The Truth About LL Cool J's Marriage

Publish date: 2024-03-21

LL Cool J and his wife, Simone Smith, have been married for over 25 years and share four children together. As noted by Parade, LL Cool J married the jewelry designer in 1995, eight years after forming a romance and meeting her in the 1980s. While making an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (via HuffPost), the "Hush" hitmaker recalls his first encounter with Smith was when he was 19 years old. "It was Easter and I was driving down the block in my mother's car," LL Cool J explained before mentioning he stopped the car to say hello to a friend. When the friend asked whether LL Cool J wanted to meet his cousin, he told him he had somewhere to be. However, upon seeing her, he quickly changed his mind.

Nevertheless, their romance has had a few complications. After having his first two children with Smith, LL Cool J left his wife twice, according to AmoMama. Smith even admitted to not speaking to LL Cool J after their honeymoon for two weeks after his video for "Doin' It" saw him getting intimate with another woman. "I was so upset over that video," she told Oprah Winfrey during her "Oprah's Next Chapter" interview with her husband. "At the beginning of our marriage, he was 'Ladies Love Cool J.'"

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