Leslie Jones: Marriage 'Legal Bondage'

On April 1st, former Saturday Night Live comedian Leslie Jones stirred up major heat this week calling marriage a form of legal bondage during a chat.

With YouTuber Zway, the 58-year-old star flat out rejected the whole idea of playing traditional housewife, saying it clashes with how her dad raised her to.

Stand on her own.

She backed it up by pointing out how many couples she knows ended up splitting and doubled down when Zway pushed back, insisting some men expect way.

Too much without stepping up.

Jones even looked straight at the camera to warn young women against tying the knot altogether.

Online, folks hid back hard, with tons defending marriage as a true blessing when it's mutual service and love.

Critics pitted her mindset, calling it damaged advice, especially from a black woman speaking to fans, and slammed her as bitter for knocking family.

Life.

Jones laid into men too, saying while women leveled up, guys just chilled on the couch, gaming.

She joined SNL back in 2014, stuck around five years till 2019, and clearly ain't changing her tune on this.

The backlash keeps rolling on social media, but Jones stays unapologetic, owning her view that marriage don't serve women right.

That's the story for today.

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