Sharelle Rosado said she was “fed up” upon revealing her breakup with Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson last October.
The “Selling Tampa” alum confirmed their split in a since-deleted post on X, which stated the former NFL wideout “is a free man,” nearly two years after getting engaged in January 2023.
During an appearance Thursday on the “Reality with the King” podcast, Rosado explained that she went through Johnson’s phone and allegedly came across text messages between him and other women.
“The s–t I saw was crazy,” Rosado, 37, told host Carlos King.
When King asked if she and Johnson had a monogamous relationship, Rosado replied: “When we were together, there were some… going on and I found out about it, texting other women, you know, [inaudible] around.”
“I was like, ‘F–k this s–t. Do you know who I am?’ I know who you are and I respect what you have. But it is what it is. And nobody’s perfect. I just feel like, when things happen be honest about it. It shouldn’t lead to that point of how I’m finding out,” she said.
“Yes, I went through the phone and that’s how I found out,” Rosado continued, adding she found “women everywhere” on his device.
“They’re gonna throw themselves at him because of who he is,” she said. “Chad is a fine-ass man. He is very good looking and he’s showing out and he’s showing out now because he’s in the jam.”
Rosado, who did not disclose what exactly she found in Johnson’s phone, said the pair weren’t in a good place in their relationship due to their busy work schedules at the time.
She added it was hard to deal with Johnson’s fame and women throwing themselves at him and disrespecting her in public.
Rosado claimed she and Johnson both cried when they “had a few words” about what was allegedly discovered on his device.
“The main thing was, I would say the cheating, I feel like we should have communicated better because I reacted out of anger when I said y’all can have his ass because I felt like, ‘Oh now you’re playing with my name.’
“… I was just fed up. I was like, ‘Y’all wanna f–k around and play with me?’ I’m about to let everyone know they can have your ass and I’m moving on… I wanted to show him I wasn’t f–king playing.”
King brought up rumors that Johnson gave Rosado an STD and that she caught him cheating on surveillance footage, which she denied.
“I respect Chad and at the end of the day, we’re still a family, no matter what things happen,” Rosado said. “Nobody’s perfect and I’m not here to judge him. I’ve had infidelity issues. It happened to me. I did it to someone. I’ve done it to somebody in my younger days.”
Rosado, who shares 2-year-old daughter Serenity with Johnson, started crying when King asked if it’s hard co-parenting after the split.
“Later… we’ll see,” she said when asked if she would get back with Johnson. “But I’m having fun traveling I’m just enjoying life right now… but on a serious note, yes — after therapy, after everything, once we clear the slate with everything I would be open to going on a date with him and we go from there.”
The former All-Pro wideout has previously referenced their split during his and Shannon Sharpe’s “Nightcap” podcast and explained he wanted Rosado back.
Johnson and Rosado went public with their romance in November 2020 and got engaged in January 2023.
