Keke Wyatt welcomed a son in January 2020, her 9th child, and her first with third husband Zackariah Darring.
Motherhood is a fundamental part of R&B singer and reality star Keke Wyatt, who gave birth to her 8th child, a son she shares with her childhood crush and third husband Zackariah Darring.
Wyatt's blended family includes her stepson by her second husband, Michael Jamar, whom she considers her own, bringing the grand total to 9 children.
KeKe Wyatt at the baby shower for her 8th child in November 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia | Source: Getty Images
Wyatt's personal journey has been a rollercoaster of love and loss, with two divorces behind her that left her with 7 children. Little Ke’Riah is the 38-year-old's first child with Darring, born twenty years after she married her first husband, Rahmat Morton.
While Wyatt was pregnant with their fourth child, and dealing with one of her sons being diagnosed with cancer, Ford filed for a divorce.
FIRST MARRIAGE
Wyatt married her first husband Rahmat Morton in 2000, at the age of 18. Morton was the young R&B star's road manager and he proved to be an abusive man. Wyatt conceived 4 children with Morton, but her last baby was stillborn.
The physical abuse had Wyatt fearing for her life and resulted in an incident in which the singer was forced to stab Morton with a knife to defend herself. In 2009, Wyatt finally succeeded in obtaining a divorce from Morton and retained custody of their three children, Keyver, Rahjah'Ke, and Ke'Tarah Victoria.
LOVE, SECOND TIME AROUND
Then Wyatt met her second husband, Michael Ford -- an ordained minister with a child of his own -- and it seemed as if she'd finally found The One. Ford and Wyatt married in 2010, and over the next 7 years they welcomed 3 children together, Makayla, Wyatt, and Ke’Yoshi Bella.
OR MAYBE NOT
But in 2017, while Wyatt was pregnant with their fourth child and dealing with one of her sons being diagnosed with cancer, Ford filed for a divorce. Wyatt has always stated that he was unfaithful, but Ford claimed that in divorcing his heavily pregnant wife, he was escaping a toxic relationship.
While Wyatt gave birth to their 4th child together, Kendall Miguel, Ford quickly moved on to singer Paris Bennett. The relationship with Bennett resulted in considerable backlash from the fans, but Ford defended the "American Idol" contestant fiercely, and they are together to this day.
THIRD TIME LUCKY
Fortunately for Wyatt, she ran into an old flame, her very first boyfriend, Zackariah Darring. Darring had never married and the couple quickly recaptured that old magic. Wyatt commented on her new love:
"This man will never tell me, ‘Oh I’m tired of dealing with you. You’re pregnant. I’m tired of dealing with this cancer. I can’t deal with you, your mouth no more.’"
In 2018, the couple married, and in the spring of 2019, she announced that she was expecting her 9th child. In January 2020, Wyatt and Darring welcomed son Ke’Riah.
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