Russell simmons and kimora lee marriage
Russell simmons and kimora lee marriage
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A Look Back at Kimora Lee Simmons’s Marriage to Russell Simmons Whom She Met at 17
Kimora Lee Simmons met her first husband, Russell Simmons at the age of 17, struck up a romance, and went on to have a somewhat successful marriage which ended in a divorce a decade after.
At a time when people still had a lot of traditional thinking when it comes to what's age-difference-appropriate for a marriage, Kimora Lee Simmons, born, Whitlock, married a man 18 years older than her.
He is the music mogul, Russell Simmons.
Since love is blind and quickly takes over the mind, Kimora, who was 17 at the time they met, didn't mind being with a year-old Russell. His title as a "Ladies man" also did not deter the then-young model either.
Kimora Lee Simmons at "Karl for Ever" Tribute to Karl Lagerfeld at Grand Palais on June 20, | Photo: Getty Images
MEETING, FALLING IN LOVE, AND THE WEDDING
The two met in '92 at the New York Fashion Week.
At the time, the then-teenager, who was abou