protect them," she said. "In general, I'll say that it can really happen to anybody feeling powerless."

"It is hard when you're in a relationship that has that imbalance, I will say, and abusive qualities," Nelly explained, "It is hard to see outside of it, because you isolate yourself. You stop talking to your friends."

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"A lot of times you're like, 'How would I even begin to unravel this? How do I even begin to get away and to restart?'"

She gave some super valuable advice for people in toxic relationships. "Those people that are telling you what you don't want to hear? Those are the ones you need to keep close," Nelly said. "It's not judgement. You can sense when it's love."

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And as for her dating life now? Nelly confirmed that she has "been single for a couple of years." She is "dating," however — and she's got a little "roster" going on. As a true queen should!!! We love to see it.

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And that's not all — Nelly also opened up about her journey with confidence and her body. "My body's changed a lot," she said. "I've had three kids. I'm curvy, and I have a curvy body. If you go to where my parents are from, from San Miguel, my body is no big deal. Every girl on the beach has the same bum that I have."

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"I literally didn't even wear underwear on stage till a year ago," she admitted. "I only let the booty out six months ago."

"As women, we just get more confident," she said. "And when you can block out the noise of all the comments that are negative, it's like, 'Oh, yeah, bitch! My booty looks amazing. Bye. Get out of here!'"

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So it looks like Nelly Furtado is absolutely living her best life — and mothering us all in the process! So here's to Nelly, our Canadian queen.

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