Exposing 5 Secret Celebrity Marriages

When you’re famous, sometimes it’s best to live by the wise words of Robert Kelly and “keep it on the down-low.” But while we’re used to keeping trifey out of the public eye, its harder to understand why some celebrities can’t even admit to being fully, bound-by-law married.

The latest down-low marriage involves Nelly Furtado, who apparently got hitched to engineer Demacio Castellon back in July, but decided not to tell anyone until today. Crazy Canadians! But the “Promiscuous” singer (we love calling her that) is following in the footsteps of a few other celebrities who have tried to slip their nuptuals past the public’s attention. See the secret wifeys below…

JANET JACKSON AND RENE ELIZONDO

YEAR OF WEDDING: 1991
During Ms. Jackson’s 9-year marriage with her former dancer, she publicly denied having a relationship with Elizondo, even after his hands appeared holding her breasts on the infamous 1993 Rolling Stone cover. The marriage, which was in fact her second, came to a sour end in 1999 (the divorce dragged out to 2003). And as far as we can tell, she still hasn’t tied the knot with her pint-sized rebound.

SIMON MONJACK AND BRITTANY MURPHY

YEAR OF WEDDING: 2007
Last year, B.Murph and her screenwriter hubby were spotted at a Playboy event, covering up their wedding rings because they were planning a big “official announcement” the next week. Unfortunately, fuckin’ Us Weekly blew up their spot before they had a chance to do it on their own terms.

BRANDY NORWOOD AND ROBERT SMITH

YEAR OF WEDDING: 2001 (in Brandy’s mind)
When Brandy announced she was preggers in February 2002, she claimed Robert Smith (cousin to super producer Rodney Jerkins ) was the baby’s daddy. To protect her image, she said they had been married months before in a quiet ceremony, which turned out to be a hoax after their relationship flopped around the baby’s birth in June. Liar, liar pants on fire.

STEPHEN BELAFONTE AND MELANIE BROWN

YEAR OF WEDDING: June 2007
When the former Spice Girl got hitched to the Hollywood film producer, she was still going through a controversial paternity suit with Eddie Murphy, about whom she famously reflected, “The less said about the Beverly Hills Cock, the better.” We can’t blame her for waiting two more months to announce her new relationship with Belafonte'she probably wanted to make sure he wasn’t into trannies first.

BEYONCÉ KNOWLES AND SEAN CARTER

YEAR OF WEDDING: 2008
Hov and Be started denying rumors that they were dating as early as 2001. And they kept on denying, right on through this year, despite the fact that they both got wedding ring tattoos on their fingers, and their families were all photographed on the way to a secret marriage ceremony in NYC. To date, they still haven’t admitted to being married, even though the state of New York thinks they are.