Many marriages don’t even last six years. So it took the urban community off guard when, after a marathon six-year engagement, NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony and LaLa finally announced a wedding date.
Media reports and blogs, including necolebitchie.com, said LaLa and her mother Carmen were pictured in New York after meeting with world-renowned wedding planner Mendy Weis to hammer out the details for the summer bash.
As for curious fans of the star couple, LaLa, a former MTV personality, addresses why it took so long get to the altar.
“I always get asked the question about marriage and being engaged for so long. My answer to that is it has worked this way for us. I’m not saying this is the way for everyone, but we have moved at our own speed and it has worked,” she said.
“People tend to believe since we’ve been engaged for so long that something is up, we are not happy, or my all-time favorite one, ‘he’s never gonna marry her!’ Does being married automatically mean two people are happy? Mel and I took the time out to get to know each other, inside and out. We took time to learn about our likes and our dislikes. After having our son, we both feel ready to take that step. It’s very important to us and it’s the example we want to set for our son,” said LaLa. –terry shropshire
