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Russell Simmons, Kimora Lee announce separation
NEW YORK (AP) — The marriage of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his model-turned-entrepreneur wife, Kimora Lee, has come to an end.

"Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other," Simmons said.
By Paul Hawthorne, Getty Images

In a statement provided to The Associated Press on Friday, Simmons announced the pair had decided to break up after seven years of marriage. Rumors had swirled for the past week that a split was imminent. The couple have two young daughters.

"Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other," Simmons said. "We will also continue to work side by side on a daily basis as partners in all of our businesses."

Simmons is head of Rush Communications, but is perhaps better known as the co-founder of Def Jam Records and for his Phat Farm clothing line. In recent years, he has become more involved in politics, and helped to create the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.

Over the years, Kimora Lee Simmons has become almost famous as her husband, thanks to her successful Baby Phat clothing line and her glamorous diva persona, which has been documented in numerous magazine spreads.

Although the pair have appeared at public events together in recent weeks, the statement said they had been separated for "some time," even though they were still living together.


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I always wondered if she really & truly loved him Not saying she didn't, but it's hard for a dude w/ Russell's looks to pull a fucking model (without some serious cash)

CalhounSq said:

of course she loved him....she gave him the poo-poo, he gave her Baby Phat...throw in 2 young daughters and the equation looks like this:


$20,000,000 BK (before Kimora)
-$15,000,000 EP (expenses for renting the poo-poo)
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$5,000,000 AK (after Kimora)

meltwithu said:

meltwithu said:

I think she might have just loved her separate bathroom & closet

the poo poo?

Yeah, all her designer name dropping and shit on "Cribs" made me sick to my stomach. Don't get me wrong, I have all the respect in the world for Rush, but she just irked me.

jerseykrs said:

Yea, she seems like a lot to take But Russell is his own ball of energy too

CalhounSq said:

damn. i guess i ain't got a chance, huh? :brokeuglymofo:

ThreadCula said:

yeah that's what i was thinking
one should never call punani "poopoo"...EVER.

who?

come on now, y'all know Russell was getting his on the side.

i wouldn't be surprised if he was the cause of the divorce.

SammiJ said:

that's what us guys call it behind the women's back.

i know a guy that calls girls booties dookies

man, she got a big ol' dookie

I don't really like her, on cribs she turned me off.

he's rumored to be messing around with this chick: denise vasi

sinisterpentatonic said:

ewww!!!
yall ain't right

just because dude is ugg don't mean shit. He's getting paid, Russ can get any kind of pussy with his rep, and no i wouldn't be surprised if he was the cause of the split, although i can't put anything past Kimora, cuz she seem like she was probably off the hook too...big as that house was, of course its evident that they could have been separated and lived under the same roof....who knows Russ may make Kimora pay rent if she still wants to live there...

SammiJ said:

i've heard that before! another word i've heard alot was 'onion'.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Oh, I wouldn't be surprised either It's just the first thing that occurred to me - she's pretty established now & doesn't "need" him to launch shit the way she used to, so why continue to sit across the table if you're not really feeling it?

And mind you I'm just bullshitting, who knows what's in either of their hearts. BUT for the people who do marry for $ I think it's really shitty to bring kids into it. Then again people bring kids into crappy circumstances all the time, don't they?? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN??!!!!

sinisterpentatonic said:

that's just grofilthy. cant'cha just call it ass?

brownsugar said:

gotdayum!

SammiJ said:

never new what it was til this guy said it to me in highschool. i almost cried til my mother told me it was a good thing

brownsugar said:

The first time I heard that shit was on the Arsenio Hall Show - y'all didn't watch Arsenio???

brownsugar said:

i can't ever consider having my funbits called "onion" a good thing

CalhounSq said:

i watched it but i didnt catch that

SammiJ said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i was told its the shape of it or something like that. its still funny. why cant an ass be just an ass?

brownsugar said:

you know?!

SammiJ said:

lol Yeah they call it an onion because it looks so good "it makes u cry"

ThreadCula said:

nooiice