Devin Haney’s partner reacts after jail call with Young Thug goes viral

Boxer Devin Haney’s partner, Leena Sayed, has spoken out after viral video footage showed her visiting rapper Jeffery Williams, known professionally as Young Thug, while he was in jail. Social media influencer Sayed, who has more than 700,000 followers on Instagram, is rumored to have tied the knot with Haney in 2023, although neither has publicly confirmed the speculation. Sayed is currently expecting her first child. On December 23, their relationship became a talking point across social media when almost 15 minutes of video footage was shared on X, formerly Twitter, showing Sayed speaking with hip-hop-star Williams while he was incarcerated. In the footage, which was timestamped July 29, 2022, Sayed was seen crying as she told Williams during their prison phone call: “I don’t like anyone. No one’s like you. I don’t like them… I want you.” Preceding this, Williams, who at the time was behind bars awaiting the start of a criminal trial in Georgia, had told Sayed: “I don’t want to be a burden.” The conversation was shared online by podcaster DJ Akademiks, born Livingston Allen. As of press time, the clip has garnered more than 16 million views. Newsweek has contacted Sayed, Haney, Williams, and Allen...