after discussing his divorce from malak
compton in a recent comedy special chris
rock has happily moved on and so has his
ex-wife here's who they're both dating
now and how their romance fell apart
chris rock met his wife to be malach
compton in an unconventional way as he
shared in a 2007 interview with collider
he and some friends decided to swing by
the 1994 essence awards after a knicks
game even though they weren't formally
invited to the event it was there that
he eventually got to talking with
compton rock recalled she was working in
publicity so she actually came up to me
and said can you take some pictures with
so and so and i was like hey i'll do
whatever you want the two hit it off
after meeting for the first time and
started dating shortly after rock and
compton maintained a long-distance
relationship due to the fact that they
worked on opposite sides of the country
at the time she worked for unicef rock
on the other hand was working on his
comedy career on the east coast but the
two continued to pursue the relationship
further in november 1996 rock and
compton married
throughout his comedy career chris rock
has been fairly candid when it comes to
his feelings about marriage take his
1996 comedy special bring the pain for
example where he offered up his take on
the o.j simpson murder trial and the
allegations against the former football
star citing simpson's alimony payments
to his ex-wife and mortgage payments on
the house she lived in rock joked i'm
not saying he should have killed her but
i understand and in the 2004 special
never scared rock compared marriage to
being worse than prison citing nelson
mandela's divorce after 27 years
incarcerated after 27 years of torture
spent six months with his wife and said
i can't take this
rock's open criticism of marriage in his
comedy shows and sketches painted a
picture that he was against the formal
union altogether despite being married
for years
you never gonna meet the perfect person
it's never gonna happen for you okay
in 2007 chris rock co-wrote produced and
directed i think i love my wife a remake
of the 1972 film chloe in the afternoon
the film centers around main character
richard cooper played by rock who has a
perfect life on paper he is successful
at work has a beautiful wife and
children but lives unhappily because he
is not sexually satisfied in the
marriage when cooper's old friend nikki
played by kerry washington reconnects
with him he finds himself torn between
giving into his temptations or remaining
loyal to his wife objectively the movie
just seems like another commentary on
the monotony of marriage but for rock it
was a bit more personal the actor
comedian spoke with collider in 2007
about what drew his character to nikki
rather than his on-screen wife saying
she's a breath of fresh air she's new we
all want new we scour the earth for new
but that is what marriage is anything
that's supposed to be forever you're
going to get bored with it turns out
rock was indeed unhappy in his own
marriage and would later admit that he
sought excitement outside of matrimony
chris rock while open about his views on
marriage and his comedy sketches was
much more private about the workings of
his actual relationship with long-time
spouse moloch compton rock by 2018
however the comedian was much more
vulnerable and candid about his role and
their relationship ending and his
wrongdoings in his netflix special chris
rock tambourine the comic took
responsibility for causing his marriage
to fall apart discussing his
extramarital affairs rock noted the ways
that infidelity can destroy a
relationship telling the crowd when guys
cheat it's like we want something new
but then you know what happens your
woman finds out and now she's new she is
never the same again so now you have new
but you had a bad new rolling stone
reported in rock's 2017 cover story that
in a show at new york city's comedy
cellar the comedian mentioned having
affairs with three different women
dude i was not like a good husband
though the identities of the women have
not been confirmed there's been plenty
of speculation about who rock cheated
with page six for example reported that
a source claimed he had a fling with
fellow i think i love my wife co-star
kerry washington without confirmation
it's all hearsay and neither party has
commented on the rumor
on top of not staying faithful during
his marriage chris rock shared that he
was addicted to porn while married to
his wife the comedian opened up about
his addiction and the 2018 comedy
special tambourine in the special rock
told the audience that there was a point
for him when watching porn became a top
priority he shared that that dependence
made him more desensitized to real-life
sexual experiences he confessed you have
a hard time with eye contact and verbal
cues what happens when you watch too
much porn is you get desensitized when
you start watching porn any porn will do
oh they're naked woohoo then later on
you're all messed up rock also concluded
that at the time of the specials
recording he was doing a lot better in a
2014 chat with neil brennan for the
approval matrix rock pointed out the
difficulty of dealing with the porn
addiction in the modern era if you have
a phone you basically are walking around
with a porn machine
in his specials and interviews rock has
been incredibly transparent about his
mental health journey in recent years in
the 2020 interview with the hollywood
reporter he shared that he goes to
therapy seven hours a week to unpack the
ups and downs of his life throughout
chris rock and malloc compton rock's
marriage rumors about the state of their
relationship bubbled up more than once
in november 2006 tmz reported that rock
filed for divorce at the time his
representation offered no comment
coincidentally these specific rumors
were circulating right around when rock
was filming i think i love my wife as
previously noted the gossip milk claimed
that he and co-star kerry washington had
a behind the scenes thing rock and
compton rock did not divorce that year
or the following year in fact the couple
set the record straight and issued a
statement to people in march 2007 to
clear up any confusion the statement
read in part though we have tried in the
past to take the high road and not
comment on the tabloid media we find it
necessary to express on record how
unfortunate it is that the daily news
specifically and other tabloid outlets
have chosen to print on true rumors and
lies about our marriage
chris rock and malloc compton rock
remain together for another seven years
after the initial divorce rumors started
making the media rounds in 2007 by
december 2014 the couple's divorce was
officially underway rock was the one to
file but the decision to separate was
mutual in a statement to people compton
rock said after much contemplation and
19 years of marriage chris and i have
decided to go our separate ways while
recognizing that this is a significant
change my children remain at the center
of my life and their well-being is my
top priority the divorce was anything
but amicable and simple however as the
two were working out the divorce rock
accused his wife of not allowing him to
see their two daughters in documents
obtained by people roxrep claimed
compton rock has repeatedly refused to
permit him normal unusual access to the
children and has acted in a manner
detrimental to the children's best
interests compton rock's attorney issued
a statement in response and denied
rock's claims the two settled their
custody dispute and agreed on sharing
custody of their children as the
couple's divorce was unfolding page six
reported that malloc compton rock was
seeking her fair share of chris rock's
nearly 70 million fortune and assets
according to the outlet the court filing
stated that compton rock wanted enough
money to maintain the same standard of
living she experienced with rock the
divorce was finalized in 2016 but the
details of the agreement including a
monetary settlement were never published
that said rock did reveal that it was
costly for him to divorce in a 2021
interview on the tonight show with jimmy
fallon in discussing the news of
comedian john mullaney's divorce from
anna marie tendler rock joked that
mullany should hire not his own attorney
but the person who represented his
former spouse this is how much money i
lost in my divorce i recommended my
ex-wife's divorce lawyer rock even went
so far to joke that he could barely
afford tickets to fallon show on the
night of his appearance
shortly after the couple's divorce was
finalized chris rock started dating
actor magalina chickenwacky the two were
initially linked in 2016. with the
source telling page six at the time
they've been having sleepovers at his
house in new jersey she seems really
comfortable with him at home and they're
very affectionate with each other a
chicken walkie gushed about rock to
people in 2016 telling the outlet he's a
comedian he's funny he's really
wonderful he's a very dreamy guy and i'm
a lucky girl the two remained together
for four years before ultimately
splitting in 2020 allegedly due to the
fact that rock did not want another
serious relationship after his divorce
rock was also linked to british actor
carmen ijogo known for her roles in
selma and true detective in september
2020. the two were spotted having dinner
together in nyc according to the daily
mail one month later in october 2020
rock and jogo were seen out together
again but this time in malibu however
neither one has confirmed or denied a
romantic relationship malloc compton
rock has also found new love and appears
to be dating a man named eric the style
works founder lovingly shared pictures
of her boyfriend on instagram wishing
him a happy birthday in january 2021
writing in part sweet kind loving
romantic adventurous fun-loving
inquisitive giving spiritual at the time
of the post compton alluded that they
had been together for at least two and a
half years
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