It’s not surprising that “Nelly & Ashanti” is already charting high on Peacock, where it premiered last Thursday. It’s generating a lot of internet chatter for two very different reasons: how much the couple cackles with each other, as noted by People, and how upset people have been about Nelly’s comments about parenting.

Ashanti and Nelly made waves in the early 2000s R&B and hip-hop scene, all while sparking a high-profiled romance that lasted nearly a decade before they eventually called it quits. In late 2022, the former couple reconnected and quietly rekindled their relationship,