Janet Jackson and Maxwell have sparked romance rumors after being seen holding hands in London.
On July 7, the duo stepped out for the 1,500th performance of Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. Video from the night captures them walking into the venue hand in hand.
Janet Jackson and Maxwell’s hand-holding moment has set off a wave of dating rumors—and fans are digging into their relationship histories.
Jackson has been divorced for eight years following her five-year marriage to Wissam Al Mana. Before that, she was married to René Elizondo Jr. and James DeBarge. In a 2023 BBC interview, she joked, “How many times have I been married now? Three, I think.”
That same year, she opened up to The Guardian about single life: “I know that if someone were to come along, [e]ven if I didn’t recognize it, I guarantee you my friends would shake the shit out of me and say, ‘What are you doing?!’” she said. “But I think I’m seeing it through different lenses now. I think I am breaking that pattern.”
Maxwell, on the other hand, has never been married. He’s been linked to model Selita Ebanks and actress Julissa Bermudez over the years. Back in 2014, he hinted at wanting to settle down, telling the Associated Press: “Hopefully getting married, having kids — the whole thing… I mean, it’s not my ovaries, so I can’t really plan that, but that would be great.”
And if Maxwell and Janet are actually dating, one person who might be paying attention is Jermaine Dupri. He and Janet dated from 2000 to 2008, and when a fan on X told Dupri he “fumbled” Janet, he didn’t deny it—replying, “Whew whew you just said something!!”
