Where Is Janet Jackson’s Ex-Husband Today? Update

Because the title suggests, A&E and Lifetime’s documentary explicit ‘Janet Jackson’ (stylized in all caps) gives us an intimate and authentic look into who the singer-songwriter actually is. It essentially explores the untold story of Janet’s existence through never-before-seen images along with distinctive interviews in an attempt to help her purchase once more control of her private narrative. So now that she has unfold out about the whole thing, whether or not or not or not it’s her earlier relationships or expert evaluations, let’s find out further regarding the man she thought was “the one” for her — René Elizondo Jr. — lets?

Janet Jackson and René Elizondo Jr., then a director/songwriter, had first met through a mutual buddy once more inside the overdue Nineteen Eighties, handiest to essentially really feel a direct spark and follow through with it. The undeniable fact that she had parted strategies with James DeBarge merely a couple of years prior, determining that she needed to “be free of being with any person who did treatment and all of that” is also part of what pulled her to René. In any case, as Janet admitted inside the documentary assortment, she “needed a lift,” and her new partner “was humorous, [we] merely on a regular basis had fun together. He was very, very fascinating.”

Subsequently, when René proposed inside the rain on a seaside, the “Rhythm Nation” singer, feeling that “it was different” and wanting “it to be it,” acknowledged certain! The couple thus tied the knot in secret in 1991, one factor that in reality remained on the down-low until throughout the time René filed for divorce 9 years later. As in keeping with experiences, they’d separated in January 1999, nonetheless the felony formalities handiest began (and concluded) the subsequent yr. Throughout these 13 years together, regardless that, Janet and René weren’t merely absolute best friends however moreover work collaborators — companions in every sense of the phrase.

From directing the tune motion pictures of a few of Janet’s single’s to that features as a songwriter on spherical 37 of her songs, René was considerably involved inside the tune commerce alongside his partner. Nonetheless, points modified inside the yr after their divorce, notably as he sued Janet for better than $10 million, claiming that she’d sponsored out of an asset-based settlement. They allegedly reached a mutually actually useful settlement 3 years later, and that’s when their energetic connection acquired right here to an in depth as neatly. Regardless of that, it sort of feels like neither Janet nor René have any prolonged negativity in opposition to one each different.

We should level out that the reasons Janet and René chosen to remain their union a secret have been to offer protection to their privateness and to take a look at and have a reasonably commonplace existence. “[Lying about our marital status] didn’t actually really feel good the least bit,” Janet as quickly as acknowledged. “However I was eager to do the rest to offer protection to what we had. As a result of I imagine that it’s so robust on this commerce, all the marriage issue.” She moreover added that they’ve been principally joined on the hip after they’ve been together, they often favored it. “I really feel presumably as quickly as — no, two occasions — we have now been away from every totally different, for on the very most each week.”

On the age of 59, René Elizondo Jr. nonetheless resides in California, the place he continues to work inside the leisure commerce as no longer only a director and songwriter however moreover a photographer and podcast host (‘Fairly Messed Up’). He has since moved on collectively together with his existence to the best of his abilities, as made obtrusive by means of the reality that he married his longtime feminine buddy, Britt Coelho Elizondo, in August 2010 after which welcomed a toddler girl into their lives in October 2011. In numerous phrases, with a job that he loves and a family that he cherishes, René appears to be utterly content material materials collectively together with his existence at the moment.