Adrienne Bailon Discusses Relationship With Israel Houghton

Israel Houghton cleared the air recently about his relationship with Adrienne Bailon, but it seems rumors won’t die down that the TV personality had something to do with the gospel singer’s divorce. So, Adrienne is finally speaking out.

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Bailon addressed the chatter on The Real, stating,

“He had actually put out a statement. He is single, number one. The other thing people were saying was that I was the cause of the divorce, which I think any divorce is obviously a sad thing. People have to go through it, [it] takes time to get through that sort of thing, and I think no one put that time together. I think people see an announcement was made at the top of the year and then they see these photos and then they think well let’s put this together but this is why I’m grateful for things like this because it allows you to set the facts straight and God forbid the facts get in the way of a really juicy story. I’m going to say the truth and the truth of the matter is he isn’t married. He obviously is divorced.”

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Bailon continued by reiterating points Houghton made in his statement and squashing the rumors that she had anything to do with his divorce.

“I didn’t know him at the time. So to put that on me was obviously hurtful.”

Looks like it’s time for everyone speculating about this relationship to move on.

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