Vanilla Ice and his wife Laura Van Winkle (née Giaritta) will officially divorce after 19 years of marriage, TMZ has reported. According to the report, the two have been separated for several years but Laura filed the legal papers in Florida on Tuesday.
The couple was married in 1997, and have two daughters together aged 18 and 16.
The “Ice Ice Baby” rapper, whose real name is Robert Matthew Van Winkle, had been in trouble over his treatment of Laura multiple times over the course of their marriage. He had been arrested twice on charges of domestic battery, first in 2001 and then in 2008.
The charges were dropped in both cases as the police cited lack of evidence, but he did spend a night in jail each time and admitted to pulling Laura’s hair to prevent her from jumping out of his truck during an argument in 2001.
The controversy didn’t stop there, either. The Huffington Post reported in 2011 that Vanilla Ice had left the family home after allegedly discovering his wife’s infidelity.
Most recently, Ice was a contestant on this season of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, though he was eliminated in the fourth round.
Look at him. He’s like 50 years old and wears a ugly baseball cap.. And what’s that he’s sitting on? Such a childish lookin vehicle. Like a kid with a new toy. If i was his wife, i would have divorced this washed up hasbeen 19 years ago – Let’s face it, he wasn’t relevant even back then. Let alone in 2016.
You’re a fucking piece of shit troll with irrelevant opinions. Fact is he was quite important to the genre back when he debuted. And if he dropped a new record today, it would be better than 99% of the shit released these days. Fuck you and your Drake and your dime a dozen mumble fake rappers. Real hip hop heads ain’t listening to you
Real hiphop head and Vanilla Ice should never be used in the same sentence.
Agreed. It’s disrespectful to associate the guy who did the Ninja Turtle Rap with Real hiphop heads.
Your an idiot put sum, a hater that probably has some personal stuff going to just hates on the world with no good reason. Maybe a tall poppy syndrome, not sure. Just wake up man, stop being a hater.
You could say that the relationship has gone… cold
Could careless about the Haters I met him at my work and he’s a cool dude. One of the coolest celebs that walked through our doors here. Vanilla Ice stayed winning too, He’s made a lot of bank for all his projects of the years and still keep it 100%