Blac Chyna celebrates her sobriety journey and new engagement

The media personality known to most as Blac Chyna opens up about her sobriety journey and her recent engagement to music creator Derrick Milano.

Now living by his birth name, Angela BlancoThis proud achievement is the latest chapter in the former reality star’s journey to heal and connect with herself, while showing the world who White really is as a person and not just a headline.

A beaming Blac Chyna (White is fine with being called by her stage name) recently sat down to talk about her path to sobriety, which she says hasn’t always been easy.

“In the past, when I tried (to get sober), I would relapse,” White shared, noting that it usually happened between four and six months.

“This time,” he continued, “I just let it go. The things that would normally trigger me, I would just eliminate, (because) you have to put yourself first.”

“It feels good,” he conveyed. “(I feel) clear.”

White, a mother of two, also recognized the importance of being in a better place for the well-being of others as part of her reasons for staying sober.

“You have to put yourself first,” the 31-year-old specified, “and then (you can) worry about the people around you. “If you’re not taking care of yourself, how can you take care of (someone) else?”

To stay focused, White now emphasizes good exercise and good nutrition.

“I’ve been eating well,” he says with a smile. “(It really works).”

There was soon talk of White’s recent engagement to Milano, who, as reported here on The explosionHe popped the question in October, a year after they started dating.

White says she had no idea what her future husband had planned when he knelt in front of a supportive crowd during Howard University’s homecoming game.

“That’s why I looked at him (silently) for a second,” he recalled.

“I forgot the crowd was there,” White continued, “and it was just me and Derrick. I had to take it all in.”

Milano, who accompanied White to the interview, admitted how “difficult” it was to keep her sweet intentions a secret.

“Everyone wants to tell Angela everything, so (I had to) make sure the people (I told) could keep it a secret,” he shared.

Some of the first to hear the good news were White’s children, Dream, 8, her daughter with Rob Kardashian, and Cairo, 12, a son she shares with rapper Tyga.

“When I told them, they were excited,” White noted, adding, “I got good responses from them!”

White’s continued transformation follows his decision to convert to Christianity sometime in 2022.

After her baptism, she deleted her Onlyfans account and reversed most of the plastic surgery she had had since rising to fame.

Perhaps one of the most poignant displays of White’s evolution came in the Lifetime docuseries, “Where’s Wendy Williams?”, which focused on the former talk show host as she was said to be struggling with sobriety. A statement released before its broadcast revealed that Williams had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

As seen in the docuseries, White makes a surprise visit to Williams’ apartment while visiting New York and warmly engages with her, highlighting moments of vulnerability in both women.

White discussed their connection earlier this year, which first surfaced when Williams repeatedly spoke negatively about her during her Hot Topic segments.

“(Finally) I did the show and while we were sitting on the set she said, ‘Let’s have dinner tonight,’ White recalled.

“I really wanted her to see me, so we ordered a lot of food and had a great time.”

On the one-year anniversary of her sobriety, an emotional White was stunned when her mother, Tokyo Toni, surprised her during an appearance on The Tamron Hall Show.

Previously separated, the two had reconnected long before their on-camera reunion, but White couldn’t help but be proud of how far the two had come in their relationship.

“I never thought it would get to this point,” White said through tears. “That’s what moms are for.”

Most recently, Toni, still as fiery as ever, defended her daughter when an ex alleged that White had physically assaulted him.

“I came there and beat your damn ass,” he claimed in a social media rant, “(and) I’ll beat your damn ass the same way again!”