Monday, January 23, 2012

Aretha Franklin, Willie Wilkerson Call Off Wedding


Aretha Franklin, who announced January 3 that she was engaged to Willie Wilkerson and would wed this summer, released a statement Monday with a change of plans.

"Regretfully, To Our Friends and Supporters: Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast," said the Queen of Soul and her her "forever friend" William.

"There were a number of things that had not been thought through thoroughly," the 69-year-old Franklin added. "There will be no wedding at this time."

Aretha Franklin and William Wilkerson

"We will not comment on it any further because of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate all of the many well wishes from friends."

The statement was signed "Aretha and Will."

Franklin is famously private about her personal life. In an interview with PEOPLE last year, she politely declined to discuss whether she was even in a relationship.

Presumably, the longtime friends will remain that way. "Will and I are very close," Franklin told Jet in 2007. "We stayed close and he escorts me on occasion and we're just cool. We're real cool."

Real good to know.

[Photo: WENN.com]

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/aretha-franklin-willie-wilkerson-call-off-wedding/

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