*Devon Franklin has publicly confirmed his relationship with personal trainer Maria Castillo.
The Jasmine Brand was first to report on their romance in September and the couple confirmed the rumors while appearing together on the red carpet at The Merge Awards, where they spoke with Baller Alert about their relationship.
“Sometimes, you know, you say ‘date,’ and it’s like, oh, yeah, cool. But that implies a moment. When I’m saying, ‘Hey, this is my girl,’ I’m saying that’s a commitment,” Franklin told the outlet. “So I think it’s very important when we make a commitment to be okay with verbalizing that, vocalizing that.”
In the clip above, Castillo also shared what she loves about the movie producer and bestselling author.
“You know, he goes through life constantly thinking of others and he’s also fine. So, but he’s obviously, you know, a man of God, and that comes first, so that was that was my green flag,” she said.
Franklin was previously married to actress Meagan Good until 2021 when they split after nearly a decade of marriage. During an appearance on Nick Cannon’s Counsel Culture podcast earlier this year, Franklin addressed how he healed from his split with Good. The ex-couple tied the knot in 2012 until Devon filed for divorce in 2021 citing irreconcilable differences.
“I wouldn’t say that it didn’t work. I wouldn’t say it was unsuccessful,” the ordained minister told Cannon about his marriage to Good. “Because maybe it did exactly what it was trying to do. That also was a perspective that I had to kinda learn as I went through my healing,” he explained.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say that I came out of it feeling like a failure. But I felt a little bit vulnerable. I felt like my belief system had been shaken,” Franklin admitted, noting the four months of pre-engagement counseling he and Good did as well as 10 months of premarital counseling and therapy throughout their marriage.
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