In spite of any controversies, Benzino and Althea have no problem gushing about their feelings for each other. On top of great sex and goofy jokes, “loyalty” becomes the idea and the word that appears to be most important.
“She shows loyalty,” he shares. “I never really had no woman pay attention to my music and my career like she does. She supports that. We’ll go to the studio, she’ll let me pick the songs, the writers; she trusts me. That’s dope. That doesn’t happen all the time.”
And as they take their relationship to the next level, loyalty is going to be the thing that holds them together. “We’re engaged,” Althea starts, before Benzino enthusiastically interjects. “We plan on getting married and I want to have a big wedding and invite everybody and thousands of people to the reception. Just a crazy party. I want to have a barefoot wedding.”
“I don’t want a barefoot wedding,” counters Althea.
Typical.
Benzino and Althea went back and forth over signing a prenuptial agreement last season, with Zino resorting to posting jokes on Instagram about his boo’s refusal to put it in writing. But it appears they’ve put all of that behind them and are basking in the glow typical of soon-to-be newlyweds. “I admire her because she’s talented, beautiful and she’s loyal,” says Benzino. “She’s crazy loyal to me. We have our ups and downs. She has a strong personality, I have a strong personality. She has a little bit of a temper, I have a little bit of a temper. So just like we love hard, we clash hard. But we always seem to make it back to each other in the end.”
Althea recalls a specific moment when she says she realized Benzino’s love for her, and it’s heartwarming — if you enjoy rage and a little breaking and entering. Benzino remembers the night he smashed his way into her heart forever.
“One time, she wouldn’t let me in the crib and I broke the window,” Benzino says. “And I climbed through the window. “
“That’s when I knew that he loved me,” Althea adds. “And that’s when I knew I loved him.”
“I climbed in and I walked in and she was on the bed and I went and hugged her,” he continues. “But I got through the window. I’m getting through that muthaf—- one way or another. Now I got a key [laughs].”
As they get ready to tie the knot, Althea and Benzino seem to have each other’s backs and best interests at heart. Time will tell, but Althea sounds like she’s confident in what she has with Zino, and vice versa.
“I know that he loves me, he shows his love all day,” Althea explains. “Even when we do get into arguments, I can’t stay mad at him for too long. He’s my everything. He’s my best friend, he’s my lover. He’s just given me everything that I’ve ever wanted as far as love and he’s’ really loyal. It’s icing on the cake that I get to live out my dream.”
Story by Stereo Williams
