Just last year, Marcus King got married to his now wife Briley Hussey in a beautiful ceremony in Nashville.
They tied the knot on February 19th of 2023, and it was even officiated by Jamey Johnson, a country music hall of famer who is a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
How Marcus and Briley King First Met
While speaking to Peopleabout how they first met, Marcus said “She waltzed up on my bus like she owned it, and I was taken with her sweet southern drawl.”
“She asked to connect to the Bluetooth, blared Linda Ronstadt and Aretha Franklin and we sang and danced till it was time for the bus to leave.”
“I fell in love, hard!…I told her the next morning to quit her job and marry me instead.”
Their love is evident when they speak about each other and just how special their wedding was. “My something-borrowed was a handkerchief that my bouquet was wrapped with. It belonged to my great-grandmother,” said Briley.
“[It] has been used as ‘something borrowed’ by every great-granddaughter in my family, on their wedding day.” During the ceremony, the couple even had Leah Blevins perform her song “Little Bird,” which is a direct reference to their relationship.
Briley Has a Music Career of Her Own
“Marcus has called me ‘little bird’ since the night we met,” added Briley. While Briley may now hold the proud title of Marcus’ wife, she has made a name for herself in her own right. She has been in the spotlight several times well before she even knew Marcus, and has released multiple original songs.
In 2015, she sang the U.S. National Anthem at Donald Trump’s campaign rally, something that ultimately gained her some significant attention. Things have only continued to look up for her music career after marrying Marcus, as music is a passion that the two of them share.
Briley is also an online personality and has amassed over one hundred thousand followers on TikTok where she shares singing videos and videos of herself and Marcus. On her social media, she can be seen performing at several different venues, including stadiums, posting all of the hard work she’s putting into her music.
Briley Studied Communications and Used to Have a Corporate Job
She has a successful career inside corporate America. After high school, she graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in communications and works as a project manager at Bank of America.
While she is certainly accomplished in many different facets of her life, here marriage to Marcus is a top priority. She gushes about her love for him constantly on social media, and the two of them can often be seen performing side by side on stage.
Only time will tell if the two of them decide to make any music together, but for now, the two of them are excited to continue building a life together.
Photo Credits: Kevin Hunter/Instagram and Wendy Williams/Instagram
The U.S. Sun reported on March 11th that Kevin Hunter, Wendy Williams’ ex-husband, has gone to court demanding two years of “back divorce payments” from Wendy. Kevin claimed he needs the payments because he “relies on them for expenses.”
The Sun exclusively obtained Kevin’s court filing. His documents alleged that the two years of payments were “agreed to” by him and Wendy in a Marital Settlement Agreement negotiated during their divorce.
Wendy and Kevin share an adult son, Kevin Hunter Junior. Kevin also had a baby girl with his mistress, Sharina Hudson, during his marriage to Wendy. Kevin’s daughter will turn 5 in April 2023.
Kevin allegedly told the court that he relies on Wendy’s “severance pay” to manage his living expenses. He claimed that “having been without this income for twenty-three months” has affected him greatly.
According to Kevin, the divorce payments “suddenly ceased just before” a New York court selected Sabrina Morrissey to become Wendy’s legal guardian in 2022.
He demanded that Sabrina, Wendy’s legal guardian, “immediately pay all severance payments which may be due and owing at the time of this Court’s order.”
Kevin Requested to have Access to Wendy’s Financial Statements
The Sun previously reported confirmation from sources that Wendy was “locked out of her Wells Fargo accounts” before the guardianship commenced, and Kevin’s payments allegedly ceased.
Kevin’s court documents also state that an “out-of-court mediation” had allegedly failed. He listed that as the excuse for bringing the issue before a New York court again.
In the court documents, Kevin argued that Sabrina allegedly “promised” him access to Wendy’s financial records. He listed December 8, 2022, as the mediation date when he met with Sabrina and Wendy’s legal team.
His court documents allege that the New York court had given Wendy’s lawyers and Sabrina permission “to provide statements to accounts and bank records” to Kevin. However, he claims they never did.
In a previous report, the Sun revealed that Kevin had “urged the court” to make Wendy’s team hand over all of her bank records from the official date of their divorce to the current date.
The Sun also published that Kevin’s court filing indicates that he is seeking a cut of Wendy’s AFTRA Retirement Plan. Kevin stated, “I would not have to file this motion if the plaintiff did not stop my severance payments.”
But the Sun alleged they received exclusive information from a source “close to [Wendy’s] mediation negotiations in 2022.” If this source is correct, Kevin might be in greater financial trouble than he could ever wish for.
This source alleged that the mediator in Wendy’s case—a judge who formally worked the courts in New Jersey—had confessed during a mediation session, “The reality is that there is no more money.”
Still, another source told the Sun, “There was no proof offered to them to support the allegation” that Wendy is broke.
Doctors Informed Wendy that Drinking Would Worsen Her Condition
Another exclusive report recently published in the Sun confirmed that Wendy received a diagnosis of alcohol-related brain damage in 2019. This happened when she was undergoing rehab in Florida, and her son, Kevin, also confirmed Wendy’s diagnosis in her docuseries.
Wendy allegedly underwent a brain scan at a rehab facility in Delray Beach, Florida. A source with inside knowledge told the Sun what happened next.
The insider claimed that a neurologist met with Wendy, her ex-husband, and her son. The source said, in part, “They told her that her [substance issues] had done permanent damage to the layers in her brain.”
Sadly, the source claimed that Wendy had been “warned then and there that if she continued to drink, the damage would only get worse.” They added that Wendy would “continue to grow more forgetful, that she wouldn’t remember people’s names, and eventually, she could forget who people even were.”
Last year, the Sun asked Sabrina for an update on Wendy’s health. Wendy’s team did release a statement confirming that Wendy is suffering from numerous ailments. This includes a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia.
Wendy’s care team said, in part, “The decision to share this news was difficult and made after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances.”
Photo Credits: Teyana Taylor/Instagram and Leonardo DiCaprio/Instagram
Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted at a pre-Oscar party with his co-star, Teyana Taylor. According to TMZ, a witness recorded a video at a party where the two were touching each other a lot. In the video, Leonardo had his arm wrapped around Teyana’s waist.
Teyana was also wearing a revealing dress, allowing for a lot of skin contact. They were pressed close to each other in the busy club, with very little personal space between them.
Later in the video, the costars acted very familiar with each other again. Teyana was spotted fixing Leonardo’s ponytail, hanging from his baseball cap. They were seen whispering in each other’s ears, laughing, and talking to each other for most of the evening.
TMZ further investigated the matter and had sources claim that nothing funny happened between Leonardo and Teyana. Leonardo is still dating Vittoria Ceretti, another young model.
Much attention has been paid to Leonardo’s dating habits over the past few years. His tendency to date younger women and then break up with them around the age of 25 has become a running joke among fans.
Although the couple was last seen together in late February, Vittoria was not at the Oscar’s pre-party. While Leonardo seems to be off the market, Teyana is a single lady.
That said, she is going through a tough divorce from her former husband, Iman Shumpert. The two have children together, which is only making the divorce more difficult.
Teyana Wanted to Avoid a Public Divorce
According to another TMZ report, Teyana secretly filed for divorce in early 2023. Eight months later, they finally announced their separation.
Teyana called Iman a jealous narcissist. Iman plays in the NBA, but despite making more money than Teyana, she claimed that he was insecure about being good enough for her. She also claimed that Iman was jealous of her fame.
An example she gives is when they attended public events together. He’d become annoyed when the photographers wanted him to step away so they could take some photos of Teyana alone.
Teyana tried to make the divorce private by signing the documents with her initials. When Iman signed his divorce papers, however, he used their full names. That made the public aware of their divorce, which Teyana wanted to avoid for the sake of her children.
Their marriage started to become more difficult when Iman started sending negative and manipulative messages to Teyana. He’d later apologize about them, but Teyana was tired of it.
Iman even asked her to stop working, and she had turned down gigs to please him. She also claimed that he cheated on her several times and emotionally manipulated her to keep her around. She’s seeking temporary and permanent primary physical custody of their children, who she says Iman hasn’t spent much time with since October 2023.
Leonardo and Teyana, on the other hand, are working together on the latest indie movie directed by PT Anderson. They’ve been spotted filming several scenes together and seem to have great on-set chemistry.
As for whether they’re seeing each other, witnesses saw them leave the club separately, so it seems the two may just be good friends.
Bam Margera was caught in an argument with his fiancée, Dannii Marie, late on March 7th, 2024, according to a report by TMZ. The couple were at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, when the argument broke out.
Bam had stepped out of the hotel and into an alley to take a smoke break. Dannii followed him, worried that he might be using the opportunity to use harder substances. When she confronted Bam, the two got into an argument.
A witness took a video of the argument, in which you can hear Bam and Dannii yelling at each other. Bam repeats himself a few times, saying that if Dannii really loved him, she’d be hugging him. Dannii insists that she loves him a few times during the argument.
When the news of the argument broke, Bam’s manager, Mike Quinn, quickly reassured fans that their relationship was going strong. It was an argument that came from a place of love.
The reason Dannii was concerned that Bam was using hard substances was because of his injury. Recently, Bam was skating and performed a stunt that left him with an injury. He ended up tearing both his ACL and MCL.
TMZ also reported on his injury. Earlier in March, Bam was out skating with some friends.
When he performed a move, his left leg ended up moving out of position, causing him to fall. He let out a loud scream, cursed, and was unable to move.
His friends watched helplessly while Dannii hurried over to help him. They eventually called the hospital, and Bam was taken away in an ambulance. Although he tore his ACL and MCL, he left the hospital with just a knee brace and some crutches.
An Injury Like Bam’s Could Give Him Access to Prescription Painkillers
Because of his injury, some fans worried that Bam might return to his use of hard substances. The skateboarder has a difficult history with them and only recently started getting help for his problem.
Pain medication is usually given during an injury, and fans worried that it would be a way for him to start using it again. Dannii must have thought the same since she followed Bam out to the alley outside the hotel to make sure he wasn’t doing anything wrong.
Mike told TMZ that Bam’s still sober and has been taking his voluntary urine tests to prove it. On the day of the argument, he’d also had a urine test, which proved he was still sober.
Mike also told TMZ that the argument ended shortly after it started positively, as such arguments usually did. He called the argument a misunderstanding between the couple.
US Weekly first reported about Bam’s engagement to Dannii. Bam proposed to Dannii back in October 2023.
He told US Weekly in December of the same year that they were a good team. She gave him structure when he didn’t have much of it. He’d just look around and end up doing the things that weren’t good for him.
Dannii got him involved with a gym and fitness, which has allowed him to return to skateboarding. The couple remain together despite the loud argument heard in Nashville.
Photo Credits: Briana DeJesus/Instagram and Mackenzie Mckee/Instagram
It looks like time really does heal all wounds. It’s been reported that Teen Mom rivals Briana DeJesus and Mackenzie McKee have finally squashed their former beef.
In Touch revealed that Briana talked to them about the experience of reuniting with Mackenzie for the filming of Teen Mom: Family Reunion. Anyone expecting to hear Briana bad-mouthing her costar was in for a surprise.
Briana told In Touch that it had been “surprisingly great” to work with Mackenzie again. She described their previous bad blood as “a little bit of a hiccup back in the day,” and claimed that they were both “past that.”
Briana then went on to heap praise on Mackenzie, stating, “I think she’s a great person.” She said that Mackenzie brought a lot of “energy” to filming and helped to make it a “really good experience.”
Briana and Mackenzie, both 29, were the stars of the single season of Teen Mom 3 in 2013. Four years after Teen Mom 3 was canceled, they were both interviewed to join the cast of Teen Mom 2. However, only Briana was selected to appear on the show.
After MTV made their decision, Mackenzie was reported to have fired shots at Briana over her selection. She suggested Briana was chosen to return over her because Mackenzie was “married and [has] three kids with the same guy.” She went on to hint that she believed that MTV chose Briana due to her having multiple different baby daddies, which she claimed more people were interested in.
The Pair Have Reportedly Gotten Along Well on the Set of Family Reunion
From there, the feud between the two stars grew, spilling onto social media. A few months later, Mackenzie liked a post from a fan who criticized Briana’s inclusion in Teen Mom 2. In response, Briana tweeted, “Lmao why?”.
Mackenzie then took to Twitter herself, and without naming names, hinted that Briana “hated” her. She wrote, “I don’t hate anyone. I’ve always loved this person. But I can promise she hates me.”
The pair continued to take jabs at each other the following year.
In Touch reported that Mackenzie had claimed that she had not talked to Briana since she had allegedly called her “a nutcase.” She went on to add, “We just kind of blocked each other from there. It was a mess.”
In the time between then and now, it seems both Mackenzie and Briana have put the past behind them. They met each other again for the latest season of Family Reunion along with several other former Teen Moms in Colombia.
There seemed to be a lot of positivity from the cast members about what they wanted to get from their return. Briana shared that she “went in there just to have a good time.”
Unlike many of her castmates, Briana returned to the show without a partner. Mackenzie, meanwhile, has found love again with boyfriend Khesanio Hall after splitting with her husband Josh in 2022.
The new season of Family Reunion will air tomorrow at 8 pm ET.
Photo Credits: Mackenzie Edwards/Instagram and Ryan Edwards/Instagram
Mackenzie Edwards still wants a divorce. The Teen Mom star has been struggling to finalize the end of her marriage to Ryan Edwards. In fact, the proceedings have been dragged out for over a year at this point.
Last month it was reported in the US Sun that the troubled couple’s divorce case was dismissed due to a lack of activity. A court clerk explained that the case had “sat for over 270 days with nothing filed,” which was why it was decided that their divorce would not proceed.
However, some media outlets have reported that Mackenzie has not given up on it. The Ashley reportedly obtained court documents this month that revealed that Mackenzie had requested to reopen the case.
Ryan had reportedly been sent a copy of Mackenzie’s order, in which she asked the court to set aside their earlier dismissal. The reality TV star wished to restore their case to “active.” Ryan’s copy of the request was reportedly mailed to his parent’s house.
Ryan, Mackenzie claimed, is now living with his new girlfriend, Amanda Conner, whom he met while in rehab. A couple of weeks after Mackenzie revealed that Ryan had moved in with his girlfriend, the news was confirmed by Amanda herself.
She recently posted a picture of Ryan hanging up a TV on her social media. Amanda followed this with a post showing a photo of hardwood floors with a caption reading, “Our new home.”
Mackenzie and Ryan’s relationship troubles surfaced early last year after he accused her of cheating. Things escalated after police were called to the home of the former couple.
According to Mackenzie, Ryan Sent Her Threatening Messages
The Sun reported that Ryan had gone to the house he once shared with Makenzie and their kids to grab something. He allegedly arrived accompanied by police officers to avoid any potential confrontation with his estranged wife.
Upon Ryan’s arrival, Mackenzie allegedly accused him of sending her threatening messages. Mackenzie claimed that this happened after Ryan had left their marital home.
The Sun went on to report that they had obtained phone calls Mackenzie had previously made to police. In the first of these alleged calls, Mackenzie told the operator, “I need to speak to an officer. My ex-husband tore up my house almost a year ago.”
She reportedly added, “He hasn’t lived here in a year and he’s trying to come over and get some things. I don’t want him here.”
The Sun went on to report that in a later call, the dispatcher asked Mackenzie if Ryan had the former couple’s two children in his care. Mackenzie allegedly responded, “His mother does. He does not even see them, no. He lives with his girlfriend. She has them to spend the night because that’s their grandmother.”
For his part, Ryan alleged that he was “trying to get something out of the garage of mine where I live,” before requesting an officer to come with him to the house. He also allegedly told a police dispatcher, “We’re just in the process of getting divorced. Right now I don’t think it’s a good idea if I show up without an officer.”
Although their divorce case was recently dismissed, recent events have shown that neither Mackenzie nor Ryan have any desire to remain husband and wife.
On March 12th, The U.S. Sun reported that 25-year-old Garrison Brown of Sister Wives was “gone too soon.” Garrison was laid to rest on the weekend after his tragic passing at home in Flagstaff, Arizona last week.
Entertainment Tonight reported on a video posted online by Garrison’s half-sister, Mykelti Padron, the daughter of Kody Brown and one of his “ex-wives,” Christine Brown. Mykelti had been at Garrison’s funeral and shared details through her tears.
Mykelti said, “I was in Flagstaff last week with my husband and all of my family. It was for obvious reasons. My brother passed away.” But Mykelti claimed she was trying to be positive and was happy to see the whole family together “for the first time in years.”
Mykelti added, “I think that ultimately, obviously, Garrison would have been happy by that.”
Garrison passed away on March 5th. The Sun spoke exclusively to a source who claimed that Janelle Brown, Garrison’s mother, was so “angry & numb” about his loss that she could barely function.
Garrison’s Cousin, Emma, Shared a Tribute on Instagram
Garrison’s full name was Robert Garrison Brown. His cousin, Emma Brown, called him by his first name in a heartbreaking Instagram message posted on Saturday, March 9th. Emma wrote, “Dear Robert, I had to dress up for your funeral today and this is everything I wish you could’ve heard before I had to say goodbye.”
Her message continued, “We love you. I don’t even own a picture of you without your contagious smile. I don’t know if I have the right words to say I’ll miss you.”
Emma shared throwback photos of Garrison with his gigantic grin and wrote that she wished she could hug him and tell him how much he was loved. Emma admitted that Garrison was “human” and “had flaws,” but never once doubted her friendship with her cousin. She wrote, “I’ll always cherish the times I got to spend with you.”
Emma sadly revealed that she “only made it to one” of the many backpacking trips she’d planned to go on with Garrison. She talked about the random things she would miss, like Garrison’s goofy jokes, their coffee runs, and the dinners they shared.
Emma remembered watching movies with her cousin and when he let her “put messy face masks all over” their faces. Her emotional message ended by calling Garrison “a son, a brother, a soldier, and a friend.” Emma sadly wrote, “If there is a god I hope he’s giving you peace. I love you, Robert.”
The Family Plans to Honor Garrison’s Memory in the Coming Months
After posting her emotional video last week, Mykelti also wrote a tribute to Garrison on her social media. While she wrote that her heart was breaking for Garrison, Mykelti said she rejoiced “knowing that [Garrison] was with his fellow warriors in Valhalla drinking and fighting with Odin.”
Mykelti described Garrison as “always the funniest person in the room” and “one cool dude.” She finished her tribute by saying, “Have fun up with the stars, little bro. You’re missed.”
The Sun claimed it had “exclusively obtained the police report” surrounding Garrison’s passing. The document contained details of what Janelle said when she arrived at the shocking scene.
Allegedly, Janelle told police officers that Garrison “just stopped texting last night.” Sadly, the document also alleges that Janelle said she “should have gotten Garrison help in the past as well.”
Janelle reportedly told the police that Garrison was “estranged from his father.” His brother, Gabriel—referred to as Gabe in the police report—allegedly told police that Garrison had been “struggling.”
Flagstaff police also obtained statements from Garrison’s roommates, Cheyenne, Addison, and Tyler. Addison allegedly told police that Garrison was “depressed lately,” and claimed that Garrison was drinking “every night.”
The police report stated that Addison knew Garrison was “having problems with his ex-girlfriend and that he was not a very happy person.” Still, Addison didn’t think there were any red flags indicating self-harm in Garrison’s words or actions.
In her video, Mykelti discussed how the Brown family will honor Garrison’s memory. She said things are being planned to honor Garrison in the coming months. Mykelti also revealed an upcoming “Brown family reunion” in Wyoming, and she said, “A lot of my family, most of them, are going to honor him.”
Alicia Keys has never cared too much about convention. When it comes to the family she has with her husband and producer Swizz Beatz, the singer has always been happy to do things their way. The couple raise 5 children together, including Prince Nasir, Kasseem Jr, and Nicole from Swizz’s previous relationships, as well as Egypt and Genesis.
Alicia opened up about her family unit in her 2016 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. At the time, she was promoting her new song Blended Family (What You Do For Love). Alicia said, “I feel like the family is such a beautiful and diverse unit, and – as we’ve all experienced – our families come in all different sizes and shapes and versions.”
The singer is fascinated by the many competing aspects of motherhood, which has inspired a lot of her creative work. In 2019, she told People magazine, “Motherhood, I find, makes you look at yourself in a way that is a mirror, like no other that you’ve been presented with before.”
At the time, she was appearing at the American Express and Billboard Women in Music Impact Brunch in Los Angeles. She added, “I think it makes you look at what you have taken or learned from other people and how that becomes your truth, whether it’s yours or not.”
Swizz’s Oldest Son is 23
Her partner Swizz had previously spoken up about the difficulties he had initially faced when becoming a parent. Talking to People in 2011, he said “It makes you grow up real quick because now you start making decisions based on how you want your kids to make decisions.”
Swizz started learning those lessons years before getting together with Alicia. He had his first son, Prince, in October 2000, making him now 23 years old. The producer’s adult son has expressed his desire to follow in his dad’s footsteps as a musician.
After one of Prince’s first performances, under the name Note Marcato, Swizz took to Instagram to share his joy. He wrote, “I’m so proud of you making your own way, my prince keep going.”
Six years after Prince was born, Swiz welcomed a second son, Kasseem Jr, with his former wife Mashonda Tifrere. Kasseem Jr, who also goes by KJ, is reportedly close with Alicia as well as Mashonda.
His mom talked about her friendship with Alicia in an interview with People, saying, “I wanted to get to know her because my son was telling me amazing things.” Alicia even wrote the foreword for Mashonda’s book, Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family.
Everyone connected to Alicia’s family is determined to make everything work in harmony with love and respect. Mashonda and Swizz divorced in 2008, the same year he welcomed his daughter Nicole with singer Jahna Sebastian.
Like her brothers, Nicole loves spending time with the whole family and is often seen on social media enjoying vacations. She has spent time with her dad in the studio and accompanies Jahna to outings like the London Fashion Week.
Egypt Wrote His First Song by the Age of Six
Around Nicole’s birth, Swizz first got together with Alicia. They welcomed their first baby together in 2010, named Egypt.
Egypt seems to have inherited a lot of his parents’ artistic abilities. In 2022, Swizz called his son a “mastermind of a creative” on Instagram. He reportedly wrote his first song at 6 and received a producer credit on Kendrick Lamar’s Untitled Unmastered album.
His parents gushed about him to Entertainment Weekly in 2016, saying, “We have always encouraged Egypt to create the music he feels.” They explained, “As much as he has fun with it, he works very hard and is always practicing.”
Three years later, Egypt joined Alicia at the 2019 iHeart Radio Music Awards for a duet of Raise a Man. Reflecting on the experience, Alicia said, “That moment was the first time he performed with me on stage and I remember being so completely wrapped up in him being okay.” She also admitted that she had “asked him to do it.”
However, despite encouragement from his parents, Egypt has other plans for his future. In 2023, he said on the Jennifer Hudson Show, “I don’t really want to be a musician. I want to be a basketball player.”
According to Alicia, the couple’s second son, Genesis, was a surprise to them both. She wrote in her 2020 memoir, More Myself, “The music I was creating felt more important and urgent than just about everything.”
She even wrote that the pregnancy seemed to come at the “worst time ever.” However, Alicia is as smitten with her youngest child as she is with the rest of her blended family.
Sam Hunt and his wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, were together for years. But then everything came crashing down when Hannah filed for divorce from Sam and made some serious accusations against him. Things then took a crazy turn, and you’ll never believe what happened.
Sam Hunt is one of the most famous country singers out there right now. But he has been constantly making headlines for his up-and-down relationship with his now-wife, Hannah. Almost all of his music is about her, and he’s been very open about their breakups and issues in the past.
Sam and Hannah were together before he was famous and broke up as his fame grew, and he allegedly became a serial cheater. His songs like “Break Up in a Small Town,” “Make You Miss Me,” and “Cop Car” were all about Hannah Lee.
But his music about her really made headlines when he released “Drinking Too Much,” and called her out by name in the lyrics. In the song, he admitted to substance issues, cheating on her, and his ego going out of control as he became more and more famous.
Sam Wrote Several Songs About Hannah
When he released “Drinking Too Much,” the two were already back together and on the fast track to getting married, despite the ups-and-downs of their past relationship. They even claimed that everything was better between them and that they had fixed all of their issues — and then they got married in 2017.
After that, Sam pretty much disappeared from the spotlight. He barely released any new music after he came back with his biggest hit, “Body Like a Backroad.” There were a lot of rumors that he did this because he and Hannah were worried that if he got back into the country music world, his cheating would start again.
So, for a while, it seemed like Sam was really determined to make this marriage work. He seemed to be prioritizing his relationship with Hannah, but then things took a turn for the worse when, in 2019, Sam got arrested for driving under the influence.
What he did was seriously insane…Sam was supposedly driving the wrong way down the road at 4 A.M., and he actually blew more than two times over the legal limit. He was pulled over and admitted that he had been drinking.
Then, two years later, he pleaded guilty and had to serve 48 hours in a DUI Education Center. He also took an alcohol safety course. Ever since then, his marriage with Hannah has pretty much been unraveling. Hannah filed for divorce from Sam at the beginning of 2022, but then immediately withdrew the filing a day later.
Her reason? She allegedly filed the divorce in the wrong jurisdiction. Some people were not convinced by that explanation, though. Given her and Sam’s up-and-down relationship, who knows if that was the real reason why she immediately withdrew the filing?
I mean, when Hannah filed for divorce, a representative did state that all hopes of reconciliation had been exhausted. So, what changed? Well, the story is actually kind of complicated.
Sam Hunt and Hannah Lee Fowler’s Divorce Drama
Hannah filed for divorce from Sam on February 18, after being married for over four years. Media outlets were later able to tell from the divorce papers that Hannah was pregnant with her and Sam’s first child at the time, but no one actually knew that back then.
The couple hadn’t announced the news by the time of the divorce filing. It was actually pretty bizarre t hat people found out about her being pregnant through their divorce papers, but there’s more. You see, another telling sign that Hannah really wanted out at the time was that she was desperate enough to make two filings within hours.
She withdrew the first one because it was filed in the wrong county but followed it up immediately with a second filing in Williamson County, Tennessee. However, she included a notice of voluntary nonsuit the second time around.
This basically gives the person filing for the divorce the automatic right to cancel the divorce filing at any time without any further explanation. This obviously struck many people as really weird. Why would she put that in?
It’s almost as if she wasn’t too sure that she was actually going to go through with the divorce, despite accusing her husband of being unfaithful and citing irreconcilable differences. In the filing, she also claimed that Sam had cheated on her and also harmed her.
In fact, according to TMZ, the filing went as far as stating that if Hannah was to continue living with Sam, it would be unsafe for her. So, it seemed like things might’ve been super serious. And like they might truly not get back together this time around.
I mean, she said that he had harmed her… That’s a serious accusation…Hannah also asked for child support and to have primary custody of their child, as well as for the court to divide their shared property equally.
Are Sam Hunt and his Wife Still Together?
Even though Hannah only filed for divorce in February and said that she separated from him on that same day, there were actually a bunch of signs that Hannah and Sam were having issues even before this.
For one, Sam was spotted not wearing his wedding ring. So, it didn’t exactly come as a shock when this whole thing went down. What did shock everyone, though, was what happened next. Because around the time that the baby was born, Hannah actually withdrew the filing altogether.
This happened almost three months after she first filed for the divorce. It was mostly silence from the moment she filed until the time she formally called off the divorce proceedings, and the whole thing was just kind of weird. Who knows if her initial allegations were true?
But either way, she made them. I was honestly really concerned for her when I heard that they got back together yet again. They’re allegedly working out their marriage now. Sam’s pretty much withdrawn from the spotlight as much as possible yet again.
Probably because he still believes that fame is what causes issues in their marriage, and also because supposedly, Hannah really loves her privacy and doesn’t enjoy the fame aspect of Sam’s music career. And after everything that went down, it would make sense for him to do this for her.
In December 2023, the two welcomed their second child. So yes, they appear to be still together and even had a second baby since all the divorce drama went down.
Sam Hunt and Wife Hannah Lee Fowler Relationship Timeline
Honestly, Sam and Hannah’s relationship has pretty much always been like this — messy and complicated and always off-again-on-again.
The two reportedly met in 2008, with some people theorizing that they might have originally met when Sam played football for the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2005 to 2007. While they’ve mostly kept their relationship pretty private, Sam’s songwriting has revealed some stuff about his struggling romance with Hannah.
He even named his debut album Montevallo after her hometown in Alabama. Sam and Hannah actually split sometime after the release of the album in 2014 but got back together in 2016, after Sam made several attempts to convince her to get back together with him.
In January 2017, they got engaged during a trip to Israel. Sam actually popped the question over by the Sea of Galilee. The public only got to find out about this romantic detail weeks after their engagement was announced. But even the proposal wasn’t exactly perfect.
In an interview, Sam revealed that he and Hannah actually had a fight right before this that almost ruined his big plans. Around the same time that he proposed to Hannah, he released the single “Drinking Too Much.” Like I said, the song was clearly about Hannah, and he used the song’s lyrics to apologize to her for all of his past mistakes.
Following the song, things kind of settled between the couple, with Hannah even agreeing to attend the ACM Awards with him.. And a few weeks after their appearance at the ACM awards, the pair got married in an intimate ceremony in Georgia. No one knew about it until after the wedding.
You can just see the length Sam and Hannah are willing to go to protect their privacy, but they haven’t always been successful at keeping all this private, mainly because of Sam’s many mistakes. It’s clear that their relationship has been far from perfect.
I’m not really confident that they’ll be able to work things out. And I’m honestly not even sure if they should.
Lil Jon and his wife Nicole Smith recently went their separate ways. The former couple announced their split after almost twenty years together earlier this month.
The celebrated rapper and producer shared the news during a recent interview with XXL Magazine. He was talking about the inspiration behind his latest album, Total Meditation, which he said was aimed to “relieve anxiety, boost focus and find peace.”
He talked about “going through a lot of things” after turning 50. Lil Jon explained that he “started going through a divorce.” He added, “I’m separated now, and all the emotions from the divorce and all that process was really getting to me.”
Later, Jon’s representative shed further light on what had happened in their relationship. It turned out that their split was not as recent as everybody thought.
The rep told People magazine, “Nearly two years ago, Lil Jon and his wife Nicole decided to separate.” They continued, “This is an amicable split, and while Lil Jon is a public figure, his family matters will remain private at this time.”
This brought a lot of attention to Nicole, whereas before she lived a pretty private life. Many were curious to find out more about her.
Lil Jon Learned to Adapt in His Marriage
The former couple share a son, Nathan, born in 1998. However, they chose not to get married for another 6 years, finally tying the knot in 2004. MTV reported that they hosted their wedding at a resort in Puerto Rico, with a ceremony overlooking the ocean.
In 2014, Jon opened up about his family life with Nicole and Nathan to HuffPost. At the time, he talked about the secret to keeping his relationship with his wife going for many years.
He said, “You learn to adapt to people as time goes by… but nobody’s… perfect.” He also said, “And you change – you see stuff that you do that’s not perfect and you change yourself a little bit to fit in with your spouse.”
Of his son, Jon said that he was “well mannered and well behaved”, and called Nathan “a really, really good kid.” He also gave an insight into the differences between himself and Nicole when it came to parenting.
He stated, “I listen to my son… he can talk to me about anything.” However, according to Jon, “His mother is crazier than me so he definitely don’t wanna” get in her bad books.
A few years later, Jon and Nicole appeared together on an episode of Tiny House Nation in 2017, in which they tried out living in a small home. Nicole talked about the challenges of living with Jon in such cramped conditions. She said, “When he is doing music, he needs it loud. He needs to feel like he is in the club, so yeah, that would drive a guest crazy.”
Despite the difficulties, the couple agreed Jon would turn his work down when guests visited their tiny home. As Nicole put it at the time, “Teamwork makes the dream work.”
Nicole and Jon Were Involved in Charity Work
Throughout their marriage, Nicole supported Jon in his career and other ventures, including his charitable pursuits. Last year, he talked to CNN about working with the charity organization Pencils of Promise. He said that he was “inspired” by the charity, he had worked with for around 10 years.
According to People, Nicole had lent a lot of support to the cause, including attending an event for Pencils for Promise in 2019. In a rare public family photo, Jon, Nicole, and Nathan all posed at the event together.
Jon also told CNN about a gala they attended that included “stories of people who had built schools in Ghana.” He added that “to see the children’s faces” had “inspired” him to contribute more himself. Jon stated, “That night I decided I wanted to build two new schools in Ghana.”
Despite sticking together through thick and thin, Nicole and Jon have officially called time on their marriage. However, both remain committed to being the best parents they can be to their son. Jon has made it clear in the past just how committed he is to being a good dad to Nathan.
In an interview with Loop in 2015, he confessed that in 2004 he had refused to do a huge gig with another performer, Usher, so that he could attend Nathan’s birthday party. He said, “Usher was doing Saturday Night Live, so he wanted me and Luda to go… with him… but I had to turn it down because it was my son’s birthday.”
He explained, “I just always try to be there as much as I can for my family and my son.” Although he and his wife have split up, hopefully, they can continue to be a family when it comes to Nathan.
