JANET JACKSON AND JAMES DEBARGE | 1 YEAR

Janet Jackson is the type who does not talk about her relationships that much. Her romantic relationships have been shrouded in mystery, so everything was a secret when she had a romance with James DeBarge. The two quietly eloped in 1984. Jackson was only 18 at the time, while DeBarge was 21.

With the degree of their fame, coming from two famous singing families, their marriage was the biggest scandal of the year. Joseph Jackson strongly opposed his daughter’s marriage to DeBarge, so he had it annulled after one year. It quickly ended the then-couple’s romance, and they both went their separate ways. Jackson went on to marry René Elizondo Jr., but that, too, ended. She tried her luck in love again with Wissam Al Mana, with whom she has one child, but it also ended in a separation. Alternatively, there are no news about DeBarge’s romantic entanglements, but he has three kids.