Gospel Singer Israel Houghton found love in his best friend after he ended a 20 year marriage (see story here).
Himself and fiancee Adrienne Bailon talked about how their journey from friends to soon-to-be married happened on a chat with People magazine.
Adrienne says
“When he got officially divorced and
started dating again, I immediately started to set him up with my
friends. He didn’t think they’d want to go out with him but I told him,
‘Don’t be silly. You have a great smile, you’re successful, you’re kind,
super witty, funny and smart. Of course they’ll go out with you.’ After
one of the dates, I asked my friend, ‘What do you think?’ And she was,
like, ‘He’s just not my type’. I was so offended. I was like, ‘What do
you mean he’s not your type? He’s got dimples! He’s got the best smile,
brows of a god, his skin basically glows and he plays mad instruments.
It doesn’t get any better than that!’ Her response was, ‘Why don’t you
date him?!’ A while later, we were sitting in the corner together at a
party and a friend of ours came up and said, ‘You guys have old love.'”
Israel adds “We both heard that, and it
had impact on us. That was such a special choice of words, and I felt it
was correct. I felt a connection to her that I still can’t define.”
According to Adrienne, “My friend told
me, ‘You have to kiss him. You can just be friends, but you’ll know if
it’s meant to be more the moment you kiss him,’ and now we’re getting
married, so you can see how that kiss went.”
Talking about the media storm they had to weather so early in their relationship, Israel says, “We
were in Mexico and she got the call that the paparazzi had photos of us
together. It turned into a day and a half of us deleting comments and
blocking people on Instagram. There were multiple times I turned to her
and said, ‘You can walk away if this isn’t worth it to you.’”
We wish them a happy life together!
Talking about the media storm they had to weather so early in their relationship, Israel says, “We
were in Mexico and she got the call that the paparazzi had photos of us
together. It turned into a day and a half of us deleting comments and
blocking people on Instagram. There were multiple times I turned to her
and said, ‘You can walk away if this isn’t worth it to you.’”