Duane Martin has a brand new beau following his tumultuous divorce from actress Tisha Campbell. Martin took to Instagram to point out the world his new mannequin girlfriend and fiancée with a video on Feb. 3.
In accordance with the submit’s caption, Martin and the younger lady, mannequin Ashley Marie Jones, are engaged. The 58-year-old actor’s video options Jones in numerous pictures, together with at modeling shoots, crusing on a ship, and at a Smokey Robinson live performance in addition to a Beyoncé live performance. The video initially was shared by Jones on her Instagram web page in December.
He wrote within the caption, “She mentioned YES Meet my fiancée God don’t make individuals like her in 3s She’s uncommon She’s a coronary heart opener Her spirit is cherry I’m hugging gratitude tight @ashleymariejones.”
Jones additionally shared a video submit on her Instagram web page writing, “This second is surreal… Wow, 2.2.24. A birthday shock! Y’all, I’m a fiancée!!!… To such an incredible man. I worth our love; it’s at excessive altitude, excessive frequency, and crammed with a number of laughter @duane_martin.”
The video reveals the 2 in a helicopter journey over town when Martin proposed. Followers on-line suspected Jones shared the submit from his web page for the reason that video shared from his web page options largely clips of her at work and with mates.
“If that is true, she positively posted this. The place are the pics with him and her,” mentioned one individual, whereas different social media customers started mentioning the “Above the Rim” star’s ex and the way a lot his new fiancée resembles her.
One mentioned, “Let’s begin shaming males for getting youthful variations of their first wives the second marriage,” and one other added, “We don’t care about your love life! Doing our lady the best way you probably did. I hope she milk you for every part you took our lady for. Oh, congratulations not.
A fourth individual providing recommendation to Jones quipped, “Woman guard your pocket guide…Did I say that out loud.”
Martin and the “Uncoupled” actress had been married for greater than 20 years earlier than saying their breakup again in 2018. The previous couple share two youngsters; 22-year-old Xen Martin and 14-year-old Ezekiel Czar Martin.
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Their divorce took two years to finalize, and Campbell — who had modified her identify to Tisha Campbell-Martin after getting married — dropped Martin from her final identify.
Campbell was joyful to have her personal identify again following the divorce and introduced the identify change on Instagram.
“Okay, so I simply received my divorce decree. I do know that took eternally, and I simply went to the Social Safety workplace, and I modified my identify again to Tisha Campbell,” she mentioned. “On my dad’s birthday. Nonetheless.”
Campbell claimed that Martin was bodily abusive to her throughout their marriage, and he or she filed a restraining order towards him in 2019. The “Little Store of Horrors” star mentioned in an affidavit that Martin choked her on Easter in 2016.
“On Easter morning 2016, there was an argument between Duane and I that ended with Duane utilizing my neck to slam me towards the wall, choking me in our bed room,” mentioned the affidavit. “I instantly received quiet and walked down the steps to the kitchen.”
The “Martin” actress additionally claimed that her ex left her with none cash after they separated and accused him of hiding cash. “Nobody is aware of that however I had nothing within the financial institution. Nothing,” she instructed “Leisure Tonight” in 2020. “I had perhaps seven {dollars} to my identify, and I used to be scared. It was like I used to be beginning throughout.”
Campbell has not but commented on the engagement.
