Mary J. Blige’s Messy Divorce Fight Is Done

After just shy of two years, TMZ says that Mary J. Blige is officially divorced from her former manager and husband of 13 years Kendu Isaacs. Their divorce fight was long and grimy. Kendu reportedly wanted $130,000 a month in spousal support, then dropped it to $65,000 a month, while Mary was accusing him of dropping almost half a million on a mistress and claiming to be too broke to cut him such big checks. In March it was reported that they’d finally come to a settlement.

It was a real cliffhanger for fans of Mary’s bank account, and it still is. TMZ says that a judge signed off on Mary’s divorce yesterday. Even though they came to a settlement agreement already, the details still needed to be worked out.

Mary and Kendu were married for 13 years, but didn’t have any kids, so there’s no custody battle.

I don’t think you have to be a descendant of Poirot to figure out who got what. The biggest clue will be Kendu himself. Kendu claimed he needed $130,000 a month in spousal support, then $65,000, to support his luxe lifestyle. A man who was willing to settle for a measly $780,000 a year will show it in his face. Like when you pull up next to Kendu at a red light and see his depressed, tear-stained staring back at you from the backseat of a chauffeured Hyndai Sonata.

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Mary J. Blige Has No More Divorce Drama In Her Life

Mary J. Blige has claimed she’s millions in debt, owes thousands in spousal support to her estranged husband Kendu Isaacs, and that doing  Mudbound cost her money. Mary didn’t win either of the awards she was up for last night at the Oscars, but that’s not to say she didn’t have anything to celebrate. TMZ says that after battling it out for almost two years, Mary and Kendu have settled their divorce. Sources say they were scheduled to go to trial today in Los Angeles, but it was called off after the two of them came to a settlement agreement on Friday.

TMZ doesn’t have the details of the settlement. At one point, Kendu was asking for $130,00 a month in support (a judge approved $30,000). Mary claimed she wasn’t making the kind of money that could justify the zeros on Kendu’s spousal support checks.

In October, Mary claimed they had racked up $12 million in debt together. She was reportedly denying she should be ponying up anymore money, and that Kendu should man up and pay off his $6 million share. Recently Mary had accused Kendu of being allergic to work, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the settlement negotiations went like this:

Mary: “I’ll give you $5000 in cash, one of the fancy vacations in my Oscar nominee gift bag, one of my nicer wigs from the Family Affair music video that you can sell on eBay, and my Burger King lifetime free chicken sandwich club card. As a bonus, I’ll forget about all my money you blew on your mistress.”

Kendu: “No deal.”

Mary: “Or you can look for a job.”

Kendu: “Is that card accepted at all locations or what?”

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