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IT'S OVER!!! Russell Simmons to divorce(171)

Discussion started on  03/31/2006 11:42:52 AM  by  wackiblackie
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  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:42:52 AM
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March 31, 2006

Russell Simmons, Kimora Lee Break Up

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:06 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- The marriage of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his model-turned-entrepreneur wife, Kimora Lee, may be coming to an end.

In a statement provided to The Associated Press on Friday, Simmons announced the pair had decided to break up after seven years of marriage. Rumors had swirled for the past week that a split was imminent. The couple have two young daughters.

''Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other,'' Simmons said. ''We will also continue to work side by side on a daily basis as partners in all of our businesses.''

Simmons is head of Rush Communications, but is perhaps better known as the co-founder of Def Jam Records and for his Phat Farm clothing line. In recent years, he has become more involved in politics, and helped to create the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.

Over the years, Kimora Lee Simmons has become almost famous as her husband, thanks to her successful Baby Phat clothing line and her glamorous diva persona, which has been documented in numerous magazine spreads.

Although the pair have appeared at public events together in recent weeks, the statement said they had been separated for ''some time,'' even though they were still living together.

 

Russell's New Girl friend

KIMORA AND RUSSELL SIMMONS TO DIVORCE
>   ****EXCLUSIVE****
>
>   March 29, 2006. After months of speculation, Kimora Lee and Russell
>   Simmons will announce their separation in a matter of days.
According
>   to the latest issue of Us Weekly, Russell Simmons has already moved
>   on and began dating 23 year old model Denise Vasi (pictured below).
>   The new couple met while practicing yoga and have been inseparable
>   for the past few weeks. Apparently Kimora has also moved on - with
>   reports linking her with New York Knick guard Stephan Marbury. Reps
>   for Kimora and Russell have been tight-lipped about the split, but
an
>   insider tells us that hip-hop's power couple is finally over.
>

 

Edited by wackiblackie on March 31, 2006 04:25:52 PM
  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:48:08 AM
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lol So all the threads on BV were correct!
  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:50:12 AM
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I am not suprised by this news one bit.  Kimora got a thing for the ladies anyways.
ALSO KNOWN AS BENITABATREL
  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:50:50 AM
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Wow!  What happened between these two?
 

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  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:52:21 AM
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Girl you KNOW BV be the first ones to know ANYTHING!! They got the exclusives!!!

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  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:53:42 AM
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*sighs*  Statistics show that marriages today don't last any longer than 5 years max.  SMH.
  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:57:23 AM
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Interesting that it happened on the 7th year...I never thought that they were "solid" but it still sad to see another couple bite the dust...

  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:57:41 AM
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I am so pissed off at you right now for being able to logg on!

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  • Date: 03/31/2006 11:59:01 AM
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''Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other,'' Simmons said. ''We will also continue to work side by side on a daily basis as partners in all of our businesses.''

Dag, he stole this from Babyface didnt he?..lol 

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  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:00:22 PM
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So ladies would you date Russell now that he's a free man?  And Brotha's would you date Kimora now that she's a free lady?

Pigfeetneckbones is the same as Neckbonespigfeet and yes I would date Russell.

  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:04:36 PM
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I think the only reason I am not having problems is that I never log out. When I leave my computer I just leave this site up.

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  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:08:51 PM
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  This is the ultimate black love couple!  They need to write a book or do a seminar/conference on how to make it work...it being marriage.  I'm certain the Peetes have had their troubles and storms but they are still together.  With Russel and Kimora it does make you sad to see another couple call it quits....
  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:08:54 PM
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They won't divorce, it will cost too much. Secondly, when he set out to find a wife, he said he was looking for a 6ft model bitch and that's what he got and then some. So, there shouldn't be any disappointment.

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  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:11:58 PM
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lol true true. Someone posted this story like last week from Media Takeout. ENT is on top of the latest celeb news.
  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:16:37 PM
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I'm certain the Peete's have had their troubles and storms but they are still together. 

I hate to tell you, but the Peete's DON'T need to write a book about marriage, because Rodney IS STILL VERY MUCH A DOG, because I have friends who work at Fox Sports West studios in Culver City, and they say Rodney STILL loves him some ladies and almost can't control himself on the set, and that wifey has had HER share of infidelity issues too. But like you said, they still ARE together and that accounts for something I guess whatever that is.....

Anyway, God Bless them though (lol)....

 

  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:17:59 PM
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This is what I posted in anothe forum who posted this message;

She stayed with him long enough to do three things:

1)  Have babies with him (child support for 18 years)

2)  Get her name out in the market (branching off from his clothing line) to...

3)  You guessed it, start her own clothing line (with his money of course)

Yep, this is what normally happens to SUCCESSFUL brothers who marry non black women.  They get taken for a hellified ride to hell and back.  Lord, when will they ever learn?  (rubbing my chin in deep thought).

 

 

"The eyes cannot see what the mind doesn't comprehend"

  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:21:20 PM
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Say what....well as the saying goes.."what you don't see behind closed doors" thanks for the "hard times and storms" info lol! 
  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:26:32 PM
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''Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other,'' Simmons said. ''We will also continue to work side by side on a daily basis as partners in all of our businesses.''

Dag, he stole this from Babyface didnt he?..lol 

LMAO..it in the "How to Handle your Public Divorce"handbook...**for celebs only** lol

 

 

 

That's my boy!!!!!!

  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:28:08 PM
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Yep, yep... Didn't the National Enquirer break this story, too? I know folks rag on the tabloids, but they get the scoop on shit WAY before the mianstream press!
  • Date: 03/31/2006 12:28:32 PM
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Everyone comes in with their third hand tales.

Oh brother. *rolls eyes.

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