Model and fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons has fuelled rumours she has split from her actor boyfriend Djimon Hounsou after failing to deny break-up reports in a series of tweets.
The couple found its relationship under scrutiny this week when an article in the New York Daily News suggested the stars had called it quits following a big argument over money.
The report speculated that music mogul Russell Simmons' ex-wife was in financial difficulty after placing her six bedroom home in Beverly Hills, California on the market for $4.7 million (£2.94 million) - more than $1 million (£625,000) less than her purchase price in 2007.
Lee Simmons quickly took to Twitter.com to blast reports of money troubles, writing, "Wow, I put 1 of several properties I own (+Don't live in) on the market & now apparently my whole life is fallin (sic) apart?! Rumors, rumors…"
However, the beauty stopped short of addressing the main topic of the article - her romance with Hounsou - and her representative simply says, "Kimora has a beautiful family life."
A publicist for Blood Diamond actor Hounsou has also dodged the split rumours, telling the New York Daily News, "Djimon's been working in Vancouver for the past few months."
Lee Simmons and Hounsou began dating in 2007 and are parents to three-year-old son Kenzo.
The couple found its relationship under scrutiny this week when an article in the New York Daily News suggested the stars had called it quits following a big argument over money.
The report speculated that music mogul Russell Simmons' ex-wife was in financial difficulty after placing her six bedroom home in Beverly Hills, California on the market for $4.7 million (£2.94 million) - more than $1 million (£625,000) less than her purchase price in 2007.
Lee Simmons quickly took to Twitter.com to blast reports of money troubles, writing, "Wow, I put 1 of several properties I own (+Don't live in) on the market & now apparently my whole life is fallin (sic) apart?! Rumors, rumors…"
However, the beauty stopped short of addressing the main topic of the article - her romance with Hounsou - and her representative simply says, "Kimora has a beautiful family life."
A publicist for Blood Diamond actor Hounsou has also dodged the split rumours, telling the New York Daily News, "Djimon's been working in Vancouver for the past few months."
Lee Simmons and Hounsou began dating in 2007 and are parents to three-year-old son Kenzo.
- 6/5/2012
- WENN
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- 5/6/2011
- Essence
Blood Diamond star Djimon Hounsou is teaching his baby son French as he learns to talk - because he wants the boy to be bilingual.
The Benin native admits 23-month-old Kenzo, his first child with model/fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons, is a fast learner and is already picking up words in both English and Hounsou's native French.
He tells Us Weekly magazine, "It's fascinating to see him speak French with me and English with (his) mum. He mimics anything we say."
And Kenzo isn't the only one benefiting from Hounsou's language lessons - Lee Simmons' daughters Ming, 11, and Aoki, eight, from her marriage to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, are also keen to learn.
Hounsou adds, "I only speak French to the kids in the house. They are like sponges. They take in everything."...
The Benin native admits 23-month-old Kenzo, his first child with model/fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons, is a fast learner and is already picking up words in both English and Hounsou's native French.
He tells Us Weekly magazine, "It's fascinating to see him speak French with me and English with (his) mum. He mimics anything we say."
And Kenzo isn't the only one benefiting from Hounsou's language lessons - Lee Simmons' daughters Ming, 11, and Aoki, eight, from her marriage to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, are also keen to learn.
Hounsou adds, "I only speak French to the kids in the house. They are like sponges. They take in everything."...
- 5/4/2011
- WENN
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- 4/29/2011
- Essence
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- Essence
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- 4/1/2011
- Essence
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- 2/25/2011
- Essence
Entrepreneur and reality star Kimora Lee Simmons has much to tell the world in the upcoming fourth season of "Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane" -- including her parting with Baby Phat and showing off her year-old son, Kenzo.
Kimora informs "Extra" she is a strict mom with daughters Ming Lee Simmons, 10, and Aoki Lee Simmons, 8, but loves motherhood -- so much so, that she plans on having a second child with movie star husband Djimon Hounsou.
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- 1/18/2011
- Extra
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- 1/13/2011
- Essence
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- Essence
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