According to People, Turner-Smith and Joshua first met at Usher‘s fortieth party in 2018. Their relationship reportedly began out as a “one-night stand,” however they quickly fell head over heels for one another and commenced courting. Then, only a 12 months after they first linked, the Daily Mail reported in August 2019 that the couple have been noticed in Beverly Hills holding what gave the impression to be a wedding license. That December, Us Weekly confirmed the pair had gotten married and have been anticipating their first little one collectively.
In March 2020, Turner-Smith introduced on Instagram that she and Joshua have been having a child lady, who was due in only a few weeks. Janie was born that April, and the brand new mother later informed British Vogue in August 2020 that she delivered her child on the couple’s Los Angeles house. “Sometimes I’m wondering how I’ll clarify to my daughter what it meant to be born within the 12 months 2020,” she mentioned. “The historic occasions, the social unrest, and me — a brand new mom simply attempting to do her finest. I feel I’ll inform her that it was as if the world had paused for her to be born. And that, hopefully, it by no means fairly returned to the best way it was earlier than.”
Joshua opened up about being a first-time dad in a July 2021 interview with SiriusXM. “She’s just a bit bundle of pleasure on daily basis,” he mentioned about Janie, including that changing into a father has taught him that “all of the clichés” about parenthood are true. “They’re like, ‘Oh, you may by no means expertise love like this.’ That’s true. And ‘You suppose you are in love with them once they first arrive, however you haven’t any thought how a lot deeper it will get on a regular basis.’ That’s completely true.”
While Turner-Smith initially did not suppose changing into a mom was one thing she wished, she’s come to comprehend she “love[s]” being a father or mother. “It’s actually one of many biggest issues I may have requested for,” she informed People in October 2021. “It’s quite a bit taking [care] of another person. But I feel it is stunning to handle somebody or one thing else as a result of it actually helps us be higher human beings. Whether you have got a canine or a fish or a child, I feel simply the consciousness of taking care of any person and never simply being so self-centered and self-oriented is basically useful for our world view.”
She additionally gushed about her daughter in a March 27 interview with Elle UK. “I like this little lady a lot. She’s so humorous,” she mentioned, earlier than getting candid about how she’ll attempt to increase her daughter to have as regular of a childhood as attainable. “It’s a giant job to organize youngsters for the world,” she mentioned. “The smartest thing that we will do is allow them to contact the earth and be grounded and actual — as actual as one might be when you have got the extent of privilege that clearly my little one has.”