“He filed for divorce because he’s serious about me,” Shields said.
ByJaelani Turner-Williams
July 30, 2026
Claressa Shields is once again responding to the allegation that she had an affair with Papoose during his marriage to Remy Ma.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist appeared on Atlanta’s Streetz 94.5 FM show The Streetz Morning Takeover on Thursday (July 30), where she was questioned about her relationship with the Brooklyn rapper.
The conversation became tense when co-host Mz Shyneka asked around the eight-minute mark of the video below, “How much longer are you willing to be in a relationship with somebody’s husband?”
“Well, pause. ‘Cause that’s not somebody’s husband,” Shields replied. “Papoose filed for divorce. Y’all hate to say that word, but it’s the word that’s out there. He filed for divorce because he’s serious about me.”
She continued, “So, I’m not with somebody’s husband and if you’re going to call him her husband, make sure you call her his wife and also hold her accountable for what she’s doing in her life.”
The boxer added that people say she took Remy’s former husband to fit a “narrative.”
“People go through divorces and breakups more than anything in the world. That’s why it’s such a big talk,” she said.
Shields added that divorce “takes time,” although Papoose is still “going through the process.” The athlete was also questioned about Remy in a recent interview on The Ariel Helwani Showabout whether she was a fan of the “Conceited” rapper. Shields replied by saying that she doesn’t know many songs by the Bronx native.
Papoose and Remy Ma publicly confirmed their separation in 2025 after nine years of marriage. The estranged couple share a 7-year-old daughter, Reminisce Mackenzie, while Remy also has a 25-year-old son, Jayson Scott, from a previous relationship.
Shields also found herself in the middle of discussing Papoose’s pending divorce on a May 2025 episode of The Breakfast Club, saying that the process will “get handled.”
“I just know that from my perspective, I’m with him every day, and when I’m not with him, we’re on the phone every day and we’re talking and we’re FaceTiming. We love each other,” she said on the radio show.
Shields and Papoose went public with their relationship in late 2024 after Remy exposed her ex-husband for dating the boxer. Papoose fired back by alleging that his estranged wife had been cheating with freestyle rapper Eazy the Block Captain.
