During an interview with MTV, Swizz Beatz had a few kind words to say about his Super Star wife, Alicia Keys. He talks openly about being in “love” with the pop singer, and how finding real love has changed him into “a better person”.
Check out what Swizzy had to say about loving Alicia Keys when you continue reading…
“It’s just a feeling,” Swizz said of he and Keys’ relationship. “Love is a word that’s powerful but the feeling is even stronger…To identify that feeling is something that’s amazing because it doesn’t only come from your partner. It comes from your love for music, your love for people, your love for a lot of things, and I think that once you identify the feeling of love, you’ll be a better person.”
“I’m a better man. I think that having love in your life, it just has that effect. Because then you spread love. You can’t enjoy love without spreading love. I just think that it all falls in the pocket.”
*Side Note* He must really want Mashonda to keep talking because every time he opens his mouth and raises his hand to praise his love for Alicia Keys, he’s using the other one to back hand his ex. At what point will people stop talking…I don’t understand how stars don’t want the media to talk about their relationship, yet the stars keep running to the media to talk.
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Seriously, he was was doing a interview about his music and was asked a question about his wife. I’m sorry but I don’t think it’s fair to say he shouldn’t say anything. Mashonda has moved on (so she says) so have Swizz he’s in love with AK and just like any other person he has the right to express that love.
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@Callie,
If you talk about your relationship to the media then the media will ask questions. If you want your private life to stay private then you say things like I don’t discuss my private life, or you keep it simple, down to one statement. Think Beyonce!
Every time Swizz says something, that means Mashonda has a right to respond or defend herself in the public eye, and it becomes a public cycle of he said v. she said.
The best way to avoid these wars is to say as little as possible or nothing at all.
It has nothing to do with liking or disliking Swizz, is all about the PR.
He can say I love my wife, but unfortunately he said a lot more, and implied a lot more. Whatever a celebrity puts in the public arena is fair game for the media good or bad.
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@MrsGrapevine 2,
I agree with you 100%. even if the interviewer asks about his new marriage, it seems a little insensitive to gush about being sooo in love given the circumstances. Its tough enough trying to get over a failed relationship without your ex’s new relationship being thrown in your face so publically. all three need to pull a Beyonce and stay quiet about their private lives.
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@MrsGrapevine 2,
I don’t think he implied anything, go look at the video on mtv he really was just answering a question, and he answered it as he was speaking on love in general. Plus, Mashonda is the one who started talking first so in your logic he has the right to keep defending and speaking on his love for Alicia. *sigh* Anyways I wish all the best. I’ve never seen Alicia or Swizz this happy before, I believe what is meant to be will be.
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@Callie,
By mo logic it doesn’t matter who spoke first if each person keeps trying to control the other person’s message. Thus the cycle of he said/she said. For the record, Mashonda didn’t speak first.
Alicia Keys is not talking much. It’s mostly Swizz and Mashonda going back and forth and back and forth.
IMO, he sounds like he’s never had love “in general” before. Ouch!
Didn’t we learn this lesson with Brad Pitt, don’t shy away from your love, but don’t twist a knife in your ex’s heart either.
I remember Jennifer Aniston on Oprah and every news source talking about Brad Pitt missing a sensitivity chip.
These women were already scorned in public, they are going to be bitter and more sensitive. It’s the same in real life.
Lastly, I don’t want any harm to come to AK or Swizzy. So instead of trying to control the message they should learn from Beyonce. Silence goes a long way.
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@MrsGrapevine 2, no offense but how is a blog going to tell somebody how to express themselves?? Blogs say what they feel everyday and dare somebody to tell them to shut up. It is your opinion that what Swizz said was insensitive to Mashonda but she recently made a comment on her blog about the element of freedom and folks said she was taking a shot. Even in her Vibe interview she said she wasn’t in love so was that insensitive to swizz? Now that she has a weekly blog she will be doing alot of talking. We all know that if Swizz would not have answered the question about his marriage then the title of this post and others would have probably been “Trouble in Paradise, Swizz doesn’t acknowledge……” But he answered it and there is still a problem. Mashonda spoke on her new man and Swizz spoke on his new wife, does it matter who said more than the other? For the record Beyonce/Jay do talk about their marriage they just control how often.
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@,
I wasn’t speaking as a blogger. As a blogger, I want them to keep talking.
I was saying that from a PR stand point.
Secondly, I am a blogger. I open myself up to ridicule every day. I have been called all sorts of names, some of which I wouldn’t use against my enemies, BUT, I also know it comes with the job. I didn’t think I was being negative, but that didn’t stop people from seeing it as negative, or telling me how I should write. Case in point…Also, I didn’t defend Mashonda although you’re taking it that way. I said when are they going to stop talking, not when is “he”.
Like wise, Swizz may have had positive intentions, but that doesn’t mean we all see it that way either. He hasn’t been that nice to Mashonda in the press and vice versa, so I don’t know what to make of his statement.
Lastly, Beyonce talks about her marriage now, and has opened up over time. But for years, she has said no comment. Her wedding was a secret, and no one has pictures of her wedding. She doesn’t send out press releases about her relationship either. I think everyone else knew what I meant, like you know what Swizz meant, right?
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HE’S PHONY, HE’S FAKE, THAT’S THE TYPE OF MEN THAT I HATE!!! IF YOU REAL AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS (CLAP/CLAP)!!
I totally agree with you Mrs.Grapevine….they dont want to answer the real questions or talk about real issues, instead he wants to pretend they are the perfect couple. It makes me sick.
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I am so tired of Swizz Beatz and Mashonda, they say they have moved and I really wish they would. I agree they can easily take the Beyonce/JayZ approach but neither has, mashonda continues to talk about her marriage. they both need to stop talking, not only does swizz need to stop but so does mashonda bc every week she is talking about her failed marriage. I really hope that they are both happy..i have to be honest, when i see pics of swizz and ak, they really do look happy and that happiness does appear to be genuine. if you look at old pics of swizz and mashonda they just look as if things werent right in their marriage. they just didnt look as happy as swizz and ak does..who knows maybe they are truly happy together. i just hope that mashonda can find the same happiness.
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@Tori,
I agree. Mashonda and Swizz Beatz looked tormented on the red carpet.
Swizz does have that glow now.
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Nigg@ please you been had love in your life how about loving yourself better should make you a better man. These people are so full of chit I mean getting love can change but hurting people seems to make him feel better. That comment is such a slap in his ex wife face but whatever.
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@resurrected, PREACH………
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Because him and Ak are living in there delusional world. He has fathered how many babies in the last three years how about loving all of your children especially your daughter over seas nicca. Yeah Ak is like a high for him right but what goes up must always come down.
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@resurrected, what do you know about his relationship with his children? really!! what do you know? other than what is assumed or what you hear in the media.
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@Michelle,
I know real life never fail to show you the truth, everything else is just human desires and fantasy. When you create something out of hurt and pain it usually ends the same way. So Michelle let me pose the same question to you what do you know? Relationships don’t fail because of the relationships but because of the people in those relationships and the same goes for marriages.
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@resurrected, I never said that I knew, which is why I do not judge the situation because I do not know. You are correct the people in the relationships are the responsible parties for the success or failure of the relationship, and that means that if the relationship was not solid from the beginning and if someone settled then that is the type of relationship that they will have. Mashonda settled for Swizz!! he showed her who he was before she married him and she still did it, it was never solid. In Alicia’s case, as far as I know he hasn’t cheated on her or mistreated her, so she cannot base her relationship with him off of his relationship with others, only her experiences with him, and if he has then time will tell. I know people that are on a second marraige and it has lasted for many, many years because that person grew or they were a better match for each other than the previous marraige. Like I said sometimes these things just happen.
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@resurrected,
Well he married her as well or at least ask her to marry him as well so does that mean that he settled. Yeah some things don’t work out but that is still because of the poeple within the relationships. So maybe Swizz is willing to do more for Ak then he was willing to do for Mashonda but he will still be giving of himself to make it work sounds like the same thing to me.
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@resurrected,
My last message was to Michelle
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@Michelle, HOW YOU KNOW THE MAN NEEDS TO PUT ALL THIS ENERGY TOWARDS HIS KIDS IS BC THE NICCA NEVER BRAGS ABT HIS LOVE FOR ALL OF HIS KIDS!! INSTEAD HE IS TRYING TO BE VINDICTIVE AND THROW HIS MESSY RELATIONSHIP WITH ALICIA UP IN PEOPLES FACES!! HE JUST NEEDS TO SHUT DA HELL UP! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! AT THIS POINT I THINK HE IS TRYING TO CONVINCE HIMSELF THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP WILL LAST!
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ok, so the man is in love and he said so, big deal, that’s all it is, sometimes realtionships don’t work and you move on, sometimes you get the bad part of a person and someone else gets the better part because they have grown, it happens. Maybe she brings out something in him that Mashonda did not, it happens people move on. I love the way that these two maintain their privacy, they say only what they want to say. I should say him because AK says nothing. I love it. Mashonda doesn’t need to respond, she has said enough, we have heard it all, its over, he is in love with someone else. This happens every single day people.
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@Michelle,
I think the reason this issue is such a sore topic with a lot of people (myself included) is because of the way Swizz and AK started their relationship (while he was still married) and also the fact that he repeatedly cheated on Mashonda and even had a baby with another women during that time. mashonda stood by him through all of that, and for him to say that he finally found real love is like a slap in the face. just because this type of situation happens every single day does not mean that it is right or morally sound.
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@LovelyDay, my problem with the whole her sticking by him while all this happened is that she went into the situation eyes wide open, when someone shows you who they are you should believe them. She married him after he cheated on her and had a baby by someone else, she made this bed, he showed her right then and there and she continued the relationship. I cannot feel sorry for that. I say the same thing to her that I would say to my sister or a girlfriend. Once you married him, you accepted him for exactly what he was based on how he treated you prior to the marriage. Women always believe that they can change a man a man has to want to change himsel for the better and maybe Alicia makes him want to do that, maybe she holds his feet to the fire and maybe he loves her so much that he is willing to change to make sure that he does not lose her, sometimes that is just the way it is.
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@Michelle,
I agree with you!!! When I found out that Mashonda married him knowing he was a cheater, I no longer saw her as just a victim. Maybe she believed marriage would be different, and though that was his way of committing. IDK, but she knew what she was marrying.
Which means so does AK. But that’s a risk AK is willing to take. Her ending may be different, or it may be an “I told you so”.
I do think people change, and each relationship is different. So I hope he is a better man, but only time will tell. Right now, we are comparing the beginning of a relationship to the end of a 10 year one.
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@LovelyDay, EXACTLY!!
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But hasent he shown Alicia exactly who he is by having a baby in Europe only 1 or 2 years old, in debt, has a history of impregnanting different women and cheating, but yet she still married him! So What Now!
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@Michelle,
There is only a story if people talk.
If Swizz wants to talk about his love, then Mashonda has a right to talk about her pain.
Swizz has been very outspoken, in fact just as out spoken as Mashonda.
Quite frankly, I wish Mashonda would be quiet, too. Both camps are using this publicity to their advantage. It may very well go on until Swizz and AK have a second child.
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@MrsGrapevine 2, I see no problem with a man or woman talking about their love for their spouse if they are asked, clearly he is not ashamed of it. Mashonda can talk if she likes but it is not doing her any good, she comes off as desperate, and the things that she spoke on most recently is really not her place to speak on, this is now his family. The kids are his and he will have to be the one to bring them together, so it’s one thing to talk about your new wife and your love, it’s another to talk about someone elses personal business, that you no longer have any say in, other than deciding whether or not you want your kid to be a part of that extended family.
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@Michelle, How can Swizz possibly find time to spend with all three of his kids, new pregnant wife etc….??HE CANT!!! And damnit man……….are people just dumb and blind to this whole situation?? Lets just take the women out of the equation for a minute…now based off SWIZZ BEATZ character, and track record, tell me how the hell this man flying overseas to see his daughter, and spending time with both his sons here in the states?? LOOK HIS NAME SWIZZ NOT SUPERMAN! AND THE CLOWN IS ON BABY MAMA #4!!!!!!!! Come on people, he is trash! I feel sorry for the kids bc all they may be getting is money rather than time and emotional support!
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@janetfromNC, Nobody is dumb we all realize that none of these children will have their father in the home but that was the case before Alicia. We know Swizz can’t be in several places at one time. With that being the case would you rather him not try at all to see his kids? No matter what happened with the marriage he is not wrong for at least trying to be a presence in his childrens life, how do you know he doesn’t call them on the phone everyday or does webcam?? You don’t know what he does to keep up with his kids. I mean really we have Lil Wayne in jail and he can’t see none of his umpteen kids…Swizz had his first kid at 19/20 so I hope after many bad decisions he has matured, that is possible you know.
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@ who???, If you realize this grown man is not in the home with all his kids, that shows irresponsibility(if it was the mothers that would be the first thing said). I never said he was wrong for “trying” supposedly to be there via email(lol),webcam,and phone, but that is not the definition of a FULL TIME FATHER SWEETIE! Lil Wayne really has nothing to do with this current situation, but if you must, then lets go there….Wayne was only married 1(one) time, there are no rumors about him cheating or having affairs when he was married, and when he did divorce Toya, they remained FRIENDS and you saw his daughter EVERYWHERE with him! Furthermore, Wayne is man enough to have all his baby mamas in the same room together, and no one person has a problem! So lets just say WAYNE (VS) SWIZZ, HANDS DOWN WAYNE WINS !!! BACK TO SWIZZ, I would hope after 4 kids a MAN OR WOMAN has matured considering they are GROWN enough to keep producing their off spring.
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@janetfromNCR, so if what you are saying about irresponsibility is true, then there are a great deal of irresponsible men out here, there are many great fathers that are not in the home with their children, due to whatever circumstance, but they take care of their children. I would prefer to have a father that loves me and takes care of me and spends time with me outside of the home than to have a miserable father who is always arguing with my mother and unhappy inside the home, your point is not valid. A real woman would not keep a man from his children, she would encourage him to have a healthy relationship with his kids and bring them into the fold. I believe from what I have seen from AK, not 100% sure, but what I have seen from her that she is such a woman that would make sure that he maintains a healthy relationship with his kids, they already have his older son all the time and her family have embraced him, her brother tweets about his nephew all the time and always have pictures of them doing stuff togther, so I would say until I hear or see differently that he will have a relationship with his kids, hell she went to russia with him to take the paternity test, so obviously she takes this serious.
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@janetfromNC, did you see the video? he was asked a question about his wife and he responded. I am sure if he was asked a question about his kids he would have responded, he talks about his kids all the time and twitter and his oldest son is always with them, because he has a mother that has good sense and she realizes that the child comes first. We do not know what his relationship is with his kids, we are not in his home and we are not with them when they get together, but even Mashonda who is scorned has said that he is a good father, and the mother in Russia has not made any statements about her relationship with him or her childs relationship with him, so you are making assumptions based on what?
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@Michelleand KARENLOST(NCR??), MY OPINION IS VALID IN MY EYES! How the heck do you two know what he does for his kids or how his kids feel about the whole situation?? You dont! So that is what the blogs are for, to state one’s opinion. If you dont like it then keep it pushing to the next article.
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Swizz is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.If he said nothing people would complain he’s hiding something,if he talks he’s bragging. Why would Mashonda have to defened herself?
He didn’t say anything negative about her.Praising his new wife doesnt mean he is disrespecting his ex. If Mashonda has moved on, then Swizz talking about his new relationshio shouldn’t bother her. Hell two years have passed, how long should he have to wait before he can speak openly about how he feels? Who’s to say he hasn’t changed for the better.His failures as a man/husband could very well have changed the way he conducts himself in the future. Sometimes beauty can come from some of the ugliest circumstanes.
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@tutu,
Swizz is not a victim! Obviously the situation is still shaky. He’s taken just as many shots at Mashonda as she has taken at him.
At some point, someone needs to stop talking until there is true reconciliation. It’s not fair to tell Mashonda to not talk, if he’s going to talk.
If he wants to talk about his love, doesn’t Mashonda have the right to talk about her pain? Isn’t his love apart of her pain?
Clearly, Mashonda hasn’t moved on, she was forced out. She lost! She lost hard!
If Swizz is a better man, only time will tell.
But for me, I just see him trying to control the message.
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@MrsGrapevine 2,
I dont think Swizz is a victim at all. If he is honest with himself, he should see that he made mistakes in his 1st marriage.I also don’t think those mistakes should prevent him from saying that he is really happy right now.I don’t think he is trying to control anything, he was asked a question and felt comfortable enough to answer openly and honestly.
Mashonda said she has moved on and is happy. You think she’s lying?
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@tutu,
I do think Mashonda is lying, or not being honest about moving on. I think she has moments when she moves on, but then something he says or does takes her back to the hurt.
He doesn’t need to deny his love but he should work on a prepared statement.
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We can ask the same question…Why Are blogs still talking about their relationship. No one asks anyone to read or report anything. It’s his wife, the question was “How do you feel to be married to the most beautiful woman in the game?” and he answered..actually, it was more to his statement..but OF COURSE..it’s a gossip blog, you’ll never get the full story. We as people find something negative in anything. The fact, no matter how the relationship started or how he ended his previous one, he’s in a new one and in love. How can one say “He had love” no, you don’t know if he loved his previous wife, no one knows that. Stop playing God and assuming the details of this mans life. All relationships are NOT based on love…that is REAL life. MAshonda has a man..she SAYS she’s happy with him..stop putting WORDS in her mouth..ARE YOU MASHONDA? Geez..sometimes you must wonder about people, why they only see negative in things that were harmless. Live your life. That’s DUMB and MASHONDA HAS TALKED ABOUT HER PAIN..MORE THAN ENOUGH. Swizz speaks a paragraph about him loving his new wife and you hate him even more. Stop being so emotionally invested in THEIR LIFE.
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@Style,
If it’s so dumb why are you so emotional. You just wrote a long rant in their defense, why can’t anyone else write one counter.
Just as you are passionate about it being their business, other people are passionate about it being wrong.
You don’t know they didn’t cheat, anymore than we know they did.
That’s why it’s an opinion. If celebs speak on the record in public, people have a right to say what they want about the comment.
Maybe I take it negatively because I see him as a negative person. which strange considering all the charity post about him, and his love of art. But, I don’t think I saw your comment there.
Why are blogs reporting? Because you’re still talking and reading about it. There is plenty of other posts to comment on, why choose this one?
For the record, celebs and publicist do ask bloggers to report certain things, believe it or not, it’s a job. Not in this case, but with other artists like Fantasia they do. What you see as innocent is a battle for publicity.
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Maybe its just me, but Swizzy seems more ‘star struck’ than anything. When I listened to him in that video bashing Mashonda, he seemed to insinuate that Mashonda was not on his level, and Alicia was… Swizz wanted his status as a music producer to be larger, I dont think he received the respect in the industry that he wanted. And now that he is with Alicia, he is enjoying the ‘super star’ status that their marriage generates, he feels important now and he enjoys the attention……
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The fact that even 50 cent himself has stated it yesterday that Swizz is more happier than ever…He’s not lying..NYDailyNews said it as well..the dude is in a bliss, will it last? WHO knows but he has the right to say it
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@Style, i doubt it will last but oh well…..let him brag and bost about his new found love, he never had………..awwwwwwwwwwwwww! THEN IT’S ON TO THE NEXT ONE…..!!!!
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SWIZZ NEEDS TO MAN UP!!! HOW CAN YOU “PUBLICLY” SPEAK ON YOUR NEW LOVE, WHEN YOU NEVER “PUBLICLY” TOLD US THE OTHER ONE WAS OVER??? SHYT JUST DONT MAKE SENSE…..
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@janetfromNC, actually he did, there was a statement released over 2 years ago saying they seperated and hadn’t been together for several months,that they were working on what was best for the child and to respect privacy during difficult time etc…It was posted in several blogs but passed over quickly because no one really knew that much about either one of them. But then Mashonda said Alicia was involved and the rest is history………..
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@,
That was a joint statement and that was before Alicia Keys went public with the relationship. Once Alicia Keys opened the gate, it’s been a media circus every since. Mashonda was trying to get her side out, and no longer wanted to go a long with Swizz media plans. Before it was just rumors, and Alicia keys statement was the first confirmation that something wasn’t right. That was in September of 2008.
Then we all know about the spark vs smart comment, and that just set if off.
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@janetfromNC, because it is none of your business, and because he was asked by a fan on twitter. Do you people read?
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@Style, I saw that too and if 50 pays you a complement then it must be true LOL!
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@koko,
50 cent was being funny. He said Swizz got “Alicia Keys” like she an object and Swizz a pimp. But, 50 cent didn’t get Alicia.
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@MrsGrapevine 2, I was joking too because of the fact that these days 50 is so negative.
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@TAYLOR, YES I DO READ…..it’s everyone’s business if they keep it in the media crazy! The point remains that he is a baby daddy to 4 different women, not a good look! Say what you want but numbers dont lie!
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I have read several of the responses and I will say that people might be making more of this than necessary. First at this point I think that Swizz and Mashonda do not care what the other says. They both know that each are going to talk, there are no gag orders in effect so it is what it is. Second as far as this interview if you saw the promotion for it, it said to ask/tweet any question so Swizz was not asking for privacy. He knew he was going to get questions on Alicia and probably Mashonda but obviously he didn’t have a problem with it. Third he was asked a direct question and decided to answer it. It wasn’t like he was volunteering info that he wasn’t even asked about. All celebrities go back and forth with asking for privacy. Sometimes they say they want it then other times they can’t shut up. All I know is if they all said nothing then the blogs wouldn’t exist. LOL!!
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@koko,
We would not exist…
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He reminds me of my father you making babies all over town. The time that he puts into his marriage to Akeys should also be put into being a great father for ALL of his children. Including the ones that are in a different country.
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Honestly, any man that has gotten 3 babies by different women and 2 wives in less than 5 years, will get no love! It’s not opinions these are facts, what he did was shady, if he was a true man, he could have handled things alot more responsibily, but hes not responsible, that’s why he is behind on all his responsibilites. I do believe Swizz and Alicia are holding on long enough to weigh things out, due to the fact, that they are a brands and need to sell records in order to live, if they would have seperated it would have destroyed both careers, why? Swizz would have been known as the unresponsible negro, who gets different women pregnant then leave, Alicia would have been known as the dumb mistress who got pregnant from her married boyfriend, who then left her. No the relationship may not be real, but it has to be for now, until they can pull off this stunt of being in love. We have seen it all before with, Usher, Dream, Tiger Wood, Tiki Barber you name them, they all confessed being sooo in love with their wives, just to found out later, they were already in divorce court when they spoke those words in the media!! Just wait it out, this situation is no different, it will all come out soon.
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@Cole, EXACTLY!!!!!!!