Back in the end of May/beginning of June, a quiet little storm erupted around Lauryn Hill. She announced that she was pregnant yet again, for the SIXTH time. Many assumed that the baby-daddy of this child was the same as the others, namely Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley. Rohan’s personal life is even more of a mystery than Lauryn’s, though, and some commenters have pointed out that for all of this time, he’s been technically and legally married to Geraldine Khawly, who he met when he was in college. He and Geraldine have two children. In addition to being married to Geraldine, and being baby-daddy and boyfriend to Lauryn (although Lauryn has referred to him as her husband too…?), Rohan has always identified himself as “single” on his MySpace. So, a gem of a guy.
Anyway, the controversy back two months ago was that Rohan seemed to be kinda/sorta denying paternity for Lauryn’s sixth pregnancy. Some claimed he was denying paternity, but I thought he was just kind of being a dick to a Hip Hop Wired journalist on Twitter – go here to read my previous article. Now there’s a new scandal brewing.
Lauryn just gave birth. Nearly at the same time, Rohan seemingly went public with his new relationship. It seems he’s dating Isabeli Fontana, a Brazilian model, probably best known for her work on multiple Victoria’s Secret campaigns.
Lauryn Hill may finally have material for that long-awaited album. The singer, 36, has reportedly been dumped by the father of her five children, Rohan Marley — and she’s pregnant with their sixth.
According to Media Take Out, Marley, the fourth son of reggae singer Bob Marley, left Hill for Brazilian model, Isabeli Fontana.
Just last week, the 28-year-old posted a photo of her and Marley on her Twitter page and wrote, “I’m in love with @Romarley’s heart.”
After the report that he replaced Hill with Fontana, Marley, 39, also took to Twitter to defend himself, although he didn’t exactly deny the split.
“Ms. Hill is the mother of my children, whom I have a tremendous amount of love and respect for,” he wrote on Saturday. “I would never do that.”
In a follow-up tweet, he added, “The nature of our relationship something we don’t expect people who spread gossip for a living to fully understand.”
Hill and Marley first got together in 1996 — when he was already married with two kids.
Fontana, who has modeled for Victoria’s Secret, Versace and Valentino, is twice-divorced and has a son from each marriage.
[From The NYDN]
Even as that report was published, it seems that Lauryn had already given birth, and that all of the junk on Twitter was pretty much happening simultaneously. Rohan later wrote on Twitter, “I’m forwarding all well wishes to Ms. Hill on the birth of her new son. I’m sure she’ll appreciate the love being sent to her RASTAFARI R.M.” On the birth of HER new son? Meaning he still doesn’t acknowledge the son as his? Ugh. Also, Rohan seems to be threatening lawsuits if media outlets don’t get their facts straight, which is weird because NO ONE CAN FIGURE ANYTHING OUT. No one knows if he’s still married to his first wife, if he and Lauryn are still technically together, if he’s known to be with a Brazilian model, nothing.
By the way, if you’d like to see some of the funky photos Isabeli was tweeting of she and Rohan, you can catch her Twitter feed here.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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