Photo Courtesy Bob Johnson and Lauren Wooden/The Washington Post
BET founder Bob Johnson, 69, recently announced his engagement to his girlfriend of 5 years, 36-year-old Lauren Wooden. Johnson proposed to the doctorate student in Paris with a 7.5 carats, but it wasn’t his first time proposing.
When Johnson spotted Wooden 5 years ago in a hotel lobby, he immediately popped the question. Of course she said no, but did take him up on a date. And as the saying goes, the rest is history.
Johnson and Wooden have both been married before, and they think they’ve finally found the ‘one’.
“I’ve found the absolute, unequivocally right person for me,” Johnson says. “Happiness only begins to describe how I feel.”
“I’m over-the-moon, madly, deeply, proudly in love with Bob,” Johnson stated.
January 6, 2016 -
Why is this news?
January 7, 2016 -
exaclty, leave it to “black” men with weatlh to wife non-black women, and when there is money involved, he can be 100 and she will still marry him . . .
January 7, 2016 -
Shes Black though..
January 7, 2016 -
I feel you. You’re right.
January 7, 2016 -
oh she is? i couldn’t tell by the picture.
January 7, 2016 -
yeah just light skinned.
January 7, 2016 -
oh ok, thnx. . . .
January 7, 2016 -
She looks like she is black and Asian in other pictures.
January 7, 2016 -
oh ok, thnx . . .
January 7, 2016 -
Not trying to throw shade, but his black daughter married a white man. How do you feel about that?
January 7, 2016 -
it’s more common for bm to do it (date/marry out when they make big $$$) . . . .
January 8, 2016 -
She’s a black woman.
January 8, 2016 -
i’ve been informed that she is black or biracial
January 6, 2016 -
The age difference is enormous. They’re grown, so to each its own.
January 6, 2016 -
Lmbo @ enormous. It is a rather large age gap. That’s more of an age gap than I have with my parents and my parents had me when they were in their 30s.
January 6, 2016 -
Exactly. It is more of an age gap of my parents too. My parents’ age gap is about 6 years. The age gap of Bob Johnson and Lauren Wooden is about 33 years. That’s huge. It’s their business. Peace and Blessings to you Sister.
January 6, 2016 -
“I ain’t saying she’s a gold digger she ain’t messin with no broke……. LOL!
January 7, 2016 -
Congrats to the couple but you better call Trump for one of those prenups because that seems to be the only thing he’s good at besides real estate.
January 7, 2016 -
lol
January 7, 2016 -
Young fools grow to be old fools..
Yah, Congrats.
January 7, 2016 -
She gon’ Learn…about Diapers and Feeding and I don’t mean their baby…
January 8, 2016 -
No comment! My New Years resolution won’t let me!