As a gossip blogger, sometimes I get things wrong. If I paint a harsh picture of a certain celebrity and I am wrong in my characterization of him, then I don’t mind admitting it.

But in this case, Thug Lyfe gets no sympathy from me. When you have a history of abuse, and making threats against women, then you deserve to be criticized and portrayed unjustly.

A loyal reader, who knows Lyfe and Joy Bounds personally, emailed me to correct a few misperceptions about her. I found it interesting that she noted Jennings’ life “changed for the worse” when he moved to Atlanta. She didn’t say it, but I know she meant the ATL jump offs and groupies who swarm around married male celebs relentlessly:

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:28
From: [Name removed by request]
To: sandra@sandrarose.com
Subject: Re: Joy Bounds

What I can say is that Joy didn’t trap Lyfe. He really does love her. She has been there with him since the very beginning, when he was still in jail. From before he had a career to the Showtime at the Apollo performances to when he blew up, etc…… From Ohio to New York to Atlanta, she has been there. He had taken very good care of her. I think that purchasing a house and moving to Atlanta is the worst thing that they could’ve done. Once he got down here, it seemed like he changed for the worst.

I wish them the best, honestly. Joy is a wonderful person and definitely doesn’t deserve to get treated this way or to have her name mentioned in a way to say that she was “trapping” him. Lyfe had a very good woman and, like most men, didn’t begin to realize what he had lost until she was gone.

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