Looks like Nelly and Ashanti are back in each others arms again, despite what Nelly may say.

According to ThatB*tch, a picture is worth 1000 words!

Any questions you had about whether nor not Nelly and Ashanti are actually a couple can probably be answered by these pictures of them on New Year’s eve in Las Vegas.

…and I totally agree! Don’t they look like the epitome of a loving couple?

Nelly says he and Ashanti are loving life and enjoy each others company, but marriage may take a lil bit longer. Check out what he has to say about tying the knot below:

Nelly spoke to Rap-Up TV about his return to the music scene with his latest album 5.0 and what he thinks of people calling it a “comeback” after the success of “Just a Dream.” He also touched on his relationship with girlfriend Ashanti and why he’s waiting to put a ring on it:

“[Our relationship] is the same it’s always been.

We’re really good friends, you know? I think that’s the thing people don’t understand. I say that because you know it’s like society puts a pressure on you ’cause they want to see it turn into a certain relationship. But if that relationship don’t work, then society doesn’t take the responsibility of when it don’t work. [laughs] You know what I’m saying?

It’s kind of like, ‘Oh, oh, okay, we’ll move on to the next couple we want to see.’ I think what people don’t understand is I think you really have to be friends first. I think that’s the thing. It’s not about how long it takes because there’s no time limit on this.

I’m not a person that wants to get married more than once. You see what I’m saying? … If I’ma do it, I’ma do it and that’s it. You’re dying if you leave me.

Right now we’re friends, man, I’m married to my work, [my new album] 5.0. I’m married to getting things in a certain situation right now and she’s married to getting things in a certain situation right now.

So again, man, we enjoy each other’s company… we love it.”

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