Legendary singer Smokey Robinson opens up about affair

Legendary singer Smokey Robinson opens up about affair with childhood friend Diana Ross. In an interview with The Guardian, Robinson confessed that he had a year-long experience with Ross while he was married to his first wife, Claudette Rogers.

The two singers were working together then, and the relationship developed naturally. Robinson fondly remembers his time with Ross, stating she is still one of his closest people. However, as their relationship progressed, Ross eventually told Robinson that she couldn’t continue the affair as she knew Claudette and Robinson still loved his wife.

Robinson’s relationship with Ross helped him understand that love is complex and that people can love more than one person at a time. “If we could control love, nobody would love anybody. Nobody would take that chance. So why would you put your heart out there for somebody to hurt you like that and make you able to have those feelings?” he said.

Robinson married Rogers from 1959 to 1986 and then married his second wife, Frances Glandney, in 2002. On the other hand, Ross was married to Robert Ellis Silberstein from 1971 to 1977 and then to Arne Naess Jr. from 1985 to 2000.

The iconic singer is preparing for the release of his first studio album in almost a decade, GASMS, which is set to be released on April 28. The record will feature nine songs written and produced by the former Miracles frontman, including the first single, “If We Don’t Have Each Other.”

Despite being retired for a brief period, Robinson says that making music is still his biggest passion, and he couldn’t find anything that replaces it for him. “It’s not about me making time. It’s about me raring to go and do it. Everybody gets a gift from God, and mine was to be able to write music,” he said.

Robinson’s relationship with Ross may have ended, but the lessons he learned from it continue to influence his life and music.