Mary J. Blige has filed for divorce from husband and manager Martin “Kendu” Isaacs after 12 years of marriage.
TMZ reported that Blige had listed “irreconcilable differences” in the divorce papers and is requesting that Isaacs not receive spousal support following the split. The two met in 2000 during a project for Queen Latifah that Blige sang on. They were wed in 2003 and Blige help raised Isaac’s three children from a previous relationship, 18-year-old Briana, 16-year-old Jordan, and 15-year-old Nas.
A representative for Blige released a statement to Billboard on the divorce that read, “Ms. Blige is saddened to say it is true that she has filed for divorce, saying sometimes things don’t work how we hoped they would. But there is a divine plan and a reason for everything. Mary will continue writing and working on her album, which is due out later this year along with her world tour. She thanks and appreciates her fans for their support and love through this very difficult emotional time.”
Blige had always listed Isaacs as a source of support in her life, saying last year in an interview that when they met, “I had something to look at that was new -- a person who was happy, a person who appreciated life. A person who had family who loved him and taught him how to be what he was. I was able to look at that and try to be that. That’s when my life began to go up.”
Even back in 2014 Blige had listed her marriage as a positive force in her life, so the divorce may come as a surprise to some. She described it as being “an achievement” and that she never imagined it would have lasted as long as it had. She did, however, describe the difficulties of not being able to draw the line between manager and husband.
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