Current:Home > NewsLenny Kravitz Reveals He's Celibate Nearly a Decade After Last Serious Relationship-InfoLens
Lenny Kravitz Reveals He's Celibate Nearly a Decade After Last Serious Relationship
View Date:2024-12-23 15:49:03
Lenny Kravitz is still letting love rule, but not sex.
Almost 20 years after he vowed to stay celibate until marriage, the Hunger Games star explained he is currently committed to remaining so until he meets the right person.
As Kravitz explained to The Guardian in an interview published May 30, "It's a spiritual thing."
The "American Girl" rocker, who turned 60 May 26, also shared an update about his love life, noting that he has not been in a serious relationship for nine years and that he believed he might struggle if he were in one now. "I have become very set in my ways," he said, "in the way I live."
But while the four-time Grammy winner is happily single now, when it comes to his relationship history, he's no stranger to dating in the spotlight. After all, he was married to Lisa Bonet, with whom he shares Zoë Kravitz, for six years until their 1993 divorce. And he admitted that after his marriage from the Cosby Show alum, he became more like his late father, noting, "I was becoming a player."
"I didn't like it. I didn't want to be that guy. So I had to tackle that and it took years," said Kravitz, who has previously spoken about his dad's infidelity in his marriage to the rocker's late mom, adding that he did so "by taking responsibility. Discipline. Not letting my own desires take over."
After his divorce from Bonet, Kravitz went on to date Vanessa Paradis and was later engaged to Adriana Lima and Nicole Kidman—who would go on to be his daughter's Big Little Lies costar—in the early aughts.
In 2008, Kravitz revealed that he had been celibate for three years and vowed to remain so until married. "I think sex and intimacy and all that is very important. It's just that I'm going to do it with my wife," he told The Telegraph in 2009. "And not everybody else."
Despite his vow of celibacy, Kravitz remains a sex symbol into his sixth decade—but he doesn't let the attention get to his head.
"I have grown to accept myself and be comfortable with myself," he told The Guardian, "but I have never been one to look in a mirror and go: 'Ooh yeah, look at that! You're so beautiful.'"
Look back at Lenny Kravitz over the years...
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (6112)
Related
- Dwayne Johnson Admits to Peeing in Bottles on Set After Behavior Controversy
- See inside the biggest Hamas tunnel Israel's military says it has found in Gaza
- How Ariana Madix Influenced Raquel Leviss' Decision to Leave Vanderpump Rules
- UCLA gymnast Chae Campbell hits viral floor routine inspired by Wakanda in 'Black Panther'
- Elon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL'
- Anthony Edwards is a 'work in progress,' coach says. What we know about text fiasco
- Convicted sex offender escaped prison after his mom gave him disguise, Texas officials say
- Court in Germany convicts a man inspired by the Islamic State group of committing 2 knife attacks
- Georgia's humbling loss to Mississippi leads college football winners and losers for Week 11
- Minnesota panel chooses new state flag featuring North Star to replace old flag seen as racist
Ranking
- Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach $27M tentative settlement
- Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays
- Recreate Taylor Swift's Time cover with your dog to win doggie day care
- Backup QBs are on display all around the NFL as injury-depleted teams push toward the postseason
- Full House Star Dave Coulier Shares Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diagnosis
- Zelenskyy says he is weighing Ukrainian military’s request for mobilization of up to 500,000 troops
- Khloe Kardashian Is Entering Her Beauty Founder Era With New Fragrance
- Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
Recommendation
-
When is 'The Golden Bachelorette' finale? Date, time, where to watch Joan Vassos' big decision
-
Flooding continues across Northeast; thousands still without power: Live updates
-
Sioux Falls to spend $55K to evaluate arsenic-contaminated taxidermy display at state’s largest zoo
-
5-year-old twin boy and girl found dead in New York City apartment, investigation underway
-
Police capture Tennessee murder suspect accused of faking his own death on scenic highway
-
Power outage maps: Over 500,000 customers without power in Maine, Massachusetts
-
26 Essential Gifts for True Crime Fans Everywhere
-
Recalled applesauce pouches now linked to more than 200 lead poisoning cases in 33 states, CDC says