Jay-Z and Beyoncé work hard on their marriage.
On the latest episode of Netflix's "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction," which hit Netflix Friday morning, Jay-Z spoke with host David Letterman about cheating on Beyoncé. Letterman alluded to troubles his own infidelity resulted in and asked Jay-Z if that sounded familiar to him, though neither Letterman nor Jay-Z explicitly referenced cheating.
"A few years ago, I got myself into some trouble, and the situation was my responsibility and my fault," Letterman said. "I did something that I had no business doing, and I regret it, and since then, I have tried to acknowledge that mistake and be a better person.
Letterman admitted to having an affair with a co-worker and cheating on his wife Regina Lasko during a 2009 episode of "The Late Show" after someone attempted to blackmail him.
"At the time the pain that I caused myself was the fear that I had blown up my family ... And I'm wondering if this rings a bell with you," the host continued.
Jay-Z acknowledged that he related to the situation. He has opened up about his marriage in recent interviews, and both he and Beyoncé reference the infidelity in their music.
"Much like you, I have a beautiful wife who was understanding and knew that I'm not the worst of what I've done and who did the hard work of going to therapy, and really, we love each other," Jay-Z said. "We really put in the work."
He also described how the two are still growing as a couple.
"For years, this music that I'm making now is a result of things that happened already," he said. "Like you, I like to believe that we're in a better place today but still working and communicating and growing. I'm proud of the father and the husband that I am today because of all the work that was done."
Jay also said it's often difficult for men to open about their emotions, but it's something he strives for.
"For a lot of us, we don't have, especially where I grew up and men in general, we don't have emotional cues from when we're young," he said. "Our emotional cues are 'Be a man, stand up, don't cry!'"
The rapper told T Magazine: The New York Times Style Magazine in 2017 that he and Beyoncé never explicitly spoke about what they were going to use on their albums but that they used music as a "therapy session."
"We started making music together," Jay-Z said. "And then the music she was making at that time was further along. So her album came out as opposed to the joint album that we were working on."
The husband and wife are going on tour together this summer. The On the Run II tour will run June 6 through October 2.
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