8 Famous Women Who Upgraded Their Partners

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Nick Cannon caused quite a stir with recent interview with VladTV. The host/comedian and father of three told Vlad:

“If you with me, you don’t have to work. That’s not even on some baby mama stuff, if you with me, you don’t go to work,” he continued. “I want to be a provider. I love taking care of women.”

That one quote alone had ladies everywhere ready to quit their jobs and find a partner like Nick Cannon — even the Independent women. One Twitter user wrote, “Nick Cannon is a whole mood after his interview.. where is my Nick Cannon?”

The Wild N’ Out host is certainly gonna run with this love he’s getting. Soon after the interview went viral, he posted a thirst trap-ish photo on Instagram with the caption, “Yep, let me upgrade you!” #Provider.”

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But believe it or not, Nick isn’t the only one out here helping his partner level up and making them poppin. Women have been doing the same thing for years, probably a little better.

Hit the flip to check out these famous women whose men weren’t nearly as poppin before they got with them. Alexa, Play “Upgrade U” by Beyonce.

Mary J. Blige & Kendu Isaacs 

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Mary already had a well established career as the Queen of hip hop soul before she married Kendu in 2003 and made him her manager. No one knew who ol’ boy was until then. And now we only know him as the guy who tried to scam our Queen out of her coins. Shame on you, Kendu.

Kris Jenner & Corey Gamble 

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Corey use to work with Justin Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun and reportedly has a net worth of $2.5 million. But before Kris Jenner started wearing him on her arm like a new purse, nobody was checking for Corey TBH.

Wendy Williams & Kevin Hunter 

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If you ask anyone in the industry why they don’t f*** with Wendy Williams, nine times out of ten, they’ll point the finger at her husband Kevin. Kevin pretty much stays behind the scenes and wasn’t really doing much before he became Wendy’s manager and husband. And recently, rumors began swirling that the two may be headed for divorce. Wonder if she’ll talk about that on Hot Topics.

Kelly Rowland & Tim Witherspoon

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Kelly doesn’t talk much about her marriage to former boxer Tim Witherspoon, except for a few interviews here and there. But before becoming her manager, Tim was relatively unknown. But we get the feeling he likes it that way.

Halle Berry & Every Man She Ever Dated 

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Besides Eric Benet (which some would still argue that she made him popular) no one really knew any of the guys that Halle Berry dated before they were “Halle Berry’s boyfriend”. Gabriel Aubry who? Olivier Martinez does what?

Jennifer Lopez and Her Backup Dancers

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J. Lo clearly has thing for dating people who work for her — even if they make millions of dollars less than she does. Her first marriage was to waiter Ojani Noa in 1997. After her split with Diddy, she married her backup dancer Cris Judd in 2002. And let’s not forget Casper Smart. He’s been booked and busy ever since he got with J.Lo in 2011. She’s definitely met her match now with A. Rod.

Jennifer Hudson & David Otunga

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People knew David Otunga from his days on “I Love New York”. He’s also a pro-Wrestler and a lawyer. But marrying Jennifer Hudson at her prime in 2007 took him to a different stratosphere. Too bad the couple split after one kid and 10 years of marriage.

Oprah Winfrey & Stedman Graham 

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Queen O’s longtime beau Stedman Graham does pretty well for himself as a Consultant. But let’s be honest, the world still knows him as Oprah’s man. That has a better ring to it than “consultant”, right?