Comedian, Chris Rock and his actress girlfriend four years, Megalyn Echikunwoke are ficially no longer. According to Page Six, multiple sources confirmed that the power couple discreetly ended their relationship a couple months ago without an ficial public announcement. Allegedly, the New Jack City actor was unwilling to fully settle down with Echikunwoke after struggling with the grievous divorce from his wife 18 years, Malaak Compton-Rock, that made ficial back in 2016. Now, the 55-year-old is back on the market as one the world’s most coveted single entertainers. Allen Berezovsky/Getty s
Unfortunately for Echikunwoke, she’s had to see a lot her ex-boyfriend in recent memory and will have to see a lot more him in the near future. After at the ceremony with his audience-targeted jokes, Chris Rock made headlines across the globe for his performance. Now, with Chris Rock revamping the and him taking on a this upcoming season, the 36-year-old actress will have to endure the pain the post-breakup grieving process while he increases his on-screen time.
However, despite Rock’s success, Echikunwoke has secured a bag her own starring in the television drama Almost Family and the Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish-led comedy film, .
In Chris Rock’s first standup special in over a decade entitled, , he opened up about his divorce from his ex-wife nearly 20 years. Rock painfully jokes:
“I had to pay for a lawyer to divorce me. That’s like hiring a hitman to kill you. I had to go through a custody fight for my kids. Just to see my kids, man. You don’t want to be a man in family court. You don’t want to be a black man in any court… Would I ever get married again? Not if it would cure AIDS.”
While it is unclear whether or not Chris Rock and Megalyn Echikunwoke’s decision to break it f was amicable, the two obviously shared a special bond that worthy treasuring for the last four years and have bright futures ahead them both. Check out the trailer to Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson’s, Spiral (2020), set to release in May in the video provided below.