Alimony Ain’t Just For Men: 10 Famous Black Women Who Paid The Price For Divorce - Page 3
3. Mary J. Blige, 54
After divorcing in 2016, Mary J. Blige was ordered to pay spousal support to her ex, Kendu Isaacs. In court documents, Blige claimed she was the breadwinner in their relationship and that he spent about $420,000 on his mistress. Isaacs originally asked for $129,319 per month from Blige. But the judge showed some favor to the “Mr. Wrong” singer. She ended up having to pay $30,000 in temporary spousal support.
Here is what she told Variety in 2017: “I’m living. I’m not happy about a lot of things. I thought someone loved me, right? Turns out, he was a con artist and he didn’t, and now he’s coming after me for all my money. When you come out of something like that, you realize you were never the one. There was someone else that was his queen. I got played. I got suckered. I have to keep smiling and keep my spirits up because this is designed to kill me.”
