After we announced that Maxwell (43) was dating a celebrity whom many of us know and that he had been doing so for at least the past three years or so, inquiring minds not only wanted to know who, but they had a lot of opinions about it as well.

In case you missed our announcement on Sunday (5-7-17), Maxwell is dating former 106 & Park host, Julissa Bermudez (33). They attended VH-1’s Dear Mama event together and cozied up on the purple carpet for photos. Although he and Julissa have stepped out in public together a few times before, most people missed that they were dating. However, it wasn’t until Monday that Maxwell had gotten so much heat about his love life, that he decided to take to his social media pages to speak out in he and Julissa’s defense against his naysayers for the first time ever.

The Backlash

Because Maxwell is usually super private, many had been drawing their own conclusions about his sexuality for years. Being that he’s very rarely (if ever) been seen with a ‘girlfriend’ on his arm in public, the sexual conclusions by some if his fans was understandable. Therefore after they found out he was dating Julissa, many of his female fans voiced they’d believed he was gay for years and sighed a collective sigh of relief when they learned he wasn’t. Not sure why, but it could be because if he was gay, it kind of kills the sensual fantasy within his music…for women.

Secondly, he caught a lot of flack over his choice in a woman- some felt that he should have chosen a more ‘A-list celeb,’ or something; while others didn’t like that he was dating a Latina woman because he is a Black man.

Maxwell’s Message To Naysayers

Although Maxwell was brushing the flack off his shoulders, it wasn’t until the race card came into play that he got offended by it. Maxwell is Puerto Rican and Haitian; Julissa is Dominican. Maxwell took to Instagram and used the flags of Haiti and the Dominican Republic to address the hate:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT2S4BIl9do/?hl=en

He even jumped in his comment section to shut down and/or thank those who were being respectful of his love for his lady, Julissa:

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By the way, if you’re not fully aware of why their Haitian/Dominican Republic heritage was viewed as a clash by some, here are two commenters who gave better insight into that:

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All in all, we’re happy Maxwell and Julissa have found true love in each other. It must be really serious to have brought the ever-reclusive Maxwell out of love-life obscurity (if that’s even a thing). Wonder if wedding bells and baby bottles will be next though…Hmmm…