Mary J. Blige has filed for divorce from her husband, Kendu Isaacs, after 12 years of marriage today [Tuesday, July 26]. According to TMZ, the singer cited irreconcilable differences and listed the date of separation as “to be determined.” Isaacs is Blige’s husband and manager.
The Wiz Live! actress opened up about their relationship and how he helped her get sober in a 2007 interview with Parade magazine.
“We met when I hated men. … After I met him, everything changed in my life,” she told the magazine. “He was the first person to ever challenge what I did: ‘Why are you drinking? Why do you hate yourself? You don’t need to be around people who tear you down. You’re beautiful, Mary.’ He was the first man to ever tell me that.”
She also revealed to Stella Magazine that the difficult part of their relationship was that “it’s on all the time…When you don’t feel like answering to your manager, he’s still your husband. If one of you doesn’t want to talk about something right now, you have to respect that. And you have to respect each other’s space.”
She requested that Isaacs not receive spousal support.
