Princewill Pius
Considering the fact that Kenny Rogers was married five times, it seems safe to say that he wasn’t afraid to say “I do,” which very well could have been the case when you find out how his first marriage began and ended. Rogers and his first wife, Janice Gordon, were married in 1958 before he had even turned 20-years-old, per The Sun. In his 2012 memoir, Luck Or Something Like It, he explained that she had become pregnant the very first time they had sex, which is why they decided to get hitched. “At 19 I thought, ‘This is OK with me,'” he wrote, noting that he loved Janice and still thinks the marriage could have worked (via The Sun). However, her parents weren’t as pleased. “[They] thought I’d ruined her life and were determined to break me.”
Rogers and Janice were divorced by 1960 and he not only agreed to step away from his marriage, but also agreed to sever contact with his daughter. “That was my promise to them, that I would be her father, but (his ex-wife’s second husband) would be her Dad,” he explained (via the Mirror). “He stepped in at a time that was really awkward for all of us, and he became her Dad, and I love him for that. He was a good guy.” That may have made it easier for Rogers to embrace a new life with a new wife that same year.
Written by: Nicki
