Omarion admits that spending three years celibate as part of his spiritual journey felt “weird.”
The B2K star opened up to Shawn Stockman about the experience, explaining that it was unusual because he was a “young man” who was “spiritually searching for strength and personal control over myself and my body.”
“I did it for three years. Now I look back, I be like, sheesh,” he said around the 45:30 mark of the video below. “’Cause I love women. I love women in all [their] splendor, friendships, best friends, lovers, all that.”
When Stockman asked what Omarion discovered about himself during that period, he said he learned that “soul ties are a real connection with women, on the physical tip.”
He added, “I think that that’s when I was being introduced to a form of telepathy. Feeling closer to someone even when they’re away. I just had the power to say no to anything. Like yo, if I don’t want to do something, I could stop today. And I think that that’s the power of discipline—[it] really turns your life into just another level.
“So, I think more than anything that I was just really just practicing discipline of self, and it really served its purpose,” he continued. “I always say I’m one of the few guys that I could turn my discipline on and off, and it’s like it’s a cheat code for certain things … I really know how to focus and commit to something because of that discipline.”
Omarion has opened up about his celibacy before. Last August, on the Know Thyself podcast, the 41-year-old reflected on his B2K days when he and the other members were “spooked” by the stories their peers shared about sex.
“‘Do you want to have a career? Or do you want to be out here making babies?’” he remembered people asking them. “And we’re like, ‘Huh?’ You know 15, 16, we’re not thinking about that, but it’s a real thing.”
He explained that even though his songs were often about “making love,” his journey shifted once he started practicing Christianity.
“It was just an interesting time. I was really studying my Bible, and ultimately, like I said in my book, it wasn’t for me,” he said. “But it allowed me to step out of this world and have the responsibility of being a sex symbol and being a young adult.”
