Report: Kwame Kilpatrick to remarry, join the ministry. He's done with politics
Kwame Kilpatrick says he's done with politics, joining the ministry and getting remarried to a Detroit woman. But he's staying mum about his new love.
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is embracing his freedom with some big changes in his life: he's getting remarried, plans to join the ministry and is leaving politics for good, according to Deadline Detroit.
In an interview with Deadline Detroit's Allan Lengel, Kilpatrick said that he is leaving politics to join the ministry, and is engaged to be married to a Detroit woman.
"I know that's what I'm supposed to be doing," he told Deadline Detroit of his ministry-plans. "I can't imagine doing anything else for the rest of my life."
As for who the new love of his life is, Kilpatrick would not offer any details, Lengel said during a Tuesday appearance on the ML Soul of Detroit podcast.
"He did not want to talk much about that. He just told me that he just asked her to marry him and she said yes. I asked is there a date and he said, 'not yet ... (but) we're going to make it happen.' "
Lengel said that he also asked the ex-mayor if he had a relationship with his ex-wife, Carlita, but that Kilpatrick told him the two haven't had an ongoing relationship or ongoing conversations. Kilpatrick said that he and Carlita have only spoken a few times since he's been out of prison, including a conversation that suggests the two are on good terms: "He said, 'I told her if you ever get married and you bring your funny looking guy around, we’ll have dinner together,' " Lengel said.
I don't think he has much of a choice he was banned from holding any political office for 20 years.
