A$AP Rocky compares therapy to ‘psychic readings’, praises Jay-Z support

A$AP Rocky compares therapy to "psychic readings" and expresses distrust in sharing with strangers. Photo / FilmMagic

A$AP Rocky has compared therapy to getting “psychic readings”.

The 36-year-old rapper/actor has confessed he’s never talked with a counsellor because he doesn’t see “the point” and he finds it hard to trust a stranger with his problems.

He told Elle magazine: “My outlook on therapy is so pessimistic, it’s not even funny. I might get killed for this, but I put therapists in the same box as psychic readings.

“I look at it like, ‘Yo, if you don’t share the same experiences, what’s the point of me telling a stranger my business for an hour straight, for them to just say, ‘Okay, well, how did that make you feel?’”

However, he admits fellow rap star Jay-Z provides a kind of therapy because so many people go to him to talk about their problems.

A$AP Rocky said: “I think Jay-Z is a black therapist. A lot of people come to him with their problems.”

The music star went on to admit he’s happy in his life as a father with his partner Rihanna, the couple welcoming the arrival of their third child, a girl, this month.

A$AP Rocky said he’s embracing ageing and able to see how “fortunate” he is.

“I’m about to be 40 in a few years. I’m ready to embrace that motherf***er. I got these pretty grey hairs growing. I’m ready.”

A$AP Rocky, who was interviewed before the couple’s new baby Rocki Irish Mayers arrived on September 13, revealed he was “praying” for a girl after previously welcoming two boys.

“I hope it’s a girl. I really do. We’re praying for a girl. Our first time, we wanted to know the sex of the baby. The second time, we didn’t want to know.

“Third time, we don’t want to know until, you know. I feel like it’s going to be a girl. This pregnancy is so different from the other two. You can tell from the experience. I hope it’s a baby girl, man. I need that.”

Rihanna, who is mum to RZA, 3, and Riot, 2, with A$AP Rocky, previously admitted she “always wanted” a baby girl.

The 37-year-old pop star also confirmed the baby’s name would begin with the letter R, describing it as a “tradition”. She said: “I mean, of course. It’s tradition at this point.”