Janet Jackson married businessman in secret.

 

Janet Jackson rang in the new year as a married woman after secretly exchanging vows with her billionaire boyfriend Wissam Al Mana, it has emerged.

Reports in December suggested the R&B superstar had accepted a proposal from the Qatari businessman months earlier, and that the couple was planning to wed in the spring. 

But Jackson has now revealed the tabloids have it all wrong, because she and Al Mana are already man and wife. 

The couple have now revealed: "The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony. 

"Our wedding gifts to one another were contributions to our respective favourite children’s charities." 

Jackson, 46, will be hoping the third time's the charm after previous marriages to singer James DeBarge and video director Rene Elizondo.