‘She Ain’t Going Back’: Fans Convinced Cyn Santana Is Over Joe Budden for Good After She Looks ‘Happier Single’

It looks like reconciliation between “Love and Hip Hop: New York” star Cyn Santana and her supposed ex-fiancé Joe Budden may be a no-go.

The 26-year-old model hasn’t let up on posting tempting and bombshell photos of herself on social media since her apparent breakup with the “Pump It Up” rapper. As a matter of fact, she took to her Instagram feed on Sunday evening and uploaded an image of herself completely “glowing.”

She happily posed for a snapshot with a huge grin on her face while wearing a neon-green, curve-hugging dress that fit her perfectly. Seemingly urging her IG followers to keep a “smile” on their face, she wrote in her caption: “You so f–kin precious when you smile 🦄 bomb fit 🤟🏽✨.”

Cyn Santana
Cyn Santana. @cynsantana/Instagram

Fans not only gawked over how beautiful Santana looked, but remarked how much happier she apparently looked while single.

“Cyn bad for no reason 😍 but neon green …. yeah she ain’t going back to Joe 😩.”

“Dang I was rooting for ya’ll but it looks like she done for good good.”

“She looks happier since she left Joe look at that smile ❣.”

“I think she happier single she ain’t taking him back 🤷.”

It was reported that Santana and Budden called off their engagement and broke up last month after rumors of infidelity surrounded them. It also didn’t help that the model deleted all traces of the New York rapper from her social media pages.

Cyn Santana
Cyn Santana and Joe Budden. (Photo: @cynsantana/Instagram)

However, as of Tuesday evening, it was reported that Budden and Santana may have staged their breakup for the upcoming season of “LHHNY,” according to All Hip Hop. The father of two went on Instagram Live this week and praised the show’s executive Mona Scott-Young for being a “genius” although it’s unclear as to what he was making reference to.

“Y’all know Mona’s a genius… don’t sleep,” he said before insinuating that he may get in trouble for his statement and logging off. Many fans took it as Scott being the mastermind behind his and Santana’s supposed split.

“I knew that from the beginning. The report he was cheating and the girl who he was supposedly cheating with was at the beach with her BF gave me that this is a scam for that show vibe 🤔.”

Some fans are still hoping the two work things out. They share 1-year-old son Lexington Budden together.

https://www.instagram.com/p/By0p-gCCLcy/?utm_source=ig_embed

Democracy needs journalism it can trust.

This election season, the stakes are higher than usual — and so is the pressure on newsrooms to soften their coverage, stay quiet, or just disappear. Independent reporting, the kind that answers to readers instead of advertisers or political pressure, matters more in a moment like this, not less.

For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed independent and reader-funded. We have no corporate owner and no shareholders telling us what to cover or how to cover it. That independence is also our biggest vulnerability: nothing protects it except readers choosing to fund it directly.

Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under in a moment like this, it's rarely the independent, reader-funded ones that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Back to top