Secret Celebrity Marriages

R&B singers Aaliyah and R Kelly had a very scandalous reason to keep the marriage a secret: Aaliyah was under age when they reportedly wed in August 1994. The bride was only 15 (though she their marriage certificate reportedly stated Aaliyah was actually 18 at the time) and the groom was an even more disturbing 27. The marriage was apparently annulled the following year. Though Vibe magazine dug up the certificate and broke the story, Aaliyah – ... more 

R&B singers Aaliyah and R Kelly had a very scandalous reason to keep the marriage a secret: Aaliyah was under age when they reportedly wed in August 1994. The bride was only 15 (though she their marriage certificate reportedly stated Aaliyah was actually 18 at the time) and the groom was an even more disturbing 27. The marriage was apparently annulled the following year. Though Vibe magazine dug up the certificate and broke the story, Aaliyah – who died in a plane crash in 2001 – and Kelly continued to deny they ever married and many have questioned the authenticity of the certificate on which Vibe based its story. less