It has been confirmed that The Real co-host Adrienne Bailon is dating gospel star Israel Houghton. Rumors started swirling after photos of the two on vacation in Mexico started circulating online. Houghton confirmed the news on his Facebook page, saying, “I met Adrienne Bailon a bit over 2 years ago, we worked together & became friends… Our circles connected & we remained good friends. From a friendship, as two single adults we have very recently begun to explore a dating relationship.”

He also denied rumors that he and Adrienne were seeing eachother while he was married. Houghton recently got a divorce from his wife of twenty years, Meleasa Houghton. He explained, “As I previously wrote in a statement I released a while back, My marriage had been over for quite some time before going public with my divorce announcement. Where I shared, or as some have pointed out ‘over-shared’ my failure in my marriage… From over 5 years prior. It seems to be simple math that I had not even yet met Adrienne during the time my marriage was falling apart.

• He continued, “It deeply saddens me that an innocent party would be dragged into this situation that I have taken personal responsibility for. Adrienne is a woman of integrity & character… Most of all she is a true friend, and she should not be blamed for my past indiscretions.”
• Adrienne also denied rumors that she broke up the marriage, saying via IG, “Please don’t feed into the lies. You can body shame me . . . That’s fine. But please don’t insult my character & my intergrity. God bless. We should all, instead of spreading lies & creating a circus . . Pray for Brussels. God bless.”