They may seem like an unlikely couple to some, but Adrienne Houghton will tell you that her husband, gospel great Israel Houghton, is her match made in heaven. She dated Rob Kardashian for two years in the late 2000s and later, she was engaged Roc Nation executive Lenny Santiago after dating for six years. Israel Houghton was a friend and less than a year after breaking off her engagement to Lenny, Adrienne and Israel were married after only dating for six months.

Jerritt Clark / Stringer / Getty Images

Adrienne chatted with Fat Joe on Instagram Live about her marriage, and during the discussion, the 36-year-old revealed what attracted her to her 48-year-old husband. “He’s so funny. If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything,” said Adrienne. “So, he was funny, he let me be me, and I think there’s something about a man who lets you be genuinely who you are.”

She also said that she can be rather abrasive and sometimes she needs a man who knows how to put his foot down, albeit lovingly. “I have a reckless mouth, everybody knows it. I can be somewhat alpha female like, this is what we’re doing, and kind of bossy,” Adrienne added. “I love that he lets me be that. He lets me be that and I almost love when he becomes that because I need that in my life. I need a man sometimes to check me or be like, ‘That’s not what we’re doing.’ So it goes both ways. I think women that are successful in business, they need a man sometimes to take control. So I love that he allows me to be the woman I am on the business side and run my stuff and talk my ish on The Real, and then I come home and he lets me be who I am. He celebrates that.”

[]

There have been plenty of jokes going around about unhealthy quarantine habits. Whether you’re drinking wine for breakfast or have cereal for dinner, the COVID-19 quarantine has certainly switched up daily habits for many as we’ve all been held under “Stay Home” orders. The Real host Adrienne Bailon has revealed that she’s been sticking to her diet plan and shared her first bikini selfie since dropping 20 pounds.

Slaven Vlasic / Stringer / Getty Images

Adrienne shared her journey in a lengthy caption to her sexy video clip. “I’ve lost weight before but always gained it back… because I was dieting & not changing my lifestyle! But not this time,” she said. “It’s been a year since I ‘had enough‘ (have you ever gotten there? Where you’re just tired of complaining about what you don’t like & you’re finally ready to take action & REALLY make changes!).”

She said she decided to put herself on a plant-based diet and changed the way she thought about food. “I’ve been consistent with my self discipline (although it’s been so hard at times). I’m constantly reminding myself that the greatest form of self love – is self discipline! They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit… I just want to encourage you to take this time to develop healthy habits!” Check out Adrienne Houghton’s new look and read through her message in full below.

Who knew quarantine would bring so much Cheetah Girls beef to the forefront? Raven-Symoné and Kiely Williams, two of the stars of the famous feline film franchise, recently hopped on Instagram live together to unpack all the drama, which includes Kiely’s public feud with their former cast mate, Adrienne Houghton (née Bailon). During their chat, the childhood friends took the opportunity to make amends and put everything out on the table, including Raven’s decision not to appear in the third Cheetah Girls film in 2008.

Matthew Peyton/Getty Images

“Because of you, I get to talk to you and heal a wound from that time period when we were younger that I probably wouldn’t get to do if I didn’t understand that you know what, you like to shake sh*t up,” Raven said to Kiely. “Yeah, I’m a fire starter, for sure,” Kiely confessed. “It’s an acquired taste.” Raven went on to give an explanation for why she didn’t do The Cheetah Girls 3: One World. “The cliquish way that there was during that movie made me feel excluded from my original team,” Raven said. “Not that it was strong to begin with, but I felt excluded…we have other things that just led up to that moment that just were weird, personal outside of business.” Kiely apologized and told her, “I would never try to hurt you on purpose.” Raven accepted it, saying, “Well, I appreciate that, sweetheart,” before promising to “release any pain towards you that I have. I cancel, clear and delete it.”

Katy Winn/Getty Images for IMG

They moved on to discuss Kiely’s comments toward Adrienne, whom she was also in the girl group, 3LW, with. Kiely recently called Adrienne a liar on a separate solo IG live session, claiming that she was “pretending to be my best friend” all along. After Raven insisted that Kiely must talk to Adrienne directly, Kiely explained why that’s not going to happen. “No, she didn’t come to my dad’s funeral or call me when he died,” she said. “I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be messy. I’m being for real with you, no. I’m sorry, I love you. I swear to God, nope. Come on. You can say what you want about me and how you felt about me, but you can’t ever say that I didn’t ride for Adrienne. You can’t say that. I didn’t do anything!” Raven sympathized, revealing that her own best friend didn’t invite her to her wedding. “But I still talk to her because the history that we have for one another is so thick, she knows a part of you that nobody else knows,” she noted. “But y’all prideful asses need to calm down, take a pill for a second and say, ‘I’m pissed at you, but let’s talk about it.’ Just like I said with you. ‘I’m pissed about it, but let’s get it out like grown women.’” Watch their full conversation on IG live below:

It was back in 2016 that Adrienne Bailon surprised her fans with news that after just six months of dating, she and her boyfriend Israel Houghton were engaged to be married. Just three months later, the happy couple tied the knot making Adrienne Houghton a stepmother to the gospel musician’s four children from his previous marriage. Because Israel’s divorce was finalized six months prior to his engagement to Adrienne, there were plenty of rumors floating around about their relationship. However, they’ve seemed to rise above the gossip.

z
Jerritt Clark / Stringer / Getty Images

Recently, Adrienne shared a video introducing the world to her stepdaughter Mariah who apparently gets mistaken for The Real host’s sister. The relationship between Adrienne and 23-year-old Mariah is such a close bond that the ladies struggle with calling each other stepmother-stepdaughter because of the negative connotations they say are attached to the titles.

The two women talked about the “awkward transition” that they went through when Adrienne joined their family, but Mariah had previously met the for 3LW singer because she was friends with Israel before entering into a romantic relationship. For over 20 minutes of the All Things Adrienne feature, Adrienne and Mariah share stories about their escapades with one another and share why they truly love one another. Check out the clip below.

Their love is going strong, but Jeezy and Jeannie Mai have been the subject of cruelty from the public over their romance. The unlikely couple went public with their relationship last year, and since then they’ve enjoyed flaunting their love to the world. However, there have been more than a few people who have gotten their kicks over cruelly trolling the pair, especially now that the Coronavirus has taken over headlines.

Bennett Raglin / Stringer / Getty Images

This latest Coronavirus outbreak originated in the Wuhan City of China. As death tolls climb into the thousands, the internet has responded by creating memes or commenting about the Asian community in ways that have been deemed racist. “When Jeezy and I were in Fashion Week just recently and there were pictures posted, I saw in the comments on other blogs a couple times of like, ‘Don’t be catching that [Coronavirus] Jeezy,’ or ‘She got that [Coronavirus] that latched him in,'” Jeannie said on The Real. “That’s so hurtful because there are people that are actually dying from this.”

“We know that misinformation coupled with fear leads to xenophobia,” Jeannie added. “Xenophobia is a deep-rooted fear against foreigners. So, we just gotta do better and know, when it comes to yourself, educate yourself so that you don’t give life to fears.” Loni Love went on to explain that Coronavirus isn’t airborne and Adrienne Houghton chimed in that people need to stick up for others when they hear racist or bigoted remarks. Watch the clip of The Real below.