BASKETBALL Wives star Brittany Renner has announced her divorce from Kevin Gates.
The pair lasted just 52 days as a married couple.
Brittany Renner and Kevin Gates are no longer a couple[/caption]
The pair’s marriage lasted just 52 days[/caption]
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Renner explained the short stint as husband and wife is related to their religion.
Rapper Gates and Renner are both Muslim, and Islam implements a 90-day waiting period for couples to test their relationship and attempt to conceive.
Renner explained in an interview with REAL 92.3 LA: “We got married April 6 and divorced May 28.
“There is a 90-day waiting period in Islam, where you have 90 days to see if you’re pregnant because then he would be responsible.
“But also in those 90 days, it’s for recommendation because the law wants you to stay married. And during those 90 days, you are not to entertain anybody romantically.
“So, what I will say is Islam has made my life easier.
“Honestly, I don’t think anybody gets married to not stay married. So this is a nice 90-day reset, just focusing on myself.”
Renner, 33, does not feel too downbeat despite her relationship working out.
That is because she feels she put her all into the marriage, so is at peace with the decision not to continue.
She said: “A lot of people, their issue is, even just in dating, in marriage, it’s people just don’t give it their all.
“They don’t just go for it. But I feel like when you do, you’re at peace with whatever happens because I gave 100 per cent.
“I don’t feel like it’s a sucky situation because what is meant to be is always going to be.”
Renner was previously linked to NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal.
The pair shared a meal at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2023, where they shared a meal.
Renner converted to Islam in August and began her relationship with Gates earlier this year.
She said of her partner in the height of their relationship: “All I can say is, is that I’m with the person that I quite literally dreamed of.
“And to be able to just wake up next to him and spend time with him, even to have him here behind me, it’s like so surreal.
“He’s just the most beautiful person inside and out that I’ve ever met.”
