Actress Lela Rochon and her husband, Antoine Fuqua clear up properly.
The couple who’ve been married for 26 years not too long ago stepped out collectively for the American Movie Institute Honoring Francis Ford Coppola on Saturday, April 26. The subsequent day, the “Ready to Exhale” star shared photographs of the pair from the Los Angeles occasion, trying all spruced up of their formal and complex outfits.
Fuqua wore a basic black swimsuit and black bowtie with a white costume shirt beneath. Rochon wore an all black costume, paired with a black fur coat and a black clutch bag. For her second image, she shared a photograph of their desk which held a bottle of white wine from the Coppola model.
A lot of the feedback below Rochon’s posts have been from followers ignoring her husband and complimenting her magnificence, together with a handful of feedback displaying like to them each however some feedback sprinkled in have been from followers ensuring to announce their disdain for Fuqua.
One particular person bluntly acknowledged, “Lovely however eliminate his a–! #funkyfuqua.”
Within the Lipstick Alley feedback, one fan wrote, “Oh, I assumed they divorced however Lela seems to be fairly.”
Another person mentioned, “She’s lovely regardless however I might have left his a–s. He doesn’t deserve her.”
One other with related sentiments wrote, “Nah, she ought to’ve left him.”
One observer selected to focus extra on the large smile on Rochon’s face, writing, “I’m glad she didn’t hearken to the sister ladies who have been telling her to depart her marriage. She seems to be completely happy and content material.”
The feedback are the repercussions stemming from Fuqua’s actions, particularly when he was caught dishonest on Rochon with Nicole Murphy in 2019.
Pictures surfaced of the “Coaching Day” director and Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife in a resort and sharing kisses, whereas vacationing in Ischia, Italy.
The broadly publicized dishonest scandal remains to be talked about in the present day, however it appears to not be their solely second of infidelity.
Fuqua’s 2019 affair led to his different transgressions within the marriage being unearthed. In line with court docket paperwork, he fathered a son with one other girl whereas married to Rochon. The kid’s identify is Roman Jimenez and 2010 court docket paperwork revealed he was ordered to pay $10,000 a month in baby help to his son’s mom Ruth Jimenez. He was already $86,000 behind in unpaid baby help. There have been additionally particulars that he requested the court docket to decrease funds to $3,134.
In 2012, Hollywood Avenue King alleged that Fuqua had fathered a second outdoors baby with a London mannequin. Apparently, she had a daughter by him and confirmed as much as his house in California threatening to inform Rochon the reality.
By all of the dishonest, it seems Rochon has been capable of forgive her husband. Shortly after the scandal went public, she shared photographs with him and their daughter Asia, who’s now 22, celebrating her efficiency in a play. Over time, Rochon would publish him each as soon as in a blue moon, primarily throughout household occasions and outings.
She even speaks positively about him in public. In an April 2024 interview with Studio Q, she was requested what it was like having a director husband. She mentioned, “Nicely, generally you understand an excessive amount of. Generally figuring out a lot isn’t good. However I’m so pleased with him as nicely, you understand. He’s improbable. I did fairly good.”
She final posted an image with him again in March when their daughter carried out her unique music in Los Angeles. Their son, Bando Fuqua, 20 and Rochon’s dad and mom have been in attendance as nicely.
Fuqua has an older son named Zachary Fuqua from a earlier relationship, one Rochon embraces in her photographs on Instagram. The movie director, alternatively, has scrubbed all posts from his Instagram.
