Akon claims 'polyamory is natural behaviour for men'

Akon has told how he believes "polyamory is natural behaviour for men."

The 53-year-old singer was speaking on the We Need to Talk podcast.

"Now, because of the rules that (are) set around us, we control that behaviour to, you can say, appease our partner because of the same rules that we're living by and that we're, you can say, agreeing upon," he said.

"When you're single, it's not a problem. It's only when you are attached or you've promised someone that this is a relationship that we're supposed to hold in the rules that you decide to hold it in."

When asked how many wives he has, the Lonely singer replied, "I'll just leave that to your imagination," adding, "It's entertainment."

Akon has nine children. "I got the most amazing kids," he revealed. "Seven boys and two girls, and the setup all depends on the person and the understanding," he said. "It's communication. It's literally the answer and the solution. You got to be mature enough to know that, 'If this is the situation that I'm going to park in, I have to communicate.'"

He added that his wives can't have other partners, and named his "first wife" as his emergency contact "no matter what."

"That one is the reason you even got one, two or three. She's the queen," he said, "Nobody violates Wife No. 1. The moment they violate, (they are) out the door. ... There's levels in the end, like, she's the one that's actually sacrificing in the end. With new people (joining) your family, there's going to be new attitudes, new mindsets, new behaviours and (the first wife has) to deal with that."

He went on to claim that polyamory benefits the wives more than the husband. "Oftentimes when the family is united in that way, the benefit is more for the woman than it is for the man because the man actually has to take care of all of them," he said. "He has to treat them all equally, and their responsibility bears on him as well."