Who is Adrienne Bailon Houghton?

Adrienne Bailon Houghton, the former co-host of The Real, and her husband Israel Houghton have welcomed a baby boy via surrogate.

“Our baby boy is here & we are so in love! If you have followed our love story… you know that our journey to baby has been very challenging – But God is true to His word and His promises. We have quietly prayed while sitting on this most magnificent secret for the last 9 months,” she shared on Instagram. Her original name is Adrienne Eliza Houghton.

Born on October 24, 1983, Bailon is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. She was born to a Puerto Rican mother, Nilda Alicea and an Ecuadorian father, Freddie Bailón. She grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

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Bailon has an older sister, Claudette.

She attended PS 110-The Monitor in Brooklyn and the High School for Health Professions and Human Services, but did not pursue a career in the medical field.

Bailon was discovered by Latin pop singer Ricky Martin in October 1999 while she was performing in a church choir at Madison Square Garden. Bailon was one of the four elected by Martin to perform as back-up singers as part of his Livin’ la Vida Loca Tour concert show.

Following the performance, Bailon became a member of the girl group 3LW. Kiely Williams and Naturi Naughton were the other two members of the group.

From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of the daytime talk show The Real, for which she has since won a Daytime Emmy Award.

Bailon appeared in The Cheetah Girls films, Coach Carter and All You’ve Got.

She guest starred in several television series including That’s So Raven and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

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In 2013, Bailon became the first Latina host of a daytime talk show in the US. She also competed in The Masked Singer in 2019 as the Flamingo, finishing in third place.

Bailon dated Rob Kardashian, from 2007 until 2009. The couple broke up after Kardashian cheated on her. 

In February 2015, she announced her engagement to her boyfriend of six years, music executive at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, Lenny Santiago. In September of the same year, the couple split and called off their engagement.

Bailon got engaged to musician Israel Houghton on August 12, 2016, in Paris after six months of dating. They got married on November 11, 2016.