Did HH and JW date while they were in the group and is HH the father of Jody's oldest child?

I just read on youtube that he is.

I've never heard that before.

I think that article is wrong

PurpleCharm said:

Quite the opposite -- Howard Hewett and Jody Watley could not stand each other, and their shared acrimony exists today. The only child I know Watley has was fathered by Andre Cymone.

I think I read somewhere that Jody's oldest child is Leon Sylvers kid.

Frederick96 said:

I thinks so too.

Najee said:

Ok thanks. Yeah, I knew it was kind of odd to just now hear about them having a child together now.

Now, inregards to the number of children she has, I do recall Jody having 2. I did a google search and found an article that mentions that she does have 2 children:

"Her divorce to Cymone after a 10-year relationship, was due in large part to a marriage that was kept secret for three years, she said. The singer was quoted as saying in the newspaper, "Andre insisted on that because he didn't want to be known as Mr. Watley."

Whatever pitfalls she's faced in the business, Ms. Watley has emerged unscathed and with renewed passion, fueled in part by her two children, Lauren, 13, and Arie, 2."
http://findarticles.com/p...i_17387722

Now, here is what I read on youtube about HH being her oldest child's father:



Then someone responded:


I am going to have to start taking what I read on youtube with a grain of salt.

Abdul said:

Never read that. Leon produced alot of their material on SoundOfLosAngelesRecords, right?

Najee said:

Jody and Andre has a Son by the name of Arie

Here's something i found in a Ebony article


http://www.encyclopedia.c...58227.html

And so is Jody Watley, who says, "I don't mind being called a diva, for a diva represents a strong performer."

And that she is. A former Soul Train teen dancer and singer with the group Shalamar, Watley quickly established herself as a dance music queen with catchy lyrics and undeniable sex appeal. "But if you look below the surface, you'll see there is something else," she says. "I'm a vocalist. I'm a songwriter. I'm an entertainer. I'm a hands-on person, with my music career and everything. It is a positive trait my parents instilled in me."

The daughter of a Pentecostal evangelist/gospel disc jockey and a mother who sang and played the piano, she grew up (mostly in Los Angeles) around music and entertainers. After leaving Shalamar, Watley modeled in London before releasing her self-titled MCA debut album, which contained the hypnotic "Looking For A New Love" and won her a Grammy Award.

Watley's fourth release, Intimacy, for which she wrote eight of the 10 songs, is packed with tales of romance and angst. "My lyrics reflect my ongoing quest to strip away the barriers in love relationships -- how to keep love going once you've found it. ... My lyrics are always personal statements, strong female statements."

Like success and fame, romance and intimacy have not eluded Watley. Half of the songs on the new album, like many of her previous releases, were co-written and produced by her longtime love, Andre Cymone. The couple have an 11-year-old daughter, Lauren, 1-year-old son, Arie. "Finding that balance is not always

easy," she says. "But I've only missed one thing Lauren was participating in at school."

In 1992, Watley made headlines when she accepted an invitation to visit the White House and perform at the Kennedy Center on the condition that she be allowed to express her views. Before she sang, she urged politicos in the audience to "invest in genuinely trying to make this country one in which all men and women are created equal. And I'm dedicating this song to those who can truly enact change."