Gloria Carter, mother of Jay-Z, tied the knot with longtime lesbian partner, Roxanne Wilshire, whom she has been dating since 2018 in New York City on Sunday night.
The ceremony was attended by Gloria’s friends and family including her son, Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé, along with singer, Kelly Rowland, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Tyler Perry and Robin Roberts.
Recall that Jay-Z first opened up about his mother coming out to him on his 2017 track, ‘Smile’, It was the first time either of them had publicly addressed her sexual orientation.
the carter-knowles family attending gloria carter’s (jay z’s mom) wedding in manhattan 🥹🤍 pic.twitter.com/gN19J3pXgP
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During an interview with David Letterman on Netflix’s ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”, Jay-Z revealed that he was happy when he discovered that his mother fell in love with Wilshire.
“Imagine having to live your life as someone else and you think you’re protecting your kids”, he said in 2018.
“For her to sit in front of me and tell me ‘I think I love someone,’ I really cried…I cried because I was so happy for her that she was free.”
Jay-Z continued by describing what happened next was extremely emotional for him: “I cried, that’s a real story. I cried because I was so happy for her that she was free.”
